The Fantasy, The Ideal, and The Reality of Career Exploration

You might have a fantasy about getting to your dream career or have an idealized notion of what the process of career exploration looks like. The reality is that career exploration is often a messy and iterative process; it’s also hard work! Bill Lindstaedt, of UCSF’s Office of Career and Professional Development, has more than 15 years of experience working with students and postdocs. Here, he describes what career exploration really looks like.
This presentation was created by the UCSF Motivating INformed Decisions (MIND) Program, which was funded by the NIH BEST DP7 Common Fund award (5DP7OD018420-05).
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