Career Development

The Postgrad Writers’ Room is intended to foster a collaborative postgrad writing community (Open to all Postdocs and Graduate Students)

The Postgrad Writers’ Room offers:

1) a space with minimal distractions

2) a space to establish good writing regimens and routines

3) a space that provides peer motivation and support

4) free refreshments

The Postgrad Writers Room is held in the Library (C2) Room 328 every Tuesday, weekly, from September 3rd - December 17th from 9:30-12:30pm.

For Fall 2024, the NYUAD Library are excited to host workshops that will make you a better researcher, writer, and scholar. These workshops are open to our Postgrad Community.

Please see the list of workshops below, and please register if you wish to attend. All workshops are held online via Zoom.

• 24th September, 11.45am-1.15pm How to Choose an AI Tool for Literature Research – Click Here to Register and to find out more
• 22nd October, 11.45am-1.15pm - Current Awareness Tools for Research and Scholarship – Click Here to Register and to find out more
• 12^th November, 11.45am-1.15pm - ABCs of Evidence Synthesis – Click Here to Register and to find out more

For Fall 2024, we will be hosting a series of 3 workshops dedicated to helping our Graduate Students and Postdocs navigate the process of finding a job in the Academy. All sessions will be held in the Career Development Center Cafe (CDC).

Thursday, 26th September , 12.30pm-1.30pm: Academic CV and Cover letter - Register Here
Thursday, 3rd October , 12.30pm-1.30pm: Teaching Statements - Register Here
Thursday, 24th October, 12.30pm-1.30pm: Diversity Statements - Register Here

The Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office, in collaboration with Dr. Philip Rodenbough, NYUAD Adjunct Lecturer in Scientific Writing, is pleased to offer the Postgrad Writing Support Series. This programming aims to help meet the unique writing needs of graduate students and to support the development of strong writing habits and professional skills. All sessions are held on Zoom.

Details of Workshops:

• Thursday, February 1st, 3-4pm: Writing with Others: Strategies for Successful Collaborations - Register Here

• Friday. March 1st, 10-11am: Citation Management Strategies - Register Here

Lunch & Learn is a monthly lunchtime seminar that provides graduate students and postdocs a chance to socialize with and learn from different disciplines across the campus - and get a free lunch!

Each event features 10 to 15-minute talk by either a graduate student, or postdoc – usually from a different division or department to encourage cross-collaboration.

However, unlike traditional seminars and lectures, the Lunch & Learn series encourages speakers to communicate their topic in whatever way they feel most comfortable, welcoming anything from PowerPoint slides to fireside chats to hands-on demonstrations.

Lunch & Learn Schedule:

Tuesday, October 8th 12pm-1pm in C2-E231 - Register Here
Tuesday, October 29th 12pm-1pm in C2-E231 - Register Here
Tuesday, November 19th 12pm-1pm in C2-E231 - Register Here
Tuesday, December 10th 12pm-1pm in C2-E231 - Register Here

GPPO is pleased to share with you that for Fall 2024 we have partnered with our Writing Center colleagues to provide 1:1 writing support.

The NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Writing provides support at any stage of the writing process. Our writing consultants are experienced readers and writers from multiple disciplines who work with you in one-on-one conferences to help develop any kind of written or oral material.

We are located in the GPPO suite C2 W212 meeting room W214.

To make an appointment go to nyuad.mywconline.com and select F2024|Graduate Writing from the schedule drop-down menu. 

NYUAD GradSlam is an event where graduate students and postdoctoral associates can present their research in a three-minute public presentation to win cash prizes! During September and October, we will have a range of workshops to help you to communicate your research, be a confident public speaker, and be able to communicate your science to a non-scientific audience.

To find out more about GradSlam, and the schedule of workshops, please go to our GradSlam website at https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/postdoctoral-research/grad-slam.html

Introducing GradSTEPS (Skills Training for Employability and Professional Success), a program designed for graduate students and postdocs to enhance their skills and professional acumen. GradSTEPS offers tailored workshops, networking opportunities, and career resources, empowering participants to successfully transition to a rewarding career.

