{"id":2801,"date":"2020-12-15T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=2801"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:30:20","slug":"career-plan","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/event\/career-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a Personal and Realistic Career Plan (Mitacs Training)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                                                        <\/div>\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All Carleton graduate students and postdocs are encouraged to attend Mitacs Training workshops, but if you are working as a TA this session can count toward voluntary paid training hours, provided that you are working as a TA in the term when the training takes place. <strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> In order for your hours to be recorded, you must send us an email or other document from Mitacs that displays a record of your attendance. Please forward it as soon as possible to <a href=\"mailto:david.lafferty@carleton.ca\">david.lafferty@carleton.ca<\/a>. We cannot record your training hours if you notify us after the term deadline for submission (November 30 for Fall Term, March 30 for Winter Term).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A unique opportunity to dedicate two days to plan your future and design one or several professional project(s). During this graduate-focused, interactive training, you will design a realistic career plan that fits your personal aspirations, your competencies and aligns with the job market reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Workshop Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally take the time to think about and plan your professional future, whether inside or outside the academia. &nbsp;Design a realistic career plan that fits your personal aspirations, your competencies and aligns with the job market reality.\u2028Receive personalized support post-workshop to enforce your action plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more and register for this course, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.mitacs.ca\/\">edge.mitacs.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not have an existing account in the Mitacs EDGE learning management system, follow the instructions below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/edge-reg.mitacs.ca\">https:\/\/edge-reg.mitacs.ca<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We recommend using a web-based browser. The site isn\u2019t fully optimized for mobile browsing just yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will be required to <u>create a new account<\/u>! Please do not attempt to use your existing login credentials with previous Mitacs platforms, they will not work!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <em>your Learner Affiliation<\/em> on the EDGE Registration Portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carefully select your current Mitacs Program Affiliation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are not a Mitacs Intern or program participant, please select General<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on Mitacs Training, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/mitacs-training\/\">Mitacs Training page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[46,36],"cu_event_audience":[6],"class_list":["post-2801","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-centralized-event-list","cu_event_type-postdoc-pd","cu_event_audience-current-students"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2021-02-16T09:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2021-02-17T17:00:00","cu_event_add_to_calendar":"show","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/2801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/2801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2802,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/2801\/revisions\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=2801"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gradpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}