Take the First Steps to Training Success

Access Purdue-led training workshops and opportunities via Go Sign Me Up (GSMU).
Step by step instructions for creating an account are at the top of the homepage.

Access resources and membership benefits from the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA).
Sign up as an “Affiliate Individual Member, Postdoc.” Once you click Submit, the NPA Membership Director will review your affiliate membership within 10 working days, and you will receive an email when it has been approved.

Succeeding as a Postdoc

The first online course, Succeeding as a Postdoc, addresses foundational skills and career planning, establishing the professional habits postdocs will need to strategically prepare for their career and succeed in their postdoc. Click on the module title below to watch!

Finding Success as a Postdoc

Building an Actionable Career Plan

Developing Resilience

Working Effectively in an Intercultural Environment

Building Skills for a Successful Career

The second online course, Building Skills for a Successful Career, focuses on developing advanced skills to help postdocs transition to their chosen career path. Click on the module title below to watch!

Exploring Leadership

Building and Supervising a Team

Project Management

Applying Teaching Skills beyond the Classroom

Strategic Communications

Finding and Landing the Job

Purdue Postdoc Power Session (In-Person, W. Lafayette)

(Usually) second Fridays of the month, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET. The title link takes you to the registration site; search for “postdoc” or look at the left +Postdoc menu under “Career Building.” This is open-house style–come and go as you can for the different activities. You are welcome to attend without registering, but if you register, you will have a personalized name tag and be entered in a drawing to win a Grant Writer’s Seminars and Workshop workbook ($90 retail value). And if you register, you will receive an automatic message with a calendar invitation (check your Spam filter!).

NPA SmartSkills Webinar Series

Fourth Tuesdays of the month, 3-4 PM ET. SmartSkills is a free, virtual course for Purdue Postdocs. Monthly classes are taught by experts and focus on building skills critical to career and personal success. Postdocs who attend 10 out of 12 live sessions will receive a certificate of completion.

Determine your training needs and map them along a timeline to leverage your time at Purdue. Learn about IDPs on our Career Development page under “Postdoc Training Phase.”