You may be reading the post right now because the title seems like a contradiction in terms. Some people enjoy diving head first into dissertation writing. … Perhaps I shouldn’t say that, because I haven’t yet met someone who was…
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Dissertation-writing Paradise
Posted in General, Professional Development, Thesis Tagged with: Dissertation on the Lake, Elbow lake, ELEEC, Rana Pishva, SGPS, SGS
Transitioning From Student Life to the Workforce
With the winter term over and the world transitioning from spring to summer, some are preparing for a welcomed transition from graduate studenthood to the workforce. I have recently had the good fortune to sit down with a colleague and…
Posted in Jobs and Careers, Professional Development, Skill Development, Student Perspective, Uncategorized Tagged with: moving, student life, transition, workforce
From Student to Professional: Bridging the Gap with Internship
I’m so close I can taste it. In Clinical Psych, our last step is a one-year internship where we do (nearly) exclusively clinical work. This is my last summer here in beautiful Kingston, and then on to residency in the…
Posted in General, Internship, Professional Development, Skill Development, Transitioning Tagged with: ethical development, goal setting, Internship, professional identity
From “Where did my money go?” To “Where DOES my money go!”: Budgeting your Bones
We’ve been having a bit of fun this month at Gradifying. We’ve taken a break from focusing on academics, because it’s been a long year. It’s been a long year, and we figure it’s probably about that time to bring…
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Being on Both Sides of a TAship
I have been a grad student for more than six years. That’s bought me a lot, and as I’m approaching the end of this stage/journey/self-imposed sentence/dream (all of above), one of the things I’ve recently realized I’ve picked up is…
Posted in General, Jobs and Careers, Student Perspective, Teaching Tagged with: Graduate, Managing, post-doc, TAship, Teaching assistant
Managing RAs: Helping Them Help You
At Gradifying we try to reach everyone on our topics. This month there have been different variations on the theme of the supervisor-supervisee relationship and congeniality, and how to hone it so that it works for you. I’m going to…
Posted in General, Professional Development, Uncategorized Tagged with: communication, leadership, managing relationships, organization, Research assistants, screening
NetWork Smart, Not Hard
“Jump in on the conversation.” “Have an opening ready.” “Develop your elevator speech.” “GET OUT THERE!!” I think these are good tips. Graduate students are one leap away from being in the career they decided to invest heavy doses of…
Posted in Conferences, General, Jobs and Careers, New Students, Professional Development Tagged with: career development, networking, professional devlepment
The Day Tripper
We’re at T minus pretty-soon before things are going to get hectic with coursework, research, TA responsibilities, lab duties, clinical work, grant writing, … *deep breath*. The time for a vacation has past, but that doesn’t mean the time for…
Posted in Families, General, Kingston, New Students, Orientation, Student Perspective Tagged with: 1000 islands, activities, art, cruise, day trip, dining, Prince Edward County, wineries
TA’ing: Unspoken Skills
I’m not going to echo my colleagues who have lost hope that the summer is going to last forever. I know there are at least some of you that believe, like me, that this is the first never-ending summer. I…
Posted in New Students Tagged with: communication, disputing grades, expectations, Teaching assistant