Career Skills for Scientists

Contact: Prof. Connie B. Roth
Email: cbroth @ emory.edu
 

Summer 2008 - Lunch Time Discussions
 

Wednesday, August 4, 2008

Motivated Skills Card Sort run by Paul Bredderman from Emory's Career Center.
Participants identified skills they were good at and enjoyed doing.
 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Discussed Informational Interviews. [Informational Interview Questions]
(From Paul Bredderman at Emory's Career Center)

Assignment #3 – Practice an informational interview with someone you know.
 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Discussed "soft-skills". Skills employers look for that are not obvious technical skills. [Valued Soft Skills]

Exercise: (Done as a group during meeting.)
You have all taken many classes and have seen good and bad teachers. List what skills make a good teacher.

Assignment #2 – What skills do I need for my chosen career? [Assignment 2 - Skills]
 

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Discussed Assignment #1 – People shared their career goals.

Developed list of topics to be covered in future meetings. [List of Topics]
 

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Discussed stats on typical starting salaries for physics and chemistry graduates (Bachelors and PhDs). [Starting Salary Stats]

Assignment #1 – Start developing career goals. [Assignment 1 - Goals]