来帮助这些有才华的科学家,institutions collaborated with one another and the UT System Office of Talent and Innovation to create the UT System Career Exploration Network (CEN), a multi-week virtual program that pairs students and postdocs seeking career guidance with experienced professionals willing to share their knowledge about various employment options.

“Given the pandemic and the economic downturn, today’s graduates are facing a more difficult job market, yet their skills are needed now more than ever,” said UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken. “The UT System can leverage its size and reach to bring together multiple institutions to create opportunities that support UT graduates and the evolving workplace.”

CEN试点计划于2020年7月首次亮相，有63位博士生和博士后（寻求者）和71名专业人士（指南），他们在短虚拟网络会议上提供建议和指导。从学术和行业研究到管理咨询和科学传播，指南代表了博士培beplay苹果手机能用吗训的生物医学人才的各种职业选择。所有指南持有博士学位，其中至少有96％是UT校友或UT员工。

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Uthealth Biomedical Sciences研究生院的职业发展助理主任Raquel Ybanez Salinas博士指出，学习如何几乎是该计划的重要好处。

“We hope this experience not only helps Seekers learn about their career options, but also empowers them to continue building their personal professional network,” she said.

Using virtual meeting technology, CEN facilitated 365 one-on-one introductory meetings between Seekers and Guides from across multiple UT institutions. The majority – 80% – involved Seekers and Guides from different UT institutions.

“这是来自不同机构的学生和校友互相见面，分享经验和知识的独特机会，并为我们的生物医学毕业生的未来职业成功做出了贡献，” UT Medical Branch招募助理Dean Dan Jupiter说。

“与来自不同机构毕业的专业人员会面，这是非常有帮助的，因为它为我们提供了来自不同背景和不同职业道路的多样化指南，”圣安东尼奥市UT Health Santonio的神经科学博士候选人Melodi Bowman表示。“没有这个，我们可能不会接触到不同职业的人。”

参加该计划后，有89％的寻求者表示，他们对自己有效探索职业选择的能力更有信心，而该计划前有61％。91％的人表示，他们的前景更加积极，而该计划前只有62％。也许最重要的是，声称对自己的职业道路选择非常了解的寻求者的比例是该计划期间的一倍。

“Candid chats with Guides in a wide variety of careers gave me a better understanding of which careers are not for me, while opening my eyes to other areas that I knew little of before,” said Amrita Gokhale, a cell and molecular biology PhD candidate at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

尼尔萨·里维拉·德尔·瓦莱（Nilsa Rivera del Valle）是宝洁和赌博的毒理学家，也是UT MD Anderson癌症中心Uthealth Biomedical Sciences研究生院的校友，发现了作为指南的专业利益。她说：“参加UT系统职业勘探网络使我能够确定我公司的潜在候选人。”“与新的博士生和博士后互动，可以帮助我们传达公司的价值观，我们的工作以及我们在不同科学领域中拥有的机会。”

“I would absolutely recommend the program to other professionals,” said Lauren Tyra, an investment analyst at Dallas-based venture capital firm GP&G Ventures and UT Southwestern Medical Center alum who also served as a Guide. “It is a good way to meet people and keep your networking skills sharp, but it is also an excellent way to give back to your graduate institution in a way that really matters to trainees.”

鉴于飞行员的成功，CEN计划人员正在制定下一系列活动的计划，并满足UT毕业生和潜在雇主的独特和不断变化的需求。

For more information, please contact the UT System人才和创新办公室。