Graduate students are encouraged to explore the website and attend the events offered by the Office of Organizational Learning and Development (OOLD), especially their Professional Development Series. On that website, students on RA or TA contracts, as employees, can access a free subscription to LinkedIn Learning, a large repository of videos and short courses on a wide range of topics. You can develop specialized skills that will augment your professional development and career success. You will login with your NetID (Single-Sign-On).

Graduate students can and should access the resources and support of the on-campus Office of Experiential Learning and Career Success, where they can attend workshops on CV and resumes, as well as find information about internship opportunities.

In addition, the Graduate School provides access to several online career development portals (described below), which can be accessed through your email or NetID. 

UM graduate students are encouraged to take advantage of their free membership to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). The NCFDD is a nationally-recognized organization that provides career development and mentoring resources to help faculty grow in their careers and find balance and success in their work lives. 

 Here is a sample of offerings that might be of interest:

• How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice
• 14 Day Writing Challenge
• Flow: Finding (and Keeping!) Joy in Academic Writing and Research
• Media Interviews and Relationship Building
• Writing Through Writers Block: Turning Research Obstacles into Insight
• Intro to Academic Publishing Contracts and Negotiation Basics
• How to Translate Your Research for a General Audience
• How to Set up and Manage a Lab
• Building and Leading Successful Research Teams
• Creating a Harassment Free Lab
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Information Session
• Pivot to Public Writing

Activate your membership on the NCFDD's Faculty Diversity site.

PD.education, powered by DoctoralNet and available to all graduate students, is an online platform for developing your writing, thinking, and research skills throughout your graduate study. Geared toward developing good habits, graduate students can set up a profile and access a number of different video webinars, as well as participating in 7- and 10-week writing challenges. You can sign up to receive regular updates from them with prompts for writing activities, webinars, and videos to help you stay on track with projects and your overall professional development. 

Montana graduate students have access to PD.education resources through a generic email, based on their degree level:

Masters students will use the following username: UMontMasters@pd.education

Doctoral students, including EdD, will use the following username: UMontDoctoral@pd.education

All students will use the same password: #123Umt#

The video below walks you through the basics of navigating the PD.education site, where to start to get yourself oriented to the content there, and how to find resources you might want.  

TAs and RAs are eligible to access UM's subscription to Linkedin Learning, a large repository of videos and short courses on a wide range of topics. Beginning August 3rd, you can login with your NetID (Single-Sign-On) and develop some specialized skills that will augment your professional development and career success.