SBN2008:EducationEvent

Buildyourcareer Buildyourcareer:
putyourbestfootforward
JoanC.King,Ph.D.
MasterCertifiedCoach &CoachTrainer

ShailaMani,Ph.D.,
BaylorCollegeofMedicine, ChairoftheEducationCommittee

Buildyourcareer Stepbystep Stepbystep

Presentation Presentation
Setthebackground forthesession Innomorethanthirty minutes

Smallgroup discussion discussion

Facilitatorsdiscuss yourconcerns Switchfacilitators after20minutes

Largegroup discussion discussion

Toexplorewhatthe groupshavelearned

Topics
Howtoprepareforascientificcareer
thathasteachingasamaincomponent withemphasisonhowtogainteachingexperienceandbe competitive.

Whatdopostdoc&facultycandidateshavetokeepin mindwhentheyapplyforpositions
thathaveastrongresearchcomponentandyetinvolvesteaching guidelinesregardingtheparameterstheywillbeevaluateduponand whattokeepinmindwhentheyapplytosuchpositions.

Balancing
careerandlife fornewfacultymembers.

StudiesofcareerSuccess
VrijeUniversiteitBrussel,Work, ,Work, Organisational andEconomic Psychology, Pleinlaan21050Brussel Pleinlaan Belgium

asocial construction ratherthanan objectivereality

adynamic conceptrather thanastatic truth.

Nicky Dries, Roland Pepermans, and Olivier Carlier. . Career success: Constructing a multidimensional model.Journal of Vocational Behavior In Press, 2008.

Amultidimensionalmodel ofcareersuccess
Performance Advancement Factual contribution Self development Creativity

Inter personal Achievement

Intra personal Achievement

Relationship withthe outside world

Focus on self
Inter personal Affect Intra personal Affect
Perceptions& feelingsof: Security Satisfaction

Recognition Cooperation Perceived contribution

Nicky Dries, Roland Pepermans, and Olivier Carlier. . Career success: Constructing a multidimensional model.Journal of Vocational Behavior In Press, 2008.

Takeadvantageofthe facilitatorstoexploreissues facilitatorstoexploreissues

Howtoprepareforascientificcareer
thathasteachingasamaincomponent withemphasisonhowtogainteachingexperience andbecompetitive. andbecompetitive.

M.SusanSmith
FormerDirector, OregonNational PrimateResearch Center,Senior Scientist/Professor

BertOMalley
Chair,Departme ntofMolecular andCellular Biology

PhyllisWise
ProvostandExecutive VicePresidentatthe Universityof Washington(UW)

Mike Friedlander
Chair,Departme ntof Neuroscience
BaylorCollegeofMedicine

Teaching
Ivehadpostdocswhowentonto whowentonto essentiallyteachingjobsatsmaller schools

M. Susan Smith

Ifyouareinterestedinateaching position,youshoulddemonstratethat interestbymakingextraeffortstogain teachingexperience

Documenttheseexperiencesinyour applicationandyourCV

Phyllis Wise

Therearemanymoreopportunitiesforgraduate studentstodaytolearnhowtoteach
UWhasseveralprograms whichrecordstudents teaching andfeedbackfromthosewho receivedteachingawards

Ifyouareinterestedinateachingposition,take advantageofprograms
atyouruniversity andnationalprograms

Bert OMalley OMalley

Teachesthegraduatestudents/ Teachesthegraduatestudents/postdocs Content Teaching Howtopresent Howtopresent team

Taughthowtoteach Taughthowtoteach Teach Referenceletter Credentials Referenceletter

Mike Friedlander

Challenge emphasison research

Itisdifficultto succeedinaPh.D. Programwithoutthe mainemphasison research

Thestudent themselvesreally hastotake chargeoftheir career

andtakeresponsibilityforensuringthattheygetthe appropriateexperiencesandmentoring ifthatissomethingtheyseeintheirfuturecareer.

Adifferentperspective Adifferentperspective

JamesLange
LastmonthIvisitedtworesearchuniversitiestogivetalksto graduatestudentsabouthowtopreparethemselvestoapply forandsucceedinfacultypositionsatcollegesthatputa facultypositionsatcollegesthatputa higherpremiumonteachingthanresearch. "I'minthesciences,"hesaid,"andwedon'tteachinmy graduateprogram.IfIfinishmydegreewithoutanyteaching experienceatall,willIhaveanyhopesofgettingajobata schoollikeyours?"

"I'msorrytobetheonetosayittoyou,"Itold him,"butwithoutanyteachingexperienceatall,a searchcommitteeatmycollegewouldn'tconsider searchcommitteeatmycollegewouldn'tconsider yourapplication."

Tipsaboutgaining teachingexperience.
Teachan occasional adjunctcourse atcollegesor programs outsideofthe undergraduate divisionofyour doctoral university Takea sabbatical replacement positionata teaching institution foryourfirst positionout ofgraduate school school Takea teaching postdoctoral position.Such postsofferthe opportunityto teachaswell ascontinue yourgraduate research

Howtosucceedinlife byreallytrying

Peoplewhosucceedatwhatthey do
Tendtokeepdoingit.

Successnotmoney Successnotmoney
Createshappiness.
Authur C.Brooks.Howtosucceedinlife...byreallytrying.WashingtonDC:American Enterprise Insittute. TheAmerican 2(3):27111,2008.

DoesHappinessPromote CareerSuccess?
alinkbetweenhappinessandworkplacesuccess alinkbetweenhappinessandworkplacesuccess researcherscannotdisentangle

whetherhappinessleadspeopletoacquirejobswith greaterautonomy

orwhetherincreasedautonomymakespeoplehappy.