Thursday 24th October, 12pm-1.15pm: 3 Common Mistakes PhDs Make in Their (Non Academic) Job Search - Register Here.

Join us for this upcoming workshop where you’ll learn the common mistakes we see PhDs make time and time again when starting their job searches. You’ll learn what strategies PhDs used that eventually led to their successful career transition, and how you can apply these strategies to your own non-academic job search.

Thursday 7th November, 12pm-1.15pm: How to network when you don’t have a network - Register Here 

Join us for this upcoming workshop where you’ll learn what is networking, how the hiring process works in the US; How to network at the different stages of a job search and who to start networking with. We will also discuss how to setup and conduct informational interviews and other ways to build a rewarding network.

The Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a way to explore and define training goals, professional development needs, and career objectives with your PI. It guides you to reflect on where you are and where you would like to be, and defines specific actions for goal achievement.

5th November 2024, C1 (ERB) 120, 11.30AM-1.00PM

Come along to learn more:

What is an Individual Development Plan?
Writing an Individual Development Plan
Strategies for discussing the plan with a mentor

All postdoctoral scholars must complete and discuss an IDP with their PI annually. NYUAD is committed to postdoc training. The IDP provides an important component of this training.

Postgrad Language Circles, in collaboration with the Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Office, aim to improve your foreign language speaking skills through informal conversations with native speakers. The Circles provide an ideal opportunity for NYUAD graduate students and postdocs to practice languages in a relaxed, friendly environment. Circles are open to everyone from our postgrad community with all levels of proficiency. Join us to practice your language speaking skills and make new friends!

For Fall 2024, we will host Language Circles in:

-Arabic
-Japanese

Circles are held at least twice per month throughout the Fall Semester, with a maximum of 10 participants per group, and food and drinks are provided to all participants.

You can find the schedule below:

The Versatile Ph.D. is a web-based, socially positive business that helps universities provide graduate students with non-academic professional development. Our mission is to help graduate students and PhDs envision, prepare for, and excel in non-academic careers.

We want doctoral students to be informed about academic employment realities, educated about their non-academic career options, and supported in preparing for a wide range of careers so that in the end, they have choices. The key concept here is versatility: the ability to apply skills, abilities, and interests in various positions and fields.

*Please note that if it is your first time signing into Versatile Ph.D., you will also need to register with your NYU email address

ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

Humanities and social sciences PhD students and their mentors have long recognized the need for more resources to help bridge the knowledge gap between doctoral education and the realm of career possibilities. ImaginePhD is designed to meet this need by allowing users to:

• assess their career-related skills, interests, and values
• explore careers paths appropriate to their disciplines
• create self-defined goals
• map out the next steps for career and professional development success

myIDP - a unique, web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of Ph.D. students and postdocs in the sciences. 

myIDP provides: 

• Exercises to help you examine your skills, interests, and values 
• A list of 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones best fit your skills and interests 
• A tool for setting strategic goals for the coming year, with optional reminders to keep you on track
• Articles and resources to guide you through the process

STEMPeers TM is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in PA as PhD Career Support Group. The organization helps creates a growing network of STEM scientists that is involved in peer-to-peer mentoring and support.

STEMPeers has several online initiatives to its credit like Gurukool (A platform that helps people during job transitions via peer mentoring), ClubSciwri, The STEM times, MedNess, The Newsletter and Jidnyasa.

They have two annual conferences- Annual STEMPeers conference in USA and EuroSTEMPeers in Europe. 

Beyond the Professoriate is the only online professional development training platform for graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and PhDs that helps them successfully transition into academic or nonacademic careers. This research-driven platform is informed by nearly a decade of experience supporting PhDs to launch new careers with their skills and training.

Trusted by over 30 institutions (and growing), the platform helps grad students and PhDs leverage their education into meaningful careers, whether in academia or beyond the professoriate.

When logging in, choose 'New York University' as your Institution