Recorded Webinar

STEM Career Coaching: A Fireside Chat about Best Practices, Challenges and Opportunities

by Alaina G. Levine

Recorded on October 25, 2023

STEM career coaching and counseling is a special field within the career development ecosystem that provides great opportunities for our clients, as well as challenges. In this lively conversation, you will hear from Alaina G. Levine, an expert in the STEM career development arena with more than 2 decades of experience helping scientists and engineers design and execute realistic and exciting career plans. She will share some of the strategies and tactics she employs to enable her clients and students to be employed in STEM, as well as the approaches she utilizes to deliver value to those she mentors. You will learn how you can take a data-driven approach to helping those you serve create their "Unicorn Careers", the customized, authentic careers that bring joy, meaning, and money, and in doing so, you will also learn how you can create your own Unicorn Career in career development.

This webinar is in the Be Awakened trace and helps you to understand current trends toward a greener workplace and sustainable development.

In attending this webinar, APCDA Professional Members can enhance their understanding of APCDA Career Service Competencies: Labor Market Trends and Employability Skills. Read here for more information about APCDA Career Service Competencies.

Alaina G. Levine is a professional speaker, STEM career coach, corporate comedian, and author of 2 books: Networking for Nerds (Wiley), and Create Your Unicorn Career! (forthcoming). Levine has delivered over 850 speeches and webinars for clients in 15 nations, and her hundreds of articles have appeared in Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, and Smithsonian, including her column, “Your Unicorn Career”. Levine studied at the American University in Cairo as a US Department of Defense Boren Fellow, and holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and anthropology from the University of Arizona.