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Skill Building

Many career options will require adding skills to make you an attractive candidate. Should I add a one year degree to augment my skills for my new profession? How do I pick up skills I by-passed while specializing? What do employers expect of me and what do they offer in terms of skill building? These are the subjects of the articles below. Also, you may want to check the Bookstore for a recommended list of books.
Online Language Training

Brush up on your English accent, vocabulary, and grammar

  • World's largest online language learning community
  • Simple, effective approach uses practice with native speakers
  • Conversational focus

Competency Training

Assess Your Competencies

  • Translate your postgraduate training experience into 24 business competencies
  • Make yourself more job competitive
  • Map your competencies to job types that value them
  • Plan your short-term and long-term career strategy

Presentation Skills

Expert presenter

  •  7 week program videos improves your scientific presentation skills
  • Includes audio, video and text including exercices
  • Topics: "How to Introduce Yourself", "Eliminating Um Er and Uh", and "How to Handle Speaker Anxiety." Course progresses to science based presenting skills like: "Scientific Storytelling", "Making Better Graphics, Tables and Charts", and "Slide Design Rules"
  • Previously taught at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, U Penn, Roche and American Heart Association

 

 


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