The Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association is an organization run by and for about 1000 postdocs and early career scientists working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. We organize many activities to strengthen our ties to the Lab, to each other and to the (Berkeley) Bay Area. Our goal is to facilitate social interactions, scientific exchanges, seminars and general orientation.
 
Networking event at Buck Institut

Networking event at Buck Institut

We went to Buck Institute – Novato Ca for a full-day event organized by the Bay Area Postdoc Association (bayareapostdoc.org).

We started with a networking session in the morning, followed by lunch and a seminar from Lauren Celano of Propel Career Services. Her talk titled “How to be Competitive for the Industry Job Market” is aimed at helping postdocs identify, build, and highlight skills during their training in order to be competitive for industry positions.

Following the seminar, we went on a short hike up Mount Burdell.Given all the recent rainfall the views are quite impressive!