A friendly reminder that the next Post Doc Lunch Club will be held tomorrow- Friday (March 4th) in 434 Barker Hall at 12:00pm. This time around, we'll talk about the ins-and-outs of the academic job search. Discussions will include a small informal panel comprised of current postdocs on the job market including Michael McMurray (Thorner Lab), Ken Campellone (Welch Lab) and others! - as well as a faculty member who has served on several search committees (our very own David Bilder).
PS. Here are some highlights from the last lunch club:
1) People suggested many areas to help improve our postdoc experience. Based on these suggestions, several of your fellow postdocs have volunteered to help get the ball rolling. If you're willing and able to help out, or just have some ideas, shoot one of these guys an email:
- increase speaking opportunities - Rosie Alegado (King Lab)
- create a database of postdoc information - Leon Chan (Weis Lab)
- organize career development activities - Te-Wen Lo (Meyer Lab)
- schedule monthly happy hours - Aki Minoda (Karpen Lab)- organize a peer mentoring group for research-oriented academic job applicants for the fall 2011 cycle- Lucy O'Brien (Bilder Lab)
- organize working groups of postdocs currently writing fellowships, papers, grants...- Lazar Dimitrov (Schekman Lab)- design a website/wiki with all this information- Christina Whittle (Dernburg Lab)
2) Other suggestions in need of volunteers:
- create a welcome/orientation packet for new MCB postdocs
- manage a postdoc mailing list for announcements, events, etc
Fred and Virginie