Getting Started on Your Individual Development Plan

The LBNL Career Pathways Office provides professional development to Berkeley Lab's early career researchers and Postdocs.

LBNL Career Pathways Office

Learn how to assess what stage you are in your career, set goals, and outline steps to reach your professional development goals

T﻿his workshop includes a breakout room activityAre you wondering what your next steps might be? Interested in developing a plan for your professional life? No matter where you are in your experience as a postdoc on the Hill, this workshop will help you develop a plan. During our 50 minutes together, we will:<ul><li>Write and think together</li><li>Talk and develop ideas with colleagues</li><li>Assess what stage you are in with your career development</li><li>Start to identify your longer-term career goals</li><li>Outline steps on a timeline to move you toward your overall goal</li><li>Discuss how to talk about your career moves with bosses, mentors, supporters, and colleagues</li></ul>

About PattiPatti Meyer has worked in higher education since 1985 in a variety of roles in and out of the classroom. She has worked with operations staff (as a facility manager), with administrative staff (as a campus reservations manager and with admissions), with undergraduate and graduate student leaders (as a program manager), and with undergraduate students (as an anthropology lecturer). In the Bay Area, Patti administratively supported an NSF-funded, Bay Area-based initiative to improve science training for K-12 teachers, coordinated the Women’s Health Internship program at the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health at UCSF, and advised pre-med students for five years at UC Berkeley, where she was introduced to an array of career services.For the past five years Patti has worked as a career counselor for PhD students, early career scientists, and Postdoctoral scholars, most recently at LBNL. She is interested in providing well-timed relevant programs, useful web-based resources and one-on-one counseling that helps individuals take practical steps to develop and move forward on their career path.

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