Career development plans often focus on specific roles and what skills or experiences an employee needs in order to grow at one company. Those types of plans are very important, but I think employees ...

Many women begin the year with broad ambitions: Do more. Progress faster. Lead better. But without a clear career plan, it is easy to get caught in urgency, competing priorities, and other people’s ...

Your brain isn’t built for long-term career thinking. Psychology explains why your plans derail and how to work with your mind instead of against it. Long-term career planning is probably the most ...

As a trained scientist, I had a fantastic research mentor. We talked about my research project, which experiments to prioritize and what the data meant, and we even sometimes discussed personal things ...

Writing your 30-60-90 days strategy is challenging, even if you are quite confident in your skills, knowledge, and competencies. We decided to facilitate this task and provide you with some actionable ...

MSES Students can access general career support through Northwestern Career Advancement and the McCormick Engineering Career Development Office. Both offices provide support with basic job search ...