These are the documents that are provided to attendees of SciPhD half-day workshops.

Example Job Ads and Cover Letters

As part of your career development plan, reading and analyzing job ads using Flamingo’s Job Analytics Engine can provide you with important insights into specific competency areas that may need attention.  One of the challenges many students express is the lack of consistent job title conventions between organizations.  What’s the difference between a “Scientist I”,…

Creating Your Summary of Qualifications

The three-step process for creating your Summary of Qualifications is provided within the Flamingo Career Coach process. The process is: First is your Main Qualifications which introduce the critical skills you bring along with accomplishments.  Most often, these will be primarily the technical skills in the job. The second step is to state HOW you…

Creating Experience Statements

Experience Statements are concise brief statements that demonstrate with accomplishments why you are qualified for a particular job. Flamingo’s Job Analytics Engine re-organizes all the mapped requirements in a job ad into our SciPhD Competency Categories.  You can then exclusively view all the requirements within a particular technical, social or business competency area and develop comprehensive…

What Can I Be With My PhD?

Your experience in getting your PhD provides you with many career path opportunities.  Use this resource to explore the different kinds of career options that are available to you, and when you find one that clicks, you can use out Job Analytics Engine to learn the specific technical, business and social skills required.  If you…

SciPhD Core Competencies

  When companies evaluate potential hires for a particular position, they focus on three major skill categories: Technical Skills: “What You Do”– This refers to the specific scientific/technical expertise that the company needs. Business Skills: “How You Do Your Work”–  This refers to how you get work done.  Attention to detail, scheduling, risk management, control- these…