Beyond the Professoriate is an online career training platform designed to help doctoral students and postdocs successfully transition into academic or nonacademic careers. Informed by nearly a decade of experience supporting PhDs, this platform offers:

• Videos, materials, and activities tailored to professional careers
• Videos, materials, and activities tailored to faculty careers
• A video library featuring interviews with PhDs from different academic disciplines
• Live webinars.

To access this platform, please navigate to https://login.iastate.edu, click Add Apps, search for 'Beyond the Professoriate', and add it to your Okta Dashboard. Once you click on it, you’ll need to sign in by selecting Iowa State University from the drop-down menu. 

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Beyond Grad School is an online career training platform designed to help master’s students make the most out of their investment and build their careers. This platform guides students through each stage of their job search including  by offering:

• Job search strategies
• 'Deep Dives' into finding a career, LinkedIn, networking, findings and applying to jobs, interviewing and negotiating
• Video library featuring interviews with Master's graduates
• Online events and live trainings.

To access this platform, please navigate to https://login.iastate.edu, click Add Apps, search for 'Beyond Grad School', and add it to your Okta Dashboard. Once you click on it, you’ll need to sign in by selecting Iowa State University from the drop-down menu. 

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The Student Employment Center in the Office of Student Financial Aid is collaborating with ISU Career Services to house all student employment opportunities in one system. This includes post-graduate, internship and part-time student jobs. Graduate and undergraduate students can find employment opportunities that fit their specific job criteria, and faculty, staff and off-campus employers can post positions for parttime employment on or off campus, internships and post-grad employment opportunities. 

GoinGlobal is an online platform helps new and experienced job seekers find opportunities both at home and abroad. GoinGlobal provides a one-stop resource to help fast track job and internship searches. All ISU graduate students and alumni has access to the GoinGlobal. ISU subscription includes: 

• 42 Country Career Guides
• 32 Global City Career Guides
• 46 USA City Career Guides
• Global Key Employer Directory
• Jobs & Internships Database
• H1B/OPT Database
• CultureWizard

Big Interview is an interactive online platform that offers immediate feedback on your interview answers and delivery. It provides:

• Question Library
• Answer Builder Tool
• AI Feedback Tool
• Resume templates and ResumeAI Tool.

To login to the Big Interview visit the CyHire/Resource Library/Big Interview

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) supports postdocs' development of professional paths through its online Career Center. It offers:

• Postdoc's Guide to Career Development
• Career Planning Portal
• Career advice regarding personal branding, networking, cover letters, etc.
• Featured services such as creating a job alert and uploading a resume to the Resume Bank for employers to find candidates.

To activate your ISU-sponsored NPA membership, go to the NPA's Select Your Member Type page, choose “Organizational Member”, and use your @iastate email. It will take the NPA a day or so to add you, but then you will be able to benefit from their resources and register for their events for free any time.

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The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) is an independent faculty development center dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. Students and postdocs seeking academic careers can benefit from:

• Career workshops and resources 
• Guest webinars with follow-up access to recordings, slides, and transcripts
• Weekly Monday motivator e-mail messages with productivity tips
• Monthly writing challenges, productivity webinars, and accountability buddy matches.
• Discussion forum and peer network.

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