Editing Professional Development Proseminar: Career Choices (Winter 2022) (section)

=== January 3: Session 1: Introduction to the Class ===

:''This session will be meeting online. I've [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1515043/external_tools/95443 the Zoom room we'll be using should be linked from Canvas].''

'''Topic:''' Course overview and setting expectations

'''Assignment:''' (finish ''before'' class)

* Look over the syllabus and identify anything you think is unclear and/or any questions you have about the course.
* Do ''at least'' and interests and values assessments over on [https://www.imaginephd.com/ Imagine PhD] which is a career planning tools for the humanities and social sciences. If you have time, do the skills one too. I'm not what I think about the output of the process but I do think the opportunity for self reflections on these questions is useful.
* Come ready to speak for 5-10 minutes about your post-PhD career goals.

'''Class Plan:'''

* Introductions to each other
* Brief lecture introducing to the course + Q&A about syllabus and expectations
* Walk through and discussion for next week's assignments

There are a few things I'd love to leave the session with:

* A collective decision about synchronous communication options (we used Slack last quarter so that's the default)
* A collective decision about how meeting in person next week
* A collective decision about how we're going to decide about meeting in person
* Clarity among the group about the schedule and deliverables
* Some sense of the kinds of jobs you are interested in