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How many mentors do you have?

Do you sometimes experience “Mentoring Prince(ss) Charming Syndrome (MPCS)?” It’s the notion that one person can and will address all of your career concerns. Avoid MPCS by taking the time to outline your top two or three career priorities for the year. Then, identify two or three individuals who are where you want to be in these areas. Finally, strategize ways to reach out to them.

Check the Mentoring Blog soon for suggestions on how to connect with would-be mentors.

(Spoiler Alert: There are more effective ways than sending an email with the subject line “Mentor Me?”)

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What is a mentor?

Mentors come in all shapes and sizes and fulfill diverse sets of needs.                                   What is your definition of a mentor?

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Marketing for Scientists Workshop

Join us for a special career development workshop presented by Marc Kuchner, Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and career consultant.

June 19, 2013

Building 240, Room 1416

1:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.

The workshop will introduce scientists to fundamental business techniques like sales, branding and relationship building, using examples like Steve Jobs,
George Lucas and Barack Obama to show that marketing can be a positive force. The workshop will also teach scientists how to get their ideas across vividly, while maintaining integrity and building outstanding reputations. The workshop will also focus on how to sell one’s self and one’s work, including tips and tricks on presentation skills and proposal writing.

Space is limited, so please RSVP online by June 5, 2013.

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Postdoctoral Society of Argonne: General Assembly Meeting

May 29, 2013

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., lunch will be provided

Building 203, Room D120

The meeting will start with a presentation by Senior Immigration Specialist Tanja Rose, Argonne Human Resources. Rose will talk about visa and immigration issues concerning postdocs including: differences between visa and employment authorizations, changing visa status and green card application. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance and submit your questions for Rose in advance. (Hyperlink accessible to employees on site or through VPN.)

The General Assembly Meeting will also include discussion about the Postdoctoral Society of Argonne’s upcoming events for 2013, including the postdoc research symposium, career fair and other social activities for the postdoc community.

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2013 SLLP participants

SLLP_med (500x241)Fifteen Argonne employees, nominated by their associate laboratory directors and selected by the laboratory director, are participating in this year’s Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program (SLLP).

Candidates in the program are individuals who show leadership abilities, exceptional work ethic, collaborative thinking skills, rigorous scholarship aptitude and innovative and creative problem solving capabilities.

This program was inaugurated in 2007; to date, 90 candidates from Argonne have been selected to participate. The program provides students with the conceptual tools to manage complex projects in a practical, real-world scenario.

Participants in the 2013 cohort are:

  • Diana Anderson, Writer/Editor, (CEPA)
  • David Brannegan, Principal Manager, Infrastructure & Risk Analyst, (DIS)
  • Anthony Burrell, Senior Chemist/Group Leader, (CSE), (JCESR)
  • Karena Chapman, Chemist, (XSD)
  • Michael Dunn, Deputy Division Director, (FMS)
  • Kevin Gallagher, Chemical Engineer, (CSE), (JCESR)
  • Marta Garcia Martinez, Assistant Computational Scientist, (ALCF)
  • Deborah Myers, Chemist, Group Leader, (CSE)
  • Julia Phillips, Manager/Principal Infrastructure Analyst, (DIS)
  • Andreas Roelofs, Deputy Division Director, (NST)
  • Volker Rose, Physicist, (XSD)
  • Thomas Wallner, Principal Mechanical Engineer, (ES)
  • Stefan Wild, Assistant Computational Mathematician, (MCS)
  • Darin Wills, Assistant Division Director, (ALCF)
  • Rikutaro Yoshida, Deputy Division Director, (HEP)

Other participants in the program come from Fermilab, Jefferson Lab and The University of Chicago. The program consists of three multiday sessions, held in May, September and November. Throughout the program, cross-laboratory teams work on a joint project and each team presents its findings to culminate the program.

UChicago Argonne, LLC, sponsors the Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program, a non-degree executive leadership program, developed by the premier executive business management school, the Chicago Booth School of Business, for the programmatic and operations staff of Argonne and Fermilab.

The University of Chicago and UChicago Argonne, LLC have provided funding for this program since 2007.

View the 2013 cohort group seven photo.