Career Development Resources
North Carolina State University and the Graduate School offers numerous career development opportunities and links to external employment resources. As a postdoc you have the opportunity to join the National Postdoctoral Association and participate in leadership and networking opportunities across the United States. The information provided on this page will provide you with information on workshops and services relevant to your professional growth.
Professional Development Workshops and Seminars
- Professional Development Seminars sponsored by The Graduate School.
Building Future Faculty program for postdocs and advanced graduate students.
Online career development seminars that focus on topics such as preparing for the job interview, writing a research statement, and writing an effective cover letter. If you have trouble viewing these Mediasite presentations, go to http://distance.ncsu.edu/course_technologies/Delivery_formats/mediasite.html for assistance.
Career Opportunities and Resources
- NCSU Career Center offers many online resources to postdocs. Pay special attention to the scrolling news for the latest updates.
NCSU Career Fairs schedule.
Career Search database with over 4 million employers.
Tomorrow's Professor mailing list. - Science Careers offers a set of tools that unlock career opportunities and personal potential as well as listing job openings, provding suggestions for how to advance your career in your chosen field, and weays to stay current in industry trends.
- The Burroughs Wellcome Fund provides articles, guidance and suggestions on a variety of career development areas such as winning grants, managing a lab, obtaining tenure and communicating science.
- Postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at other institutions.
PhDs.Org: Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources
Science [Magazine] Careers (formerly Science's Next Wave)
NPA Career Resource Clearinghouse - Other job posting sites:
SimplyHired.com
Indeed.com
Chronicle of Higher Education
Resumes, Curriculum Vitaes, and Cover Letters
- There is a lot that goes into conducting a job search. Should you use a resume or a CV? What information do you include in a cover letter? Answers to these questions, as well as samples of these different forms of communication with potential employers, can be found at: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/curriculumvitae/Curriculum_Vitae.htm.
Preparing for the Job Interview
- Once you have been invited to interview for a position, you will want to prepare by looking over some typical questions that will be asked of applicants. For those who are pursuing a career in academia, you may want to look over the questions on this website: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jbeebe2/IntvQs.htm. If you are interviewing for a job in industry, the following websites provide examples (and answers) to questions typically asked of applicants who are looking for employment within private corporations: