Career Workshops
Explore career paths and conduct a personalized assessment of your skills and abilities.
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Workshop Schedule
Sunday, March 23 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Entrepreneurship: A Practical Overview for Aspiring Chemical Entrepreneurs
Becoming an entrepreneur can be incredibly rewarding, but it comes with risks as well. How do you know if it’s right for you? This one-day workshop provides an overview of key responsibilities and activities needed for aspiring (and current) entrepreneurs when starting a new business with a specific focus within the chemical industry.
Sunday, March 23 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Comprehensive Tools to Launch and Grow Your Career
We all know the internet and information technology have changed the way we do business. But how have they changed the way we find business, jobs, or even completely new careers? New technological tools such as blogs, social networking sites, wikis, telephone, and video conferencing provide a wealth of information - both for you and about you. This presentation will focus on tools and techniques of particular use to chemical professionals, and how they can be used for both active and passive career development.
Sunday, March 23 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Green Cards for Scientific Researchers: How to Win Your EB-1/NIW Case
In today’s global environment, it is becoming more and more common to seek employment in other countries. This session is designed for international chemical professionals seeking a career in the US, whether in academia, industry, or government. The session will discuss the legal/immigration issues that foreign-national scientists must be aware of and some of the practical aspects international applicants who wish to work in the US must consider. A panel including an immigration attorney as well as representatives from industry and a university international student office will discuss contemporary issues and answer questions from the audience members.
Sunday, March 23 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT
ChemIDP, Planning for Your Career
This interactive career planning workshop geared towards graduate students and postdocs will include a discussion of the four critical pieces of career development and how they relate to your individual situation. You'll be introduced to the new ChemIDPTM tool to help you complete an individual development plan (IDP) and set clear goals toward your desired career path.
Sunday, March 23 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Writing Excellent Grant Proposals
This workshop covers the basic principles of crafting a research proposal and highlights common errors and misconceptions.
Sunday, March 23 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain
Get an overview of the job market and job types for industrial chemistry. Participants will learn how the industrial value chain can be used as a tool to help refine their job search in alignment with their strengths and values. The workshop will help uncover key components of job descriptions and participants will learn how to break down job descriptions to best match job opportunities with their experience, strengths, and values.
Sunday, March 23 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Setting Yourself Up for Success in an Interview
Learn how to break down the interview process into navigable stages. Participants will learn how to identify critical performance factors from job announcement media. The workshop will also help interviewees develop a plan to relate their experience and values to the job requirements and organizational values of their potential employers.
Sunday, March 23 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT
Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career That Matches Your Strengths and Values
Learn how to self-assess your career values and strengths. In this workshop, participants will learn how the four sectors of chemistry employment compare and contrast. Participants will gather information to help them determine which sector best aligns with their values and strengths and plan their next steps to obtaining an ideal position.
Sunday, March 23 | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
Making the Most of Your Interview: Outshine the Competition
Learn strategies and techniques to have an extremely effective interview. Participants will also learn how to anticipate questions, develop thoughtful, robust responses, and handle difficult questions. The workshop will not only provide critical practice interview scenarios but will also help participants leave a lasting impression on hiring staff to secure a position well-aligned with their strengths and values.
Sunday, March 23 | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
Résumé Development: Marketing Your Brand for an Industrial Chemistry Position
Get the reaction you want with a polished résumé portfolio targeted for the industrial chemistry sector. Learn how to format your resume and choose the right content by analyzing successful examples. This workshop will also discuss the importance of a resume portfolio, including cover letters and research summaries. Finally, you'll discover effective job search strategies, such as using online job boards and networking, to get your resume in front of the right people.
Sunday, March 23 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
Networking: How to Get Started
This workshop will help participants use networking to enhance their job search. Participants will learn which types of questions can create a natural flow in a networking conversation. The workshop will assist in creating a networking plan to locate and obtain the ideal job in any sector.
Monday, March 24 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
Opportunities for Chemists in the Federal Government
Get an overview of the demographics of employment for the federal government. Participants will learn about the General Schedule (GS) as well as the three types of positions in the federal government. The workshop will determine federal coding for chemists and chemical engineers and provide data about employment by geography, discipline, department, and agency to help participants match job opportunities with their experience, strengths, and values.
