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Finding Your Fit - Making Sense of Your Career Options

Offered By: AGU via YouTube

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Career Development Courses Personal Development Courses Self-Assessment Courses

Course Description

Overview

Explore strategies for identifying the career path that best aligns with your skills, strengths, and interests in this hour-long webinar. Delve into various levels of career specificity, analyze employment sectors by degree, and learn how to effectively market yourself as a PhD holder. Gain insights on navigating academia, industry, and government job markets, including opportunities for international candidates. Discover resources for finding environmental and nonprofit positions, and understand how to leverage storytelling in your job search. Engage in a comprehensive Q&A session addressing common concerns and providing valuable tips for finding your ideal career fit.

Syllabus

Introduction
Agenda
Questions
Level 1 Specific
Level 2 General
Level 3 General
Level 3 Specific
Pull Time
Type 2 Type 3
Venn Diagram of Life
Drivers
Skills
Strengths
Sectors
Employment sectors by degree
Academia
Academic institutions
Industry
Agencies Hiring
Commercial
Questions and Answers
Are international folks eligible for government jobs
How does a person with a PhD market themselves
PhD statistics
Telling stories
Getting a job in academia
Resources to find jobs
Environmental
Nonprofit


Taught by

AGU

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