Time: noon–1:00pm
Location: Mission Bay, Mission Hall MH-1407 and Zoom
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Envisioning Your Ideal Career Through Vision Boarding
Join us for an enlightening session on the power of crafting a career vision board. Discover how this visual tool can ignite motivation and inspiration by encapsulating your aspirations. Learn the art of storytelling through your career goals, allowing them to manifest into tangible achievements. Embrace the transformative energy of envisioning your future self and charting the path to success. Materials and supplies for the vision board will be provided. Spots are limited to 25 participants so register today!
Time: noon–1:00pm
Location: Mission Bay, Mission Hall MH-1406
Friday, April 11, 2025
Exploring the New UCSF Talent Marketplace
The UCSF Talent Marketplace is a new online application where UCSF employees can explore and post career development opportunities. This innovative portal is designed to unlock your full potential by connecting you with internal mobility tools such as career pathing, projects, learning, and mentorship. By taking advantage of this resource, you can develop new skills, gain valuable experience to advance your career, and empower our organization’s talented teammates to support evolving business needs. Join as Learning & Organization Development team members CJ Frosch and Demetrius Durham showcase the platform and answer any questions you may have. Note: We strongly encourage all interested in joining the session to request access prior to April 1st, if possible, to allow sufficient time to grant you access to the platform. This will allow for a more immersive experience during the session. You can request access to the marketplace by visiting the L&OD Talent Marketplace page and clicking on “Request Access to the Talent Marketplace.”
Time: noon–1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Career Journey 3.0: Defined at Work – Strategic Advice and Options for Career Success
Join us for Defined at Work – Strategic Advice and Options for Career Success, a compelling discussion featuring a panel of CLS senior women leaders sharing their experiences and career insights. For this year's Career Journey panel, we’re diving deeper—not only exploring individual career journeys but also addressing what happens when you find yourself “pigeon-holed” or narrowly defined in your role. Our panelists will offer strategic advice on recognizing these moments and navigating your next steps—whether that means staying and redefining your role, making a change, or reinventing yourself for long-term success. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical guidance and inspiration to take control of your career path.
Time: 11:30am–1:00pm
Location: Mission Bay, Valley Vision Center (490 Illinois Street), TOPAZ A&B ROOMS, 1st floor and Zoom
POSTPONED [originally scheduled for Thursday, April 17, 2025]
Mock Interviews & Transferrable Skills
Join us for an educational session on how to use transferable skills during interviews. This is a prime opportunity to learn how to use transferable skills during the interview process at UCSF.
The session's features include:
A guest panel of current UCSF CLS managers highlighting inspiring success stories and interviews from within UCSF. A dynamic Q&A session for personalized advice and guidance on how to use transferrable skills in interviews. There will be a short session for practicing the skills/information you learned. Bring your resume and target job description as you will have the opportunity during the mock interview session. Handouts with Tips: We will have handouts in Spanish, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Professional Headshots (Mission Bay)
Have you always wanted your own professional headshot but never had the chance? CLS People Month and CLS Communications are teaming up to offer this fantastic opportunity to support the professional growth of CLS staff. Participants will receive a high-quality digital photo perfect for virtual interviews, LinkedIn, Zoom, and more. The event includes a 10-minute portrait session with one retouched image returned. The photo shoot will take place at two locations (Mission Bay and Mission Center Building) and is limited to 15 participants per day, with priority given to those who do not yet have a professional headshot. To ensure a smooth and polished photoshoot experience, be sure to register in advance. Confirmed participants will receive notification of a specific 10-minute timeslot.
Time: 11am-1:30pm (assigned timeslots)
Location: Mission Bay, Mission Hall, Room MH-1109
Thursday, April 24
Do You Have a Cat? Networking is Much Easier Than You Think
Does striking up a conversation strike fear? Learn how to make this approachable and even fun! Discover the power of good icebreakers and how to develop relationships.
Time: noon-1:00pm
Location: Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Atrium, 2nd level.
Friday, April 25
Cesar’s Roundtable Rendezvous: Connecting Minds, Shaping Futures (Parnassus Heights)
As part of People Month, we’re hosting an intimate gathering for 10 CLS colleagues to join a casual, engaging conversation about workplace behaviors and their impact on career growth. We’ll explore how certain habits can help, stall, or even derail professional progress. Join Cesar for a relaxed discussion on career development, work habits, and the key principles that have guided his journey - all over a light lunch. Space is limited and registration is open to all, subject to a nice mix of registrants and different operational units. Seats will go fast, so reserve yours today!
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Location: Parnassus Heights, Kalmanovitz Library (confirmed participants will receive location information)
Monday, April 28
Professional Headshots (Mission Center Building)
Have you always wanted your own professional headshot but never had the chance? CLS People Month and CLS Communications are teaming up to offer this fantastic opportunity to support the professional growth of CLS staff. Participants will receive a high-quality digital photo perfect for virtual interviews, LinkedIn, Zoom, and more. The event includes a 10-minute portrait session with one retouched image returned. The photo shoot will take place at two locations (Mission Bay and Mission Center Building) and is limited to 15 participants per day, with priority given to those who do not yet have a professional headshot. To ensure a smooth and polished photoshoot experience, be sure to register in advance. Confirmed participants will receive notification of a specific 10-minute timeslot.
Time: 11am-1:30pm (assigned timeslots)
Location: Mission Center Building, Documents and Media Photography Studio, 1st Floor.
Tuesday, April 29
AVC Speaker Series w/Peter Chin-Hong, MD
As a featured session during People Month, we are excited to kick off this year's AVC Speaker Series 2025 with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor of clinical medicine, School of Medicine and associate dean for regional campuses! You might recognize Chin-Hong from the monthly UCSF Town Halls. He presents on developing health news, inserts trends, and pop-culture references and as a result has one of the most popular segments called Health News You Can Use.
When he’s not at the town hall, Chin-Hong specializes in treating infectious diseases. He has a focus on infections that develop in immunosuppressed patients, such as recipients of organ and stem cell transplants, particularly HIV-positive recipients of organ transplants. His findings have been published in numerous journals and books. Chin-Hong earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UCSF. In addition to patient care, Chin-Hong is the associate dean for regional campuses at the UCSF School of Medicine. He has received several prestigious teaching awards from UCSF.
Meet Chin-Hong, hear about his work in building the healthcare workforce in the Central Valley, developments in the community, his likes, dislikes, and ask questions.
Register here
Time: 1:30–3:30pm
Speaking Event: 1:30-2:30pm
Reception: 2:30-3:30pm
Location: Wayne & Gladys Valley Center for Vision, Hoffman Auditorium – 1st Floor and Zoom