Monday, March 24 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Skydiving into Retirement: Enjoy the Ride and Land Softly
This workshop outlines a strategic planning approach to retirement for those who are thinking about retirement or recently retired. We’ll talk about articulating your new identity and how to evaluate the environment into which you will leap. We’ll use exercises to help find the intersection of your values, your strengths, your interests and your opportunities and construct your new persona for the third phase of your life.
Monday, March 24 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Green Cards for Scientific Researchers: How to Win Your EB-1/NIW Case
In today’s global environment, it is becoming more and more common to seek employment in other countries. This session is designed for international chemical professionals seeking a career in the US, whether in academia, industry, or government. The session will discuss the legal/immigration issues that foreign-national scientists must be aware of and some of the practical aspects international applicants who wish to work in the US must consider. A panel including an immigration attorney as well as representatives from industry and a university international student office will discuss contemporary issues and answer questions from the audience members.
Monday, March 24 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
How to Find and Apply for a Chemistry Position in the Federal Government
This workshop provides participants with sources to locate chemistry positions in the federal government. Participants will also learn how to break down a federal job announcement. The workshop will also prepare participants for an application for a position in the federal government, including automated features, résumé components, essays, and questionnaires.
Monday, March 24 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Writing Excellent Grant Proposals
This workshop covers the basic principles of crafting a research proposal and highlights common errors and misconceptions.
Monday, March 24 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT
Your Idea, Your Business, and Your Marketing Strategy
This workshop will help you determine if self-employment is for you. The workshop will provide you with the tools to create the initial parts of a preliminary business plan—defining the business, defining the market, and defining the organization.
Monday, March 24 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
The Higher Ed Landscape
After taking this workshop, you will be able to identify trends in higher education and differentiate between the types of higher education institutions and the types of available positions.
Monday, March 24 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT
Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career That Matches Your Strengths and Values
Learn how to self-assess your career values and strengths. In this workshop, participants will learn how the four sectors of chemistry employment compare and contrast. Participants will gather information to help them determine which sector best aligns with their values and strengths and plan their next steps to obtaining an ideal position.
Monday, March 24 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Your Sales Marketing and Financing Plan
The workshop will provide you the tools to develop the final parts of a preliminary business plan—defining the marketing and sales strategy and defining the financing.
Monday, March 24 | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
Higher Education - Presenting Yourself
This workshop will show you how to explore and assess potential positions in higher education and create an application portfolio to make you more competitive for higher education jobs.
Monday, March 24 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
Networking: How to Get Started
This workshop will help participants use networking to enhance their job search. Participants will learn which types of questions can create a natural flow in a networking conversation. The workshop will assist in creating a networking plan to locate and obtain the ideal job in any sector.
Tuesday, March 25 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain
Get an overview of the job market and job types for industrial chemistry. Participants will learn how the industrial value chain can be used as a tool to help refine their job search in alignment with their strengths and values. The workshop will help uncover key components of job descriptions and participants will learn how to break down job descriptions to best match job opportunities with their experience, strengths, and values.
Tuesday, March 25 | 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career That Matches Your Strengths and Values
Learn how to self-assess your career values and strengths. In this workshop, participants will learn how the four sectors of chemistry employment compare and contrast. Participants will gather information to help them determine which sector best aligns with their values and strengths and plan their next steps to obtaining an ideal position.
Tuesday, March 25 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Navigating Dynamic Commercial Organizations
Navigating Dynamic Commercial Organizations is a live, in-depth look at best practices in business leadership that assists scientists in transitioning into business leadership roles in the industry. The facilitated workshop builds on the concepts and skills introduced in Preparing for Business Leadership in Science and Technology, a self-paced, on-demand introductory course that is a prerequisite for this workshop.
Tuesday, March 25 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Practical Green Chemistry Tools and Techniques for Research and Development Scientists
Learn about tools and metrics used by pharma, agriscience and animal health scientists to optimize their synthetic chemical processes and how to utilize these tools to make “greener” decisions. This workshop will equip industry-based R&D chemists and engineers as well as graduate students with practical Green Chemistry tools, methods, and metrics. We'll cover green chemistry basics through to the most recent innovative tools and metrics widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Tuesday, March 25 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Résumé Development: Marketing Your Brand for an Industrial Chemistry Position
Get the reaction you want with a polished résumé portfolio targeted for the industrial chemistry sector. Learn how to format your resume and choose the right content by analyzing successful examples. This workshop will also discuss the importance of a resume portfolio, including cover letters and research summaries. Finally, you'll discover effective job search strategies, such as using online job boards and networking, to get your resume in front of the right people.
