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Professional Development & Career Strategy
Take an intentional approach to professional development, one that begins with the first year of the PhD and evolves as you shape your scholarly and professional identity. Spending time on professional development will make you more successful during graduate school and better prepared for the job search.
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GSAS Sample Mentoring Agreement
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Mentoring agreements (sometimes referred to as “compacts”) are common in the sciences as a tool to guide and define collaboration between faculty, graduate students, and/or postdocs in a lab setting. This template mentoring agreement has been adapted from the American Association of Medical Colleges and the Advising Agreement between Graduate Students and Faculty at Brown University.
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Yale Library
https://library.yale.edu/
Yale University Library is made up of 500 staff, more than a dozen libraries and locations, vast physical collections, and extensive electronic resources. All these elements are animated and connected by technology and expertise in the service of teaching, learning, research, and practice.
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Meals for Mentoring
The Graduate School’s "Meals for Mentoring" program is a chance for PhD students and their mentors to talk about research, coursework, career goals, and personal and professional development over a free lunch.
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Office for Graduate Student Engagement and Development Fellows Program
Are you a current graduate student who wants to help create programming and provide support to your peers? If so, come join us! We invite you to apply as an Office for Graduate Student Engagement and Development (OGSED) Fellow.
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Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/
The Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning offers robust resources to support graduate student professional development, focused particularly on teaching and writing.
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Professional Development Opportunity in Lieu of Teaching
In some cases, you may pursue a Professional Development Opportunity in lieu of a standard teaching assignment. These experiences in on-campus offices offer you a chance to explore career options while gaining new skills.
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Student Employment
Part-time employment at the university or elsewhere should not conflict with your degree program or interfere with your academic progress. If you seek part-time employment beyond an average of ten hours per week, you must have permission from your director of graduate studies in consultation with the appropriate associate dean of the Graduate School.
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Yale Student Grants Database
https://yale.communityforce.com/Funds/Search.aspx
The Student Grants Database allows you to search for any Yale funding and external fellowships that have a campus application process.
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Student Travel Resources
Students have access to an array of resources to support travel for research, study, and professional development. See here for a detailed overview of funding sources, health coverage information, and resources for domestic and international travel.
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Poorvu Center: Teaching Development and Initiatives
https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/about/poorvu-center-staff/teaching-development-initiatives-team
The Teaching Development and Initiatives team provides opportunities for you to develop your pedagogical skills while you're here at Yale and as you prepare to teach at other institutions. You can earn a certificate that affirms your expertise, join in community with other graduate teachers, and compete for an opportunity to develop your own course alongside a faculty member. PhD students are also eligible to become McDougal Graduate Teaching Fellows, in which position you can further develop your teaching by facilitating workshops for your fellow graduate students and postdocs.