JuliaK.BoehmandSonjaLyubomirsky.Doeshappinesspromotecareersuccess? .Doeshappinesspromotecareersuccess?JournalOfCareerAssessment16(1):116,2008 .

Inyourdiscussion Inyourdiscussion

Whatdopostdoc&facultycandidateshavetokeep inmindwhentheyapplyforpositions
thathaveastrongresearchcomponentandyetinvolvesteaching guidelinesregardingtheparameterstheywillbeevaluatedupon andwhattokeepinmindwhentheyapplytosuchpositions.

Must have a drive and a passion for it & a willingness to work hard!

Ivethoughtaboutthisalot. Wealldo.Wehave postdocsandyousense andyousense thosewhohavethedrive andtheabilitytobecome independentlysuccessful Thisisnotaneasytimeto enterintoaresearchcareer inanacademicsetting inanacademicsetting

M. Susan Smith

TotalandNewFaculty1970to 2006inUSMedicalSchools MedicalSchools

45,000 40,000 35,000 16

PercentNewFaculty

14 12 10 8

Number

30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0

6 4 2 0

TotalFaculty FirsttimeFaculty timeFaculty PercentFirst PercentFirsttime Faculty

Source:http://www.aamc.org

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Key things
PublicationswhenIseeapersonwho
hasfinishedaPh.D.andhasonlyone publication,Istartgettingnervous.

M. Susan Smith

Thehabitofdoingresearchand publishingisalearnedhabit.Youeither learntodoitoryoulearntopostpone.

Itswhatallowsyoutobesuccessfultoget agrantfundedandthenanothergrant.
Can you pose a question & tell a story?

Dotheyhaveideasthatwillallowthemto developsomethingindependent developsomethingindependent fundablegrant?

Components
oftheapplication
Letters of reference Are they enthusiastic & committed?

Bert OMalley

Follow up letter

Publications

Interview

Extracurricular activities

Process
ofselection

Bert OMalley

Lettersof reference

Howgoodarethepeoplewhowritethe letters? Aretheythemselvesknown? Howdotheyrankthestudents/postdocs Howdotheyrankthestudents/ amongalloftheirtrainees? Whatkindoflaboratorycitizenswerethey? Dotheymakealabgo,helpingother people? Aretheyinsularandselfishtypeof individual? Dotheysharewithothersinagroup setting? setting?

Gettoknow Gettoknow

Bert OMalley

Interview

Whydotheywanttocome? Whydotheywanttocome? Reasonshouldbescientific. Reasonshouldbescientific. Itsakillerformeiftheyhavenot readthepapersandknowwhatthe departmentisdoing. departmentisdoing. Havequestionsinmindforallthe differentinterviews. differentinterviews. Presentation=30mintimefor Presentation=30min questions. questions. Chalktalkwhereareyougoingin Chalktalk thefuturewhatdoyouhaveinmind todo? todo? Beforetheinterview Beforetheinterview gooverthesethingswiththe mentor. mentor. havethisinformationearlyinthe game.

Aftertheinterview

Bert OMalley

Followup letter fromthe candidate

Showsanelementofcourtesyfor thetimeinvestedbythefaulty Expressionofinterestintheposition Wewanttofeelitisagooduseof ourtimetocontin ourtimetocontin uethedialogue withthem. Mayleadtoanothervisit orextendeddiscussionswiththem anoffer.

Process
ofselection
Faculty Search Committee Decisions and offer made Selection followed by interview

Bert OMalley

Follow up phone calls to specific individuals

Professors Committee Head of the search committee presents their choices

Balancing
careerandlife fornewfacultymembers.
Familyconstrains womens accesstocareer opportunities byimposing geographic restrictions andby encouraging themtofavor jobsthat facilitatework familybalance Familystructure Familystructure hadlittleeffect onmenfavoring workfamily family balanceinjobs. balanceinjobs. Academics whofavored department reputationand researchsupport whenseeking tenuretrack positions werelesslikely tofavor conditions offeringwork familybalance.

Catherine Kirchmeyer.Thedifferenteffectsoffamilyonobjectivecareersuccessacrossgender:Atestofalternative .Thedifferenteffectsoffamilyonobjectivecareersuccessacrossgender:Atestofalternative explanations. JournalofVocationalBehavior68(2):323346,2006. 346,2006.

AcademicFacultyintheUS AcademicFacultyintheUS
70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

Men Women

10%

0% Doctoral Univ Masters Univ Baccalaureate Inst. Two year College

The Chronicle of Higher Education Feb. 15, 2008

The single highest gradepost of research

Programswhich provide qualificationsto enterinto advanced programs.

Programs leadingto Ph.D.

First post for Ph.D.

Researchers inpositions notsenior> newPh.D.s.

Issuesandchallenges

Investmentin yourcareer

Balanceand WellBeing

Topicsfordiscussion
Howtoprepareforascientificcareer
thathasteachingasamaincomponent withemphasisonhowtogainteachingexperienceandbe competitive.

Whatdopostdoc&facultycandidateshavetokeepin mindwhentheyapplyforpositions
thathaveastrongresearchcomponentandyetinvolvesteaching guidelinesregardingtheparameterstheywillbeevaluateduponand whattokeepinmindwhentheyapplytosuchpositions.

Balancing
careerandlife fornewfacultymembers.

Whatstepwillyoucommit totake?bywhen?

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