From 1st to 20th August, I’m out of office for my summer holidays. I will not read my e-mails during this time. I wish us all a nice and hopefully relaxing summer. All the best, Katrin
2013/07/31
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Month: July 2013
2013/07/30
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Planning Workshop “What to do with a PhD?”, 10 September 2013
We are happy to announce the next Career Planning Workshop “What to do with a PhD?” for late-stage PhD students and early postdocs. Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 9-17 o’clock Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232 Duration: 1 day Goal: … Continue reading
2013/07/25
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Next Career Impulse Sessions: Supporters Wanted!
As the Career Impulse Sessions aim at addressing your interests and needs, I gathered a couple of suggestions for further topics during the last events. Although I have some first ideas whom to invite or how to do these sessions, … Continue reading
2013/07/23
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Retrospective View on the First Workshop on Job Hunting and Application Skills
End of June, the first workshop on job hunting and application skills took place and was fully booked. I even had to put some postdocs off until the next workshop – which is already in process of planning! The one-and-a-half … Continue reading
2013/07/18
by Katrin Wodzicki
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New Call for the Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Program at the University of Göttingen – Women only
The research department of the University of Göttingen announced the next round of the “Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Program at the University of Göttingen” for female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers: In support of female researchers aiming for an academic career the … Continue reading
2013/07/16
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Follow-Up on Networking Session
Following the discussion in the last Career Impulse Session on Networking, I compiled some concrete, easy to apply ideas about how to start networking: Start an “Interesting People Fund” (suggested by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha): Invest this money in … Continue reading
2013/07/11
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career fairs: Your chance to network with potential future employers – outside and inside academia!
If you are interested in leaving academia, one worthwhile networking activity is visiting career fairs. On career fairs, you have the chance to get in contact with potential future employers and to explore career opportunities. Mostly, job vacancies of exhibiting … Continue reading