Career Development Series

These seminars and workshops will be held on Thursdays at 9:30 am MT unless otherwise noted.

For media training with the UCAR Communications Team, NCAR|UCAR employees can make an appointment at any time.

To be notified of upcoming seminars, information about specific events below, or access to recordings of these events, please contact Scott Briggs at NCAR.

 

Career Development Workshops

Date Topic
2024  
March 4, 2024 Communicating in the Workplace: Discovering our conflict styles 
January 22, 2024 How to collaborate in the face of disagreement
TBD Panel on jobs in the private sector
TBD Panel on jobs in the private sector
TBD Working with proposal budgets
2023  
November 13, 2023 Crafting a research statement - workshop
November 6, 2023 Writing a job-specific cover letter
October 31, 2023 The Importance and Practice of Listening
October 9, 2023 Early Career Professional Development Workshop at the UCAR Members Meeting
August 31-September 1, 2023 NCAR Postdoctoral Retreat
June 15, 2023 Creating an Empowered and Accountable Support Network
Jan. 26, 2023 Session 7: Convergent Science
2022  
Dec. 1, 2022 Session 6: Project Logistics Part 2: Developing a Budget
Nov. 17, 2022 Session 5: Research Relevance and Broader Impacts
Nov. 3, 2022 Session 4: Project Logistics Part 1: Project Management
Oct. 20, 2022 Session 3: NCAR/UCP Policies and Protocols
Oct. 6, 2022 Session 2: Granting Organizations' Procedures and Policies
Sept. 22, 2022 Session 1: Overview of NCAR/UCP Postdoctoral Grant Writing & Management Series
Mar. 11, 2022 Careers Outside of Academia
Jan. 13, 2022 Interviewing: Panelists From Three Sectors
2021  
Nov. 10, 2021 Elevator Speeches
Oct. 14, 2021 Writing a Research Statement
Aug. 19, 2021 A Discussion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
May 27, 2021 Giving an academic job talk 
May 13, 2021 Private Sector Panel
Apr. 29, 2021 Panel on Academic Job Interviews: Interviewee Perspectives
Apr. 15, 2021 Panel on Academic Job Interviews: Faculty Perspectives
Apr. 1, 2021 A Research Statement Feedback Workshop
Mar. 18, 2021 Writing a Research Statement Seminar
Mar. 4, 2021 A Cover Letter Feedback Workshop
Feb. 18, 2021 A CV Feedback Workshop
Feb. 4, 2021 Writing a Better CV and Cover Letter
2020  
Nov. 12, 2020 Panel on Faculty Jobs, 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Oct. 29, 2020 Panel on Research Proposals, 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sept. 17, 2020 Conversation with NCAR Library Staff
Sept. 3, 2020 Monthly meeting with Everette Joseph and NCAR Postdocs
July 9, 2020 Town Hall with NCAR Directorate
June 17, 2020 Mock Proposal Review Panel
May 28, 2020 Panel on Transition from Postdocs to Project Scientists
April 30, 2020 Time-management in an Era of Disruption
Apr. 16, 2020 Networking and Collaborating - Panel with scientists 
Mar. 26, 2020 Mentoring: Perspectives from Faculty, Mentors, and Mentees (link to video)
Feb. 27, 2020 ABCs of Breaking Bias and Maximizing Inclusion
Feb. 13, 2020 Overcoming Obstacles in Publishing - Panel with Editors/Sr. Scientists
Jan. 30, 2020 Overcoming Obstacles in Publishing - Panel with Jr. Scientists (link to video)
2019  
Nov. 7, 2019 Effective Design and Presentation Skills 
Oct. 24, 2019 Interviewing in the Private Sector
Sept. 26, 2019 Interviewing in the Academic Sector
June 20, 2019 How to write a proposal
May 9, 2019 Creating a LinkedIn Profile 
Apr. 4, 2019 Professional photo session (headshots)
Mar. 14, 2019 Private sector panel
Mar. 8, 2019 Mock review panel of postdoc proposals
Feb. 14, 2019 Writing a diversity statement for academic positions
Jan. 31, 2019 Writing a research statement 
Jan. 17, 2019 CV workshop 
Jan. 3, 2019 CV workshop
2018  
Dec. 18, 2018 Writing a teaching statement
Nov. 30, 2018 Postdoc Retreat Day
Nov. 13, 2018 Cover letter bootcamp
Sept. 25, 2018 Proposal writing
July 17, 2018 Developing effective collaborations
May 2, 2018 CV and resume feedback
Mar. 6, 2018 Taking charge of your career and writing an Individual Development Plan