Interview Etiquette

• How to Prepare for and Conduct a Great Phone Interview – Career Builder
• Ace Your Video Interview – Science Magazine
• The Two Most Critical Elements of Interview Day – Science Magazine
• Interview Resources – UM Career Center
• “Job Hunting in Industry: Searching, Applying, Interviewing, and Negotiating for a Science Position in Biotech and Pharma” – Bill Lindstaedt (UCSF)
• Informational Interview Quick Guide
• Job Talk Quick Guide

Follow-Up Etiquette

• The 6 W’s of Thank-You Notes – Career Builder
• Post Interviewing Tips: How Not to Follow-up – Career Builder

• Individual Development Plan (IDP): a free tool to help align your skills, interests, and values with career options.
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): an online assessment to help you identify what motivates you and how you interact with the world around you.

• BCDP:
  • The Biotech Career Development Program (BCDP), formerly the Biotech Career Exploration Program, is a structured program
    to educate, train, and provide career exposure to many aspects of biotechnology outside of the traditional academic tenure-track
    faculty position. There will be two sessions per month (each one hour in length, generally). One of the monthly sessions will be a
    panel discussion focused on different career sectors. The other session will be focused on skill building. Applications will be
    available in the spring of 2023.
• You3:
  • A Leadership and Management Program for Postdocs is a structured program aimed at filling a critical need in postdoc
    professional development for current training and future career success. This program is designed by postdocs for postdocs under the
    guidance of OGPS’ Director of Curriculum and Educational Initiatives. Using statistical tools to analyze survey data and aligning them
    with pedagogical best practices, this program is structured as eight 1.5-hour weekly modules to develop mastery in three aspects of
    management and leadership. These modules, organized below, will be facilitated by topic experts. The program will be enriched
    with effective tools and case-studies to provide learning opportunities for participants. The 2023 cohort information will be
    announced in early 2023)
• ACT
  • The Advancing Career Targets (ACT) Program aims to help grad students in their 3rd year and above engage in active career
    exploration and empower them to take concrete steps towards their career goals. The program is open to Ph.D. students who are in a
    PIBS-affiliated program. What differentiates the ACT program from others is that it creates a community of peer support among
    students within biomedical disciplines currently in similar stages of career exploration and preparation.

Professional Development Resources

Maas Professional Development Award – The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies supports our graduate trainees in professional development opportunities such as non-scientific conferences and workshops. Eligible applicants will be graduate students in good academic standing who are actively pursuing a degree in one of the 14 degree-granting programs within PIBS. Application deadlines are rolling and will be reviewed at the end of each month. Grants are up to $500.

Postdoc Professional Development Award – The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies provides support for postdoctoral trainees to pursue professional development opportunities. All Michigan Medicine Postdoctoral Fellows are eligible. Application deadlines are rolling and will be reviewed at the end of each month. Grants are up to $500.

Rackham Professional Development Grant – Looking for funding for professional development workshops, training, activities, etc? Apply for a Professional Development Grant. Application deadlines are rolling. Grants are up to $400.

Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award – The Office of Postdoctoral Studies provides $500 travel support to Postdoctoral Fellows whose first author abstracts are selected for oral or poster sessions at a conference or meeting. Each year, 20 travel grants will be awarded. Applications are due January 31 for meetings March 1-June 30. Applications are due May 15 for meetings July 1-December 31.

Additional Resources

Michigan Medicine Corporate and Foundation Relations Funding Opportunities – The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations within Michigan Medicine is a centralized office that helps to foster relationships between Michigan Medicine and companies and private professional foundations. The office helps faculty and external funding partners connect and collaborate to advance mutual goals that align with the university’s research, teaching, and clinical care mission.

Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Negotiating Salary

• Tooling Up: Salary Negotiation, Part 1 and Part 2 – Science Magazine

Negotiating Offers

• Academic Scientists at Work: Negotiating a Faculty Position – Science Magazine
• Negotiation Tactics and Strategies – Science Magazine
  
• Negotiating an Academic Position – Drs. Kassandra Ori-Mckenney, Omar Quintero, Raychelle Burks, Mónica Feliú-Mójer – iBiology Professional Development

• Broad Institute CommKit
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Communication Toolkit
• LinkedIn Quick Guide
• Poster Presentation Quick Guide
• Elevator Pitch Quick Guide