Training and Professional Development

  • 9/8 Building Your Brand Workshop

    Join the Beyond the PhD community TOMORROW, September 8th, and next Thursday, September 15th, at 5PM for this exciting new 2-part workshop led by Amy Aines. Amy is the Founder of Talking STEM- Building Vital Communication Skills to Launch Successful Career and has a website (https://championingscience.com/) with great resources! If you are a graduate student, postdoc, or early career scientist and you are interested in making yourself more marketable, this workshop is for you!

    In this 2-part workshop attendees will learn how to promote themselves on social media, how to conduct informational interviews, and how to prepare for interviews. Amy has created these interactive workshops with her decades of experience working with and teaching STEM graduates and early career professionals vital communication methods for effectively championing their ideas and building support for their work. She also teaches essential success skills for the workplace that most scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians didn’t learn in graduate school.

    As an attendee, you will also gain access to our slack channel to complete exercises and review resources that will help you on your career journey. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to up your game during your next career transition. Or if you are just starting to think about your next career move, Amy will help you bolster your professional social media presence to expand your network. Amy has a lot of valuable insights and experience that just may help you land your perfect job and new career. Registration for the event is free and is open to anybody interested. To attend the event, you must register using the link below. We look forward to seeing you!

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-your-brand-workshop-tickets-391975668777 


    For recordings of previous career seminars & workshops, career blog posts, and more, check out our website: https://beyond-the-phd.com/

    For more information, contact: Rachel Gilmore at rgilmore@uchc.edu