Workshop: "Identify and leverage your skills and strengths: Part 1 - Transferable Skills"

  • When: 13:30-15:30 on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016
  • Where: Lab 3, Seminar Room C700
  • Whom: OIST Postdoctoral Scholars and Scientists are strongly encouraged to attend
  • Instructors:
    • Dr. Natalie Lundsteen, Director of Graduate Career Development and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Registration: is required. Please fill out the form below.
  • Registration deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 15

About the workshop:

The true first step in any career exploration should be an understanding of individual skills and strengths.

This interactive workshop will allow participants to understand what professional transferable skills are, with specific discussion of transferable skills developed during a PhD.

Using SkillScan card decks and skill recording worksheets, workshop participants will be guided through an extensive process of identifying their own individual skills, ranking level of competency, as well as identifying preferences for using those skills in a science career. Skills needed for various science career paths will also be presented and discussed.

About the instructor:

Natalie Lundsteen is Director of Graduate Career Development and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Dr. Lundsteen has developed career programs and resources for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and alumni at MIT, Oxford University and Stanford University. She is a research associate in SKOPE - the Oxford University Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance with research interests in workplace learning and doctoral education. She is currently co-authoring a career advice book for PhD scientists, to be published by Elsevier in spring, 2017.

In addition to the workshop and during her OIST visit, Dr. Lundsteen is also offering limited number of one-on-one advice sessions to OIST Postdoctoral Scholars (register below).

To register for this workshop, please fill out the form below at the latest by Monday, Nov. 14: