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Description |
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Title |
MyIDP Web-based Individual Development Plan (IDP), developed by Science Careers |
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Type of document |
Interactive web-based career planning tool |
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Summary |
MyIDP web application was designed to help researchers: - Identify long-term career goals that fit their skills, interests and values - Make a plan for improving their skills - Set goals for the coming year to improve efficiency and productivity - Structure productive conversation with their mentor(s) about a career plan and development.
Constructing an IDP with MyIDP is a four-step process:
One’s information is private and can be shared with selected contacts.
MyIDP suggests exercises to help examine one’s skills, interests, and values. A list of resources (articles, books, professional organizations) is available to gain a better understanding about careers.
The plan can be updated as skills, interest and objectives develop and change. It is possible to request automated reminders to keep updating the application according to one’s developments.
Free of charge.
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Stakeholders |
Developers: Science Careers: the careers component of the journal Science, dedicated to being the world leader in matching qualified scientists with jobs and is committed to providing all the necessary career resources.
Beneficiaries: PhD Students and Postdocs |
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Validation |
- Feedback from users - Privacy policy: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/about/privacy.xhtml |
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Constraints |
MyIDP can be used individually, but according to the developers, it would be more efficient to have it embedded into a larger career-development framework as for example incorporate it into the graduate curricula to help students plan long-term goals.
MyIDP being a web-based tool, the maintenance of the website has to be done by the publishers.
MyIDP helps users finding a compromise between their skills, interests and values. |
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Sustainability |
Users can choose to receive monthly reminder emails to help them keep updating their data. |
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Transferability |
This tool is developed for PhD students, postdocs and researchers and is therefore adapted to the context of this project. My IDP is derived from a list of postdoctoral core competencies developed by the US National Postdoctoral Association which has led to the following list of areas encompassed in MyIDP skill assessment. These skills are fundamental when it comes to find and keep science-related jobs: - Scientific knowledge - Research skills - Communication - Leadership and management - Professionalism - Responsible conduct of research - Career development
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Contact details |
myidp@sciencecareers.org |
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URL of the practice |
http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
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Publication/Access Date |
First available version: September 2012 |
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Author/Publisher |
Publisher: Science Careers http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/about
Authors: - Cynthia Fuhrmann, PhD. Assistant Dean for Career & Professional Development in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts - Jennifer Hobin, PhD. Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). - Bill Lindstaedt, Director of the Office of Career and Professional Development at the University of California, San Francisco. - Philip Clifford, PhD. Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. More details about the authors can be found here: |
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Related Web site(s) |
- Science Careers Magazine http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/ - Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology: - US National Postdoctoral Association http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/index.php/careers-24/career-planning-resources |
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Related resources that have been developed |
A series of articles published in Science Careers designed to help researchers create an Individual Development Plan (IDP) using myIDP. - Editorial: Planning Career Paths for Ph.D.s http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_07/caredit.a1200099 - You need a game plan http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_07/caredit.a1200100 - myIDP: So You Think You Have Skills - myIDP: Interests - myIDP: What Do You Care About? - Making Sense of Your Self-Assessment |
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