{"id":27492,"date":"2023-09-14T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?page_id=27492"},"modified":"2023-09-18T22:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T02:57:22","slug":"supporting-professional-development-and-career-goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/internal\/supporting-professional-development-and-career-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting professional development and career goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Competencies<\/h3>\n<table border=\"#0a0a0a\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mentor competencies<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Mentor best practices<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Mentee competencies<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Support your mentee in formulating a career development plan that includes activities to foster professional growth.<\/td>\n<td>Support diverse career directions and outcomes. Suggest and encourage mentee involvement in suitable career exploration activities. Introduce mentees to others in your network or otherwise help them make connections.<\/td>\n<td>Take a proactive role in your career development. Seek opportunities to advance your professional development and discuss them with your mentor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Suggestions\/Resources<\/h3>\n<p><em>Refer to the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/internal\/mentoring-resources\/\"><em>Mentoring Resources page<\/em><\/a><em> for supporting materials and training opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student and postdoc IDP processes<\/li>\n<li>Professional development requirement for graduate students (and associated materials).<\/li>\n<li>$1k from the department for biograds to attend a conference or professional development course\/workshop (contact Betsey)<\/li>\n<li>Postdoc travel fellowships from biology units.<\/li>\n<li>MIT Career and Professional Development (CAPD)<\/li>\n<li>Postdoc faculty job search workshops<\/li>\n<li>Path of Professorship<\/li>\n<li>IAP talks\/panels<\/li>\n<li>MIT Biotech Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Potential pitfalls for mentors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Devaluing non-academic career paths \/ extracurricular activities that are important to your individuals in training.<\/li>\n<li>Treating career-development activities as \u201cextramural\u201d and not part of the training experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competencies Mentor competencies Mentor best practices Mentee competencies Support your mentee in formulating a career development plan that includes activities to foster professional growth. 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