Part 3: Developing Your Career

Developing Your Career

Part 3

Academic identity, teaching and mentoring, research and funding, leadership, and the path to promotion. Grab what applies to you.

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Most of these apply to every faculty member, whatever your appointment or stage. There's no order — start with what's most useful now. Promotion is the one to know early, even if it feels far off.

Academic Identity

Academic Identity

  • HMS CV Generator
    The standard format. Updated annually. Used in every appointment, reappointment, and promotion review.
  • HMS Faculty Directory profile
    How you appear to students, trainees, and colleagues. Updated through HMS PeopleSoft.
  • ORCID iD
    A persistent researcher identifier connecting your publications across platforms. Free. Increasingly required.
  • Google Scholar or PubMed profile
    How your publications are discovered. Verify attribution.
  • Affiliate hospital profile
    Often where patients and referring clinicians find you.
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Teaching & Mentoring

Teaching:

Mentoring:

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Research & Funding

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Leadership Development

Everything above builds the record that promotion evaluates. When you're ready, here are the resources that help you navigate the process.

Promotion & Recognition

Promotion

LIFE AT HARVARD

Resources for your life at Harvard — well-being, community, and the everyday perks of being on the faculty. Managed by other Harvard offices; gathered here for convenience.