We are happy to announce the first GAUSS Career Service workshop in 2025 “How to find your postdoctoral position” by Dr Dagmar Sigurdardottir.
This workshop is intended for early postdocs and late-stage PhD students who are looking for their first or next postdoctoral position.
- Dates: Thursday, 16 January 2025, 9:00-17:30h and Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:00-16:30h
- Location: in-person on North Campus
- Trainer: Dr Dagmar Sigurdardottir
- Workshop Category: Knowing and Marketing Yourself
- Registration: Please register here (in case you are not registered yet) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.
Workshop description
Post-doctoral positions are usually not that hard to get but finding the right one that can firmly establish a professional career is really challenging. At the same time, scientists towards the end of their PhD don’t have a lot of time to spend on the search for the right post-doctoral position. Therefore, this workshop provides a compact overview of relevant aspects and the opportunity to explore one’s own preferences. Specifically, participants learn to define their own criteria for a successful post-doctoral position, develop their targeted search and application strategy, assess the relative benefit of post-doctoral grants and prepare to harness the full potential of their post-doc interview.
By participating in workshop, you will be learn to
- define goals for a satisfying postdoctoral position
- identify sources of information about potential postdoctoral hosts
- select an appropriate application strategy
- prepare for a postdoctoral job interview
- develop personal criteria for the best offer
Testimonials
- “This is a really great workshop, well thought out and well organized. It helps you take a structured approach to a fairly nebulous and variable process, categorizes the various aspects to consider, including ones you may have missed, in addition to making you reflect on yourself and your needs when it comes to applying for a post-doc. It also utilizes the diversity of its participants to highlight the many different factors and paths to consider in the process of applying for post-docs.”
- “This workshop is an absolute must for late stage PhD students and early career postdocs. Do it as soon as you can. It shall help you set goals and organize your plan for a successful academic career.”
- “Depending on the type of experience one has had during their PhD, looking for a post-doc may feel more or less overwhelming. This course assists one to find out what are their competitive edges (publication, strength of recommendation letters, etc.) and points to strengthen. The community built during the course was incredibly encouraging and I found incredibly fruitful the chance to bounce ideas off of peers with varying opinions.”
- “The workshop is extremely helpful for PhD students in their last year. It gave me insight and useful information of how to apply for a post-doc.”