Graduate Workshops
CaPS offers specialized services for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Workshops and Events are available throughout the year on a regular basis to help you explore career options in the industry, government, non-profit, and volunteer sectors.
For a full listing of workshops, and to RSVP, please log into myFuture -> Events.
Academic Career Series is a two-week workshop series focused on the search for tenure-track academic careers
Looking for workshops on non-academic careers? CaPS offers workshops on Industry Job Search, Industry CVs, Networking, and more throughout the academic year. See our events calendar for upcoming workshops, and keep an eye out for Grad Career Series in Spring 2025.
Academic Career Series: Job Search
September 18 2024 - 3:00-4:30pm (hybrid)
Join us to learn about hiring processes for tenure-track professor positions in academia. We will discuss finding postings, drafting application materials, interviewing, negotiating, and strategies to strengthen your candidacy.
By attending this session, you will:
- Walk through a typical hiring process for a tenure-track academic job
- Assess the type of academic role and institution that fits your needs
- Identify next steps for entering the academic job market
Building Your Teaching Portfolio
September 20 2024 - 12:00-1:00pm (virtual)
This workshop will provide an introduction to the design and preparation of a teaching portfolio. In particular, we will address how to document the diverse elements of your teaching and effectively communicate your pedagogical skills to academic hiring committees.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Identify content appropriate for inclusion in a teaching portfolio
- Select content for your teaching portfolio that demonstrates the breadth and depth of your teaching experience for a specific audience
Academic Career Series: CVs
September 24 2024 - 10:30-12:00pm (hybrid)
Whether your academic CV is going to an admissions committee, a potential postdoc supervisor, a granting agency, or a tenure-track hiring committee, you will need a document that clearly and concisely showcases your potential. Bring a rough draft of your CV (electronic or print) for peer feedback after the workshop (optional, from 11:30-12:00).
In this workshop, we will:
- Discuss the conventions and components of academic CVs
- Analyze sample academic CVs
- Exchange rough drafts with peers and provide feedback
Academic Career Series Half-Day Conference
September 25 2024 - 1:00-5:00pm (hybrid)
Academic Career Series concludes with a half-day conference that brings together perspectives from academics across different disciplines who have academic job market experience (as candidates, as members of the search committee, or both).
This event is co-sponsored by the Career Planning Service and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies as part of the College of Graduate Mentorship.
Virtual option: If you prefer to watch a live stream of the presentations and panels, please register here to obtain the link. We warmly invite attendees to submit questions to the panelists during the conference.
Panelists may be attending either virtually or in person, depending on their availability.
Schedule
1:00 Welcome
1:10 Career Planning Resources (CaPS) presentation
1:15 Panel: Ask Early Career Researchers: Panelists from different disciplines share how they prepared for the academic job market and what to expect from a candidate’s perspective.
2:30 Break. Light refreshments will be served.
2:50 Professional Development Resources (GPS) presentation
3:00 Panel: Ask Search Committee Members: Panelists who have served on search committees at McGill discuss what helps successful candidates stand out
4:15 In person: Connect with colleagues and continue the conversation