GAUSS Career Blog

Career Information and Announcements

– – – cancelled until further notice – – –

| 1 Comment

Workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skills”, 11-12 May 2020

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skill” by Gaby Schilling.

Target group: Postdoctoral scientist and late-stage PhD students who are currently applying or planning to apply for a position in industry or other areas outside academia.

Goal: Becoming familiar with all steps involved in the application process.

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 11-12 May 2020
Duration: 1.5 days, Monday, 11 May 2020, 13-18h and Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 9-16h
Location: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Gaby Schilling

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.

Detailed Description:
The workshop deals with how to write a professional application. Participants will learn about the requirements regarding form and content of CVs and the respective differences between academia and industry. They will reflect about how to convey their strengths and motivation in response to a job advertisement, but also how to approach speculative applications. Moreover, participants will train their self-presentation skills in the job hunting process, including self-presentation on career fairs, conferences and in interviews. The workshop will include various training sessions partly accompanied by video recording for a follow-up analysis.

Testimonials:
“The workshop was very informative and dynamic. It helped me to realize my most positive characteristics and feel confident about my future career possibilities.” (Postdoc at GZMB)

“Make the most of this wonderful experience. Learn and improve yourself with the content of the workshop. It’s an eye opener.” (Postdoc in Molecular Biology)

Rate this post

One Comment

  1. Pingback: GAUSS Career Workshop: “Job Hunting and Application Skills” (May 11-12, 2020) – GAUSS

Leave a Reply

Required fields are marked *.


Time limit is exhausted. Please reload CAPTCHA.