STEM PhD Pathways

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Graduate students and postdocs in STEM fields have a wealth of resources to help you explore careers that could be a great fit for you. Take advantage of the STEM-focused resources listed below as well as our list of career exploration resources relevant to all disciplines, and follow up with an appointment with an OCS advisor to help hone a professional and career development strategy that maximizes your time at Yale.

			Selected Yale ResourcesCenter for Biotechnology Innovation and Technology
Career Network for Student Scientists and Postdocs at Yale
Yale Science Diplomats
Women in Science at Yale
Yale Society of Women Engineers
Equity in the Job Search Symposium
What Can You Be with a PhD? (co-sponsored by OCS)

		
STEM Peer Professionalization Groups (OCS)The OCS STEM Peer Professionalization Group (PPG) is a peer mentoring program, which pairs small groups of graduate students from STEM-related fields who are interested in actively developing their professional and career plans. This program combines monthly small group meetings with large on-campus and off-campus events each semester to provide a format that is flexible for the busy schedule of graduate students. Click here to learn more!
STEM-Focused Career ResourcesMany academic associations and other organizations offer a wealth of information on diverse career paths for STEM graduate students and postdocs. For example, see:
MyIDP (AAAS)
ChemIDP (American Chemical Society)
NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education Careers Blog and YouTube Channel
BioCT Career Center (All Yale students and postdocs are members)
MassBio  (All Yale students and postdocs are members)
“From Bench Science to..” Series
NatureJobs
ScienceCareers
New York Academy of Sciences
American Physical Society Careers in Physics
New Scientist career guides
Cell &  Molecular Biology Online
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Careers

			Ways to Test STEM CareersOffice of Cooperative Research grad student programs 
InterSECT Job Simulations – Science Sims
PreScouter Global Scholars program
Datahack@Yale
Yale Healthcare Hackathon
Internships in industry

		

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Helping graduate students and PhDs envision, prepare for, and excel in non-academic careers since 1999.

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