We encourage you to start thinking about your goals both for your postdoctoral position and for your next career step throughout your time as a postdoc. The graphic below offers a sample of how you might think about the timeline of your goal setting and career planning. Additionally, we have highlighted the kinds of resources and workshops available to you as a postdoctoral scholar at Yale to assist you in goal setting and career planning.
Finally, we encourage you to check in on your goals and to adjust them as needed and encourage recognizing that no one’s career trajectory is a perfectly straight line; your goals and your circumstances will no doubt change over time and taking the time both to reflect on your goals and being open to recalibrating them can assist you in finding your next step and path forward.
