The Individual Development Plan: A Tool to Help Graduate Students Assume Control of Their Futures

An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a personalized strategic plan. IDPs have been used extensively in government and business to help employees improve their skills and leadership potential, and to progress in their careers. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) f...

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Published in:Oceanography (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2016-03, Vol.29 (1), p.31-31
Main Author: Marcus, Nancy H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Job development
Marine
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Summary:An Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a personalized strategic plan. IDPs have been used extensively in government and business to help employees improve their skills and leadership potential, and to progress in their careers. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) first introduced the approach to help provide postdocs with guidance about career preparation. Those materials were subsequently incorporated into a Web-based online career-planning tool, MyIDP, managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The first step in the development of a personal graduate-student IDP is to identify long-term career goals, which can then be used to shape the graduate experience.
ISSN:1042-8275
2377-617X
DOI:10.5670/oceanog.2016.06