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Science-trained individuals are needed across a wide variety of STEM career paths, but students and postdocs report a lack of career option awareness and insufficient support for career development. This concern is exacerbated by the sudden uncertainty of today’s scientific landscape, demanding career resilience. In this workshop for faculty and staff, Dr. Cynthia Fuhrmann will define frameworks for understanding the process of career exploration and key components of career resilience, then discuss strategies you can take to better support students and postdocs in their career exploration, career planning and use of individual development plans. This workshop draws from the literature as well as evidence-based approaches being used in courses and workshops of the NIGMS-funded Professional Development Hub (pd|hub) Collection “Foundations of Career Exploration for Ph.D. Scientists.” The presentation will equip faculty and staff to: • Define core components of career resilience, including self-awareness, career exploration, and self-efficacy • Describe complexities underlying these processes, for early career scientists in the context of research culture • Identify local gaps in support for trainee career development • Identify evidence-based strategies for training programs and mentors to support career development and career resiliency • Access lesson plans for courses and workshops in the pd|hub Collection and support for adapting them for local needs (available in December 2025) ********** Please note that we do not offer continuing education credits for attending our webinars, but as a registrant you will receive email reminders and a link to the session recording. REQUESTING ACCESS TO SESSION RECORDINGS BY EMAIL IS NEVER NECESSARY.