Here you’ll find a number of resources focused on career progression and mentoring for astronomy postdocs and junior faculty.

Tamborine Mountain 2014

These resources were compiled from the ASA ECR Mentoring Workshop held at Cedar Creek Lodges, Tamborine Mountain, QLD, 2nd-3rd June 2014.

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Session	Title	Slides
Session 1	Navigating your career	Slides
Session 2	Outreach, social media and government
Session 3	Academic Jobs and Working in Collaboration	Slides
Session 4	Jobs outside astrophysics	Slides (Stephen)	Slides (Carole)
Session 5	Money: getting grants, budgeting and using money effectively	Slides
Session 6	Managing people
Session 7	Leadership	Slides
Session 8	Managing yourself: work/life balance

Shoal Bay 2012

These resources were compiled from the very successful ASA ECR Mentoring Workshop held at Shoal Bay in NSW Australia from May 31st to June 1st 2012.

1. Planning Your Career (Warrick Couch): slides, summary

2. Getting a Faculty Job (Bryan Gaensler and Sarah Maddison): slides, notes, summary

3. Building Your Network (Geraint Lewis): slides, summary

4. Leadership and Vision (Matthew Colless): slides, summary

5. Media and Outreach (Helen Sim): slides, summary

6. Writing a Sucessful Proposal (Rachel Webster): summary

7. Hiring and Managing people (Karl Glazebrook): slides, Mock PhD interview brief, summary

8. Family and work/life balance (Kate Brooks): slides, summary

9. Government and Science Policy (Brian Boyle): slides, summary

10. Managing Your Time (Panel Discussion): summary

11. The Two-Body problem/Job Offer Negotiation (Panel Discussion): summary

All session summaries: download

Twitter summary of all sessions: download