Career Planning with MyIDPWE14 - Lightning Talk

Kristy Sherrer, MS

STEM Manager, Graduate Student Services

UCLA Career Center

Objectives

Review current trends

Overview of 4 Phases of MyIDP Process

Career Planning for Success

Schillebeeckx, M.; Maricque, B.; Lewis, C., “The missing piece to changing the university culture.” Careers and Recruitment, Nature Biotechnology, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 938–941, Oct. 2013.

What is an Individual Development Plan? Identify long term career goals that fit your

unique skills, interests, and values Explore career opportunities Set goals to help prepare for those careers Structure productive conversations with

mentors/supervisors about career development

Value of Deliberate Career Planning

People who develop and implement strategies to pursue career-specific goals achieve greater career success Measured by

Salary

Promotions

Level of responsibility

Report greater career satisfaction and rate themselves as more successful than their peers compared to those without career plans.

4 Phases of the IDP Process

http://myidp.sciencecareers.org

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Adapted from Outside the Ivory Tower, by Margaret Newhouse

Skills

Interests Values

Career Satisfaction

Making Sense of Self- Assessment

4 Phases of the IDP Process

Career Exploration…dozens of career options: 20 categories60 job titles in myIDP

4 Phases of the IDP Process

SMART Goal Setting: Three Types of GoalsProject

Completion Goals

Write Paper

Statistical Analysis

Skill Enhancement

Goals

Improve Teaching

Skills

Experimental design

Career Advancement

Goals

Write Resume

Attend Networking

Event

Mock Interview

SMART Goals

Specific – Focused and unambiguous?

Measureable – Could someone determine whether or not you achieved this goal?

Action-oriented – Specify the action?

Realistic – Considering difficulty and timeframe, is this goal attainable?

Time-bound – Specify a deadline?

4 Phases of the IDP Process

**See handout of printed IDP

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Contact me: ksherrer@career.ucla.edu