1. Professional Development Skills Training Welcome to OCN 750! January 14 – Introductions On a name tag, please write: your first name your field of study

2. Today’s Overview Interactive Introductions Course Philosophy & Syllabus Break Job Ad Activity Mini-Reflections

3. Interactive Introductions BINGO! Take a card & find a class member or instructor who meets a description. Ask that person to sign the square. Complete one bingo line (vertically, horizontally or diagonally) with signatures in each square. Shout out “bingo!” when you finish!

4. Syllabus Overview Course Philosophy: Team teaching Active learning Networking & camaraderie Guided reflections Active feedback Goals for Students: 1)Develop & refine professional skills 2)Explore career options & improve job materials 3)Provide peer support, share skills & resources

5. Class Projects – 2013 Examples Organized a workshop or international meeting Developed a teaching portfolio or statement Created “how-to” guide for online profiles Developed & conducted K-12 outreach Produced science communication pieces Class projects have also resulted in (at least): 2 (international) conference talks 1 (intl) conference poster 3 publications in progress Establishment of 1 new program

6. Nick Lee: “Careers for Astronomy PhDs” Seminar Series Participant Feedback: “This was probably the most useful ‘class’ I’ve had at the Institute for Astronomy!” https://sites.google.com/site/nylee23/careers-talk http://www.astrobetter.com/careers-for-astronomy-phds/ Dr. Jill Tarter, SETI Institute & inspiration for “Contact”

7. Anela Choy: A Mentoring Bridge for Native Hawaiian Earth Science Students and Earth Science Graduate Students http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/maile/

8. Syllabus Overview Questions? Comments?

9. Break (if not already)

10. Job Ad Activity 1. Form groups of 3-4 people, including people you haven’t met yet OR from different fields. 2. Read each of the 3 job ads: Environmental Science Assistant Professor (Job A) Executive Editor for Elements Magazine (Job B) Volunteer Coordinator – COASST (Job C) 3. Discuss the following questions: Which job or job type would you apply for? Which questions do you have about application requirements? 4. Be ready to discuss ads as a class, ~3:20 pm.

11. Upcoming Assignments For Jan 21: 1) Prepare for networking (details on next slide) 2) Project: Make appointment with instructors (sign-up sheet) For Jan 28: 1)Project: Meet with instructors 2)Assignment 1: Outreach and Communication

12. Preparing for Networking!  Prepare “elevator speech” (30 second version) Who am I? (name, job title, dept, institution) What do I do? (think: audience) Why should you care? (think: audience)  Recommended (optional) Review “Day 2 Networking Guests” (coming soon!) Dress for a 1 st impression Bring business cards if you have them

13. Mini-Reflection #1 1. One thing you’re interested in exploring further 2. One thing you’ve learned from others today Please include your name, enough info so you remember the question & today’s date (Jan 14) PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY 2