Tuesday, March 25 | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Networking: How to Get Started
This workshop will help participants use networking to enhance their job search. Participants will learn which types of questions can create a natural flow in a networking conversation. The workshop will assist in creating a networking plan to locate and obtain the ideal job in any sector.
Tuesday, March 25 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Opportunities for Chemists in the Federal Government
Get an overview of the demographics of employment for the federal government. Participants will learn about the General Schedule (GS) as well as the three types of positions in the federal government. The workshop will determine federal coding for chemists and chemical engineers and provide data about employment by geography, discipline, department, and agency to help participants match job opportunities with their experience, strengths, and values.
Tuesday, March 25 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
Setting Yourself Up for Success in an Interview
Learn how to break down the interview process into navigable stages. Participants will learn how to identify critical performance factors from job announcement media. The workshop will also help interviewees develop a plan to relate their experience and values to the job requirements and organizational values of their potential employers.
Tuesday, March 25 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT
Greening Undergraduate Laboratories: A Step-by-Step Guide to Success
This workshop will provide instructors of undergraduate laboratory courses and researchers with a roadmap that outlines specific, measurable changes they can make to their curricula and/or research strategies to move toward greener and more sustainable experimental protocols. Through guided interactive analyses, examples, Q&A, and discussions, participants will see how easy it is to get started learning about green chemistry and implementing laboratory-based changes that benefit their research, colleagues, institutions, and students.
Tuesday, March 25 | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
How to Find and Apply for a Chemistry Position in the Federal Government
This workshop provides participants with sources to locate chemistry positions in the federal government. Participants will also learn how to break down a federal job announcement. The workshop will also prepare participants for an application for a position in the federal government, including automated features, résumé components, essays, and questionnaires.
Tuesday, March 25 | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
Making the Most of Your Interview: Outshine the Competition
Learn strategies and techniques to have an extremely effective interview. Participants will also learn how to anticipate questions, develop thoughtful, robust responses, and handle difficult questions. The workshop will not only provide critical practice interview scenarios but will also help participants leave a lasting impression on hiring staff to secure a position well-aligned with their strengths and values.
Wednesday, March 26 | 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career That Matches Your Strengths and Values
Learn how to self-assess your career values and strengths. In this workshop, participants will learn how the four sectors of chemistry employment compare and contrast. Participants will gather information to help them determine which sector best aligns with their values and strengths and plan their next steps to obtaining an ideal position.
Wednesday, March 26 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain
Get an overview of the job market and job types for industrial chemistry. Participants will learn how the industrial value chain can be used as a tool to help refine their job search in alignment with their strengths and values. The workshop will help uncover key components of job descriptions and participants will learn how to break down job descriptions to best match job opportunities with their experience, strengths, and values.
Wednesday, March 26 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
Setting Yourself Up for Success in an Interview
Learn how to break down the interview process into navigable stages. Participants will learn how to identify critical performance factors from job announcement media. The workshop will also help interviewees develop a plan to relate their experience and values to the job requirements and organizational values of their potential employers.
Wednesday, March 26 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 AM PT
Making the Most of Your Interview: Outshine the Competition
Learn strategies and techniques to have an extremely effective interview. Participants will also learn how to anticipate questions, develop thoughtful, robust responses, and handle difficult questions. The workshop will not only provide critical practice interview scenarios but will also help participants leave a lasting impression on hiring staff to secure a position well-aligned with their strengths and values.
Wednesday, March 26 |10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
Résumé Development: Marketing Your Brand for an Industrial Chemistry Position
Get the reaction you want with a polished résumé portfolio targeted for the industrial chemistry sector. Learn how to format your resume and choose the right content by analyzing successful examples. This workshop will also discuss the importance of a resume portfolio, including cover letters and research summaries. Finally, you'll discover effective job search strategies, such as using online job boards and networking, to get your resume in front of the right people.
Wednesday, March 26 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
Networking: How to Get Started
This workshop will help participants use networking to enhance their job search. Participants will learn which types of questions can create a natural flow in a networking conversation. The workshop will assist in creating a networking plan to locate and obtain the ideal job in any sector.
Wednesday, March 26 | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT
Writing Competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Applications
This workshop provides participants with practical guidance on crafting competitive fellowship applications, using the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) as a model.
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