Career and professional development events for postdocs
Postdocs have many programs they can attend through CAPD, and sometimes it’s hard to find where to go. Here’s a helpful page that highlights the key programs and events that are postdoc-only and PhD & postdoc-only.
Postdoc only events include: Plan Your Postdoc, National Postdoc Appreciation Week, the LMAP program, many MIT PDA/CAPD co-organized postdoc alum panels and specific postdoc workshops.
PhD/postdoc only events include: all workshops and events associated with the Industry Bound Career Series, Faculty Job Search Series, and the Graduate Professional Development certificates.
Here’s a handy graphic to visualize what’s written above.
See your program offerings by semester
Postdoc only
Postdoc resume refresher
CV Flash Review
Plan Your Postdoc (for early-stage postdocs) – November 10, 17; December 1, 8
Leadership and Management Action Planning (LMAP) program – October 9-November 13, only open to MIT/Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech postdocs
PhDs and postdocs
Teaching at Teaching Intensive Institutions, October 17
From TA to Solo Instructor – Advancing Towards the Faculty Path – Tuesday, October 21, 3:00-4:30pm ET
Campus Interviews and Job Talks – Wednesday, November 12, 12:00-1:30pm
Negotiating your job offer – Thursday, December 4, 12:00 – 1:30pm ET, Virtual
Industry Bound Career Series & Employer relations events
Industry resumes and cover letters for PhDs and postdocs – Tuesday, September 16, 12:00-1:00pm ET, Virtual
Careers in Research for PhDs & Postdocs Panel – Thursday, September 18, 12:00-2:00pm ET, E19-202
From Academia to Industry: Life of a PDT Quantitative Researcher for PhDs & Postdocs – Wednesday, October 8, 5:00-7:00pm ET
Graduate Professional Development Certificate – Application Deadlines
Research Mentoring Certificate application for IAP will open November 10 and close November 24, 5:00pm ET
Grant Writing Training Certificate application closes October 15, 2025 5:00pm ET
Postdoc only
Know your network and informational interviewing – February (Date and time TBD)
PhDs and postdocs
Industry Bound Career Series & Employer relations events
Pursuing Academic and Non-Academic Trajectories Simultaneously – January (Date and time TBD), Virtual
Graduate Professional Development Certificates
Grant Writing Workshop
Research Mentoring Certificate IAP Session
Other Events
C.H.A.O.S: career planning for the unplannable
Postdoc only
Last year (Spring 2024) we offered the following workshops
Mentorship versus management
Networking and community building
MITPDA Faculty mentor awards panel
State of the STEM Industry job market (talk)
Finance Q&A for MIT/Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech
Look out in the mid-Fall for your Spring 2025 event list
PhDs and postdocs
Overview/Kickoff of FJSS + Cover Letters and CVs general review
Types of Institutions (panel)
Refining the academic CV
Lessons learned on the academic job market
Industry Bound Career Series & Employer relations events
Interviewing for the industry job market
Know your network and informational interviewing
Graduate Professional Development Certificate – Application deadline
Research Mentoring Certificate applications for the summer typically opens in March and closes early May
In Summer 2024 we offered the following programs
Postdoc only
OVPR Industry resume and cover letter bootcamp
MIT/GT/VT Collaboration: Burroughs Wellcome Fund CASI Fellowship Info session (email your Postdoc career advisor for the recording)
PhDs and postdocs
Faculty application workshops (researching + teaching statements, cover letters, CVs)
Graduate Professional Development Certificates
Research Mentoring Certificate – IAP and June
Grant Writing Training Certificate – IAP
Other Events:
Faculty careers in Germany (Baden-Württemberg), August 28, 2025, 11:30 – 2:00pm ET
