2008 Mentoring Symposium on
"Gainfully Employed: From Launching a Job Search to Navigating Negotiations"
(Sponsored by Women in Physiology (APS) and Pharmacology (ASPET) Committees)
Organizers:
Siribhinya Benyajati (APS) (University of Oklahoma HSC)
Colleen Cosgrove Hegg (APS) (Michigan State University)
Jelveh Lameh (ASPET) (ACADIA Pharmaceuticals)
This career development symposium will address the needs of early career scientists who will soon transition into ‘new’ professional appointment. The workshop will provide information regarding 1) launching a job search, particularly for a dual-career couple; 2) delivering a job talk: formal seminar vs. chalk-talk; 3) the art of interviewing; and 4) negotiation tips. Each speaker has a significant amount of recent experience in their particular topic and each will give a 15-minute informative presentation.
The session will include mock sessions on interview and negotiation in which videotapes of someone interviewing for a faculty position and discussing negotiations on their salary and resources will be shown following the talks of the same topics. The mock sessions will form the basis of an interactive exercise where the audience discuss and critique the taped interview and negotiation. Two pairs of a junior faculty person and his/her respective chair will participate in the taped mock sessions and they will be present during the workshop.
The session complements the workshop on “Marketing Yourself on Paper for Academic Positions” proposed by the Trainee Advisory Committee for Experimental Biology 2008. The symposium will be of interest to scientists of all stages of professional development seeking a position, from trainees to established investigators.
Presentations (see audio and PowerPoints from each presentation below)
Launching a Job Search
Colleen Cosgrove Hegg, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Delivering a Dynamic Job Talk
Susan C. McKarns, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
The Art of Interviewing: Winning the Job
Lynn Wecker, Ph.D., University of South Florida College of Medicine
Navigating Negotiations
Kim E. Barrett, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Mock Interview and Negotiation Videos
Potential Interview Questions