UC Irvine GPS-STEM

Graduate Professional Success for PhD students and Postdocs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Transition

Networking & career mentorship are essential components of successful career transitions. In order to facilitate networking amongst our members, alumni and invited speakers, we created a GPS-STEM LinkedIn Group. The goals of the group are to:

  1. Encourage graduate students and postdocs to connect with one another and grow personal networks
  2. Highlight GPS-STEM, campus-wide and local professional development & networking events
  3. Share career opportunities and discuss current workforce trends

Additionally, we host on-campus career and networking nights featuring professionals and alumni from diverse fields. Past career nights included:

Networking Events: GPS-STEM partners with Orange County’s scientists organizations to provide an opportunity to network with industry professionals. The networking events serve as a platform to connect our trainees with OC professionals & also help us build academia<>industry collaborations.

GPS-STEM (GPS-BIOMED) partnered with local organized to organized 2 large Medtech Mega Mixers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LinkedIn Workshops: GPS-STEM organizes LinkedIn workshops in partnership with Division of Career Pathways, UCI. Watch recently held LinkedIn webinar

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Mentoring Program: Our Mentoring Program is focused on providing 1-on-1 professional mentoring to our PhD students and postdoctoral scientists. Through a series of on-campus and online meetings, we bring together current GPS-STEM members and UCI PhD/Postdoctoral Alumni working in Southern California businesses and institutions.

To read more details about the upcoming program follow the link below

 

To read about the past mentoring programs, follow the links below

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