Workshop Reflection

The Career Development 101 workshop was very eye opening as it made me realize some important things I need to work on before I become successful. Interviews are key to a job and I realized that if you don't prepare for these, my future job could be in jeopardy. I also learned the importance of networking. Everyone has a story and learning these stories is the key to making connections that can benefit you in the long term. I never thought about having my own business card so early, but I guess I need to make that free acquisition as soon as possible.

The Getting Published workshop showed me the difficulty of getting published. Before this summer I was disappointed that my research during the year had not been published. After this workshop, I realized that getting published so early in my research career is not something that I should focus on. I should just focus on learning and setting the path for future publications. Although the presenter was not focused in the sciences, I thought the things she talked about would apply to all fields of academics.