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CBS Mentorship And Professional Development Program

We are pleased to open the call for applications for the CBS Mentorship and Professional Development, a program specifically designed to connect professionals outside of academia with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows coming from the Canadian biomaterial’s community. The CBS Mentorship and Professional Development Program is the only program in Canada which combines: Career training and professional development Mentorship from a professional working outside of academia A peer support community

Who is eligible as a Mentee? Who is the program designed FOR?

• CBS members in good standing registered in a Canadian academic institution and/or graduate students/postdocs working under the supervision of a CBS member
• Graduate students and postdocs interested in developing transferable skills for a career outside of academia
• The program will accept a limited number of mentees

Why register to the program?

• Develop new transferable skills
• Understand the job market and improve effectiveness in the job search
• Personal and professional growth
• Maximize own potential through self-awareness
• Receive guidance and encouragement necessary for professional development
• Identify job opportunities and effectively tackle new career challenges
• Set challenges whilst building and developing confidence outside of their comfort zone
• Take responsibility and control for own career management
• Be part of a growing community

Application deadline: December 4^th, 2023

Beginning of the program: January 15^th, 2024

How To Apply:

Are you a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow looking for a mentor? Follow the link for the application form!

Do you work in the private/public sector and are interested in being a mentor? Please write to info@the2ndlab.com or the2ndlab.com.

We welcome applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification.

The program is powered by The 2nd Lab. If you have any questions about the program or your application, please contact Gad Sabbatier, Program Manager at info@the2ndlab.com.

Our Mentors:

To be announced

Our 6-Month Personalized Career Training Program includes

• Career path: which possibilities after a PhDs outside academia

• The informational interview
• The hiring path: understand what companies’ value and transferable skills
• Build up your application package: how to write and tailor a CV to a job offer
• Build up your application package: how to make a LinkedIn profile viewed by recruiters
• Professional and effective networking: the do’s and the don’ts
• The interview processes and interview preparation strategies

Professional development courses

• Scientific communication
• Oral communication and technical writing
• Management and leadership
• Intellectual property and innovation commercialization
• Design thinking and product design
• Basic business skills and entrepreneurship