Career & Personal Development Resources
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Career Skills Self-Assessments
https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/best-free-career-assessment-tools
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/career-services/self-assessment/
https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/learn-and-grow/career-development/career-assessment-tools
https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-11-best-career-quizzes-to-help-you-find-your-dream-job
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Career & Life Design
Sometimes you need to take a step back and work on developing your vision for the future. A vague vision won’t help you make decisions.
You need sufficient detail that you can not only identify the steps that will get you there…
but which tradeoffs are and aren’t in alignment with your goals along the way.
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Organization, Prioritization, & Decision-Making
https://your.yale.edu/spotlight-plan-organize-and-prioritize-your-work-success
https://textbooks.whatcom.edu/healthprofessionalism/chapter/essential-tools-organization-prioritization-time-management-decision-making-and-problem-solving/
Self-Awareness & Communication
Understanding oneself requires vulnerability. You must courageously open yourself up to feedback from others.
Practiced giving and receiving of feedback is a crucial life and career development skill.
If you want to build something...
You must start with WHY.
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Personal Branding
Andrew Singer discusses the need for feedback loops to inform development and ongoing cultivation of your personal brand:
https://youtu.be/6hq2JXMD8tg
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Communication
In today’s remote world, you not only need communication skills but also strong remote and digital communication skills.
https://youtu.be/lXviXviFrF8
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Negotiation & Persuasion
Negotiation Primer https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/negotiation-skills
Conflict Resolution https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/conflict-negotiation
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Interviewing
me-about-yourself.html
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/interviewing/how-to-prepare-for-an-interview
https://www.vawizard.org/wiz-pdf/STAR_Method_Interviews.pdf
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Resources For New MIRF Participants
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Mentee Onboarding
This training provides background on our programs for mentees, defines the scope and boundaries of the mentorship experience, and delivers a tutorial on our mentorship delivery platform.
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Mentor Onboarding
This training provides an introduction to our mentorship program, some background on our mentees and cultural sensitivity training, and a tutorial on our mentorship delivery platform Mentornity.
Your time is valuable to us and our participants!
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Testimonials
Mentors and/mentees are welcome to submit their feedback to us in written, audio, or video format. We love to highlight the experiences of our participants on our website.
