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Peer Career Discovery Groups Program
Career exploration for master’s or doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in the field of life sciences

Why participate in the Peer Career Discovery Groups (PCDG) program?
The Desjardins Center for Advanced Training (DCAT) of the RI-MUHC and the McGill Career Planning Service (CaPs) present 6 FREE web conferences for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the field of science of life and health.

During the program, you:

Learn to identify the careers that suit YOU best.
Plan your future career.
Search for jobs efficiently
Develop and enrich your academic CV
Develop your networking skills, meet fellow interns and more!

Every Tuesday from 9 am to 10:30 am!
From September 22, 2020 until October 27, 2020.
We recommend that you participate in all sessions, but it is not mandatory

Each web conference will consist of three parts:

Part 1: Introduction to the topic (10-15 minutes)
Part 2: Focus groups with participants (20 – 25 minutes)
Part 3: Group discussion, assignment of home exercises, Question period (10 – 15 minutes)
Participants will also receive the PCDG manual.

The calendar of conference topics
Topic 1: Introduction to the remote version of PCDG and career exploration | September 22, 2020 | 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Topic 2: Planning Your Career Using Creative Thinking | September 29, 2020 | 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Topic 3: Discovering your career options | October 6, 2020 | 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Topic 4: Explore career options related to your profile | October 13, 2020 | 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Topic 5: Introduction to non-academic CVs | October 20, 2020 | 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Topic 6: Simulation of interview interviews | October 27, 2020 | 9 am-10.30am

Register now !
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/discoverygroups
To find out if you are eligible for this program, please contact christina.farant@muhc.mcgill.ca