The Graduate School partners with the following units in offering professional development workshops during the academic year and summer terms as well.
- Career Center
- Center for Global Engagement
- Center for Intensive English Studies
- Center for Leadership and Social Change
- Office of Distance Learning
- Office of Graduate Fellowships & Awards
- Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- Program for Instructional Excellence
- Reading-Writing Center
- University Libraries
2021 Orientation Professional Development Narrated PowerPoint Presentation
Click here to follow along and learn more about various professional development opportunities during your graduate school career, including but not limited to: graduate workshops, the PFF and PFP certificates, the Research and Creativity Course (offered every spring), 3MT™ Competition, Master's in Four Competition, Research and Creativity Award, Leadership Award, GradWorld FSU initiative, and much more!
The University Libraries offers many research-oriented workshops that may be used to meet requirements of the Preparing Future Faculty and Preparing Future Professionals Certificates. Workshops are intended to provide opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to develop the following five core competencies: Communication, Teaching, Scholarly Development (advanced knowledge and skills), Professionalism (leadership, ethics, transferable skills), and Career Development. Each workshop listed below has one or more competency labels. Workshops are also intended to be appropriate at one or more stages of graduate study or postdoctoral experience: Early stage, Middle stage, Late stage, or All stages. Students and postdoctoral scholars may attend workshops more than once and during any stage. The labels simply provide suggested attendance time-frames and core competencies. Some of our workshops are conducted every other year.
-For a matrix of recurring professional development opportunities grouped by core competency and labeled by stage of study, click here.
-For a catalog of professional development opportunities that recur on a regular basis, during the fall, spring, and/or summer semesters, every other semester or every other academic year, and may be appropriate for one or more of the five competencies described above, click here.
-For an Individual Development Plan (IDP) template that facilitates specific, attainable and measurable goal setting, click here.
March 2021 Professional Development Workshops
Preparing for the Interview
March 11, 2021, 10:00 AM
Virtually Via Zoom
Presenter: Megan Crowe, Graduate Career Liaison
Description: Designed to help graduate students learn how to prepare for both in-person and virtual interviews in terms of researching the employer, marketing their qualifications, what to expect in an interview, how to dress properly, how to combat anxiety and more! NOTE: The zoom link will be provided after you register for the workshop.
Register Here: https://fla.st/3mGPnl0
April 2021 Professional Development Workshops
Improving your PPTS and Preparing for Job Presentations
April 7, 2021, 2:00 PM
Virtually Via Zoom
Presenter: Megan Crowe, Graduate Career Liaison
Description: This workshop will cover strategies for improving your PowerPoint presentations. Participants will learn ways to make their ppts. more engaging and prepare for future job presentations. NOTE: The zoom link will be provided after you register for the workshop.
Register Here: https://fla.st/3qoK7Ve
Building a LinkedIn Profile
April 15, 2021, 1:00 PM
Virtually Via Zoom
Presenter: Megan Crowe, Graduate Career Liaison
Description: Learn why LinkedIn is an essential personal branding tool, and explore how to utilize it for professional networking, the job search, and more. NOTE: The zoom link will be provided after you register for the workshop.
Register Here: https://fla.st/37y6leJ