PREP

Wecome to the Career and Professional Development Resources at MSU that focuses on four professional skills that are key to career and professional development.

PREP focuses on four professional skills that are key to career and professional development: Planning throughout the graduate career to identify and successfully achieve career goals; developing Resilience and tenacity to thrive through personal and professional stages; practicing active Engagement in making important life decisions and in acquiring the skills necessary to attain career goals; and attaining high standards of Professionalism in research and teaching.

	Planning	Resilience	Engagement	Professionalism
Early	Thinking About Graduate School Funding Your Graduate Education What to Expect in Your First Year	The Graduate Student "Toolbox" Managing the First Year Developing Support Systems	Choosing an Academic Advisor/Mentor Professional Network	The First Year of Teaching Wrapping Up the First Year
Mid	Life as a Mid-Level Graduate Student Thinking About Your Career Early Preparing for Comprehensive Exams	Sustaining Support Systems Conflict Resolution	Working with Your Committee Funding Your Research Networking Outside of Your Institution	Approaching Dissertation Research Publishing Your Work Preparing a Teaching Portfolio
Late	Writing the Dissertation Preparing for the Job Search	Managing & Surviving the Dissertation Sustaining Support Systems	Considering Your Career Path The Academic Path The Non-Academic Path	The Job Search Process Beyond Graduate School

Planning

Resilience

Engagement

Professionalism

Early

Thinking About Graduate School

Funding Your Graduate Education

What to Expect in Your First Year

The Graduate Student "Toolbox"

Managing the First Year

Developing Support Systems

Choosing an Academic Advisor/Mentor