In this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about skill building. We touch on where we are at with our own skill building and advice for people who want to expand their skillset.  We would also like to bust a few myths since one of the reasons we started this podcast was to myth bust!  We would like to incorporate more of these in 2025. Hope you enjoy listening! 

Focus areas:

- Why is skill building important? 

- How do we approach building skills

- Get outside of your comfort zone every to help you grow.

- Skills we have been building and looking to build

- Focus on building upon strengths that you do have

- The importance of organizational behavior

- When can you stop building skills?

- We bust the myth that if you do too long of a postdoc, you are not attractive to industry

- We bust the myth that you should only build skills that “look good”   

- We then talk about a few skills that are useful to build

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!