In this interactive workshop, participants will develop an understanding of how mentoring can help advance their scholarly and/or professional goals and contribute to personal and professional flourishing. The workshop is focused on how to develop a mentoring network, including identifying one’s areas of mentoring needs, understanding the distinctions among advisors, mentors, and sponsors, identifying and approaching potential mentors, setting mentoring relationship expectations, and navigating challenges in mentoring relationships. Participants will leave the workshop with a map of their own ideal mentoring network and concrete strategies for developing and sustaining their mentoring network.
About the speaker: Brandy Simula, Ph.D., is an experienced professional development consultant and certified career and life coach. She specializes in using social science research background to develop, implement, and evaluate high-impact programs and provide 1:1 consultations and coaching to help PhDs and PhDs-to-be identify and cultivate the skills they need to flourish personally and professionally. For more information, see brandysimula.com.
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In celebration of Graduate Professional Student Appreciation Week, the Career Center will hold a series of workshops and events to provide our PhD population professional development resources tailored to your needs. The PhD Career Summit offers exclusive panels and workshops to help you transition successfully to careers in academia and beyond. Search "PhD Career Summit" on Handshake's Events page for additional events in the series. Questions? Email gradcareers@ucsd.edu.