Now Online: AIBS Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists
 Dear Colleague, Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States do an excellent job of preparing students for careers in academia. As early career professionals and a growing number of reports note, however, many recent STEM graduates (including those with advanced degrees) are interested in employment in sectors beyond the professoriate by the time they complete their degree. Scientists continue to report that they feel ill-prepared and ill-equipped to pursue employment in these settings. To help scientists identify and successfully transition into the careers they desire, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) developed a program to help scientists hone and practice the skills needed to secure employment. AIBS’ Employment Acquisition Skills Boot Camp for Scientists is an intensive multi-day program that blends lecture and hands-on exercises. Designed by scientists with years of work experience in diverse settings and a career coach, this program provides graduate students to senior scientists with the information, tools, and resources required to successfully identify and secure employment in a diversity of careers, including science policy, communications, researchers or program managers in the private sector, research funding organizations, non-profit management, international development, government agencies, and others. Course participants will:Identify and clarify career interests and opportunities by reviewing currently available jobs;Learn to communicate their knowledge and skills to employers by providing tools and activities;Develop strategies for finding employment;Develop application materials with feedback from instructors;Prepare for and practice different interview styles and scenarios.Click here for more information and to view the general program agenda. Who should take this course? Current graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and scientists interested in transitioning to a new employment sector. Date and Location This course will be offered online in three half-day sessions conducted on September 25, October 2, and October 9, 2020. The program will be offered live from 12:00 – 3:30 PM Eastern Time. Cost The registration fee covers instruction, materials, and resources. $275/personIndividual Rate$225/personNominated by an AIBS Member Society or Organization (MSO) $225/personGroup Rate: More than 4 individuals from the same organization being paid for by a single source. Please contact membership@aibs.org for details.We’ll come to youIf you would like us to bring the course (in-person or online) to your institution, we are happy to come to you. Please contact Robert Gropp at rgropp@aibs.org or 202-340-4281 for more information. IMPORTANT: A $100 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration. Individuals will be billed for the balance prior to the workshop. Register now: https://www.aibs.org/events/employmentbootcamp.html We look forward to seeing you in September! Sincerely,  Robert Gropp, Ph.D. Executive Director |