GAUSS Career Workshop “Career Planning: What are my further career movements” (May 10-11, 2021), online
We are happy to announce our GAUSS Career Service workshop “Career Planning” by Dr. Matthias Merkelbach.
What are my unique abilities and interests critical in determining the right career path for me? Can I combine my ideas about a fulfilled life with a career outside of university and academia? How can I develop a strategy for embarking on a non-academic career path?
This online workshop helps to answer these – and other – questions for all those who want to plan their career development strategically.
Dates: Monday and Tuesday, May 10-11, 2021
Location: The workshop will take place online.
Duration: May 10, 2021 (9.00-11.30: group phase I; 14.00-17.30: group phase II); May 11, 2021 (09:00-11:15: group phase III; 14.00-18.00 individual coaching sessions)
Trainer: Dr. Matthias Merkelbach
Target group: Postdoctoral scientist and late-stage PhD students
Registration: Please register here and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.
This workshop focuses on supporting young scientists and researchers and prepare them for leaving academia. It offers possibilities to reflect upon future careers in industry, business or alternative career choices. Based on individual profiles, participants develop their own vision for their future personal and professional lives.
- You reflect upon your professional career path and develop a well-orchestrated plan for the opportunity of a university career or outside of academia
- You work out a biographically-based profile that highlights und evaluates your individual qualifications, skills and job visions.
- You explore different occupational alternatives.
- You get information about formal and hidden requirements for career development (with special focus on German working culture).
- You share experiences and are encouraged by other scientists who are in a similar professional situation