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2015/03/25
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Entrepreneurship – A Career Option for Me?”, 19 May 2015

We are happy to announce the workshop “Entrepreneurship – A Career Option for Me?“ with Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi.

Workshop date: Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 9:00-17:30 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi
Duration: 1 day

Registration:http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/192407.html

Content:

When tinkering with the idea of setting up one´s own business, one should be aware of the personal entrepreneurial resources. People who know their entrepreneurial potential, use it reasonably and target their potential in order to switch successfully from academic employment to self-employment. The early reflection on this “subjective side” of funding one?s own business is therefore essential for its future success.
In this workshop, you will

  • learn what “entrepreneurship” means and what entrepreneurial skills are.
  • elaborate on your own entrepreneurial skills directly from your biography.
  • thoroughly scrutinize your personal values in terms of running your own company.
  • create your individual entrepreneur profile.
  • figure out if self-employment is a realistic alternative for your future.
  • obtain an overview of other professional options for people with an “entrepreneurial profile” (i.e.,intrapreneur or leadership position, part-time free-lancer, etc.).

Even if you do not see yourself as an independent entrepreneur, you will get a hands-on orientation in this workshop on how you can use your particular set of skills, qualities, strengths and values for your further career.

 

2015/03/25
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Heidelberg Forum for Young Life Scientists, 21-22 May 2015

The Heidelberg Forum for Young Life Scientists is an international, inter-institutional and interdisciplinary symposium organized by a group of PhD students from the divers research institutes in Heidelberg. Registration and participation is free of charge. Abstract submission is possible until 1 April 20015.

Below you find the program. More information is available here.

HFYLS 2015

2015/03/24
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Self-Assessment and Career Planning”, 9-10 April 2015

We are happy to announce the workshop “Self-Assessment and Career Planning” with Dr. Dirk Bayas-Linke and Prof. Dr. Jutta Müller.

Workshop date: Tuesday, 9-10 April  2015, 9:00-17:00 o’clock, respectively
Place: Von-Siebold-Str. 4, Seminar room (1st floor)
Trainer: Dr. Dirk Bayas-Linke, Prof. Dr. Jutta Müller
Duration: 2 days

Registration:http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/192407.html

Content:

Career planning is an important and challenging process when moving forward with personal ambitions. It is a particularly important step at transition points between two career phases. Together with two trainers and other participants, this workshop is designed to support you in this process by providing the framework for reflecting on your current situation before embarking on those next career and personal steps. We will provide the framework for reflecting on your current situation, with a close look at your professional history up to the present – what interests, values and competencies have you acquired up until now in your professional and personal life? Based on the results of this self-assessment, it will be possible to map out development opportunities for the future in order to make the next decisions.

Learning objectives

  • Identification of current competencies, interests and values
  • Identification of development opportunities for the individual future
  • Planning next career steps

Methods
Trainer input, individual and plenary reflection, self-assessment supported by the trainers and small learning groups

2015/03/17
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Job Hunting and Application Skills – Natural and Life Sciences”, 11-12 May 2015

We are happy to announce the next workshop on “Job Hunting and Application Skills – Natural and Life Sciences”.

Date: Monday, 11 May 2015, 13:00-17:00 & Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 9:00-17:00
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Barbara Hoffbauer
Duration: 1,5 days

Registration: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/192407.html

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

Subsequent to the workshop, it is possible to get a CV check from the trainer.

A retrospective view on the first workshop of this kind is available here.

2015/03/17
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Managing Your Risks”, 12 May 2015

We are happy to announce the workshop “Managing Your Risks – Personal Planning Under Uncertainty” with Matthew Speyer.

Workshop date: Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 9:00-17:00 o’clock
Place: Seminar room, Von-Siebold-Str. 4
Trainer: Matthew Speyer
Duration: 1 day

Registration: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/192407.html

Content:

Researchers are often faced with temporary work contracts and uncertain career
perspectives. This workshop aims at providing researchers with tools to acquire more
clarity about their present situation and to make educated, more strategic decisions under
conditions of uncertainty.

Topics

  • Sphere of influence
  • Rational and intuitive planning
  • Definition of and dealing with “failure”
  • Critical factor analysis (e.g. own priorities and values)
  • Scenario planning for a spectrum of scenarios
  • Probabilities
  • Decision matrix
  • Mini SWOT analysis
  • Self-coaching tools, e.g. “catastrophe question”
  • Experiences / questions / peer coaching groups

 

2015/03/16
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “The Art of Negotiation”, 7 April 2015

We are happy to announce the workshop “The Art of Negotiation” with Matthew Speyer.

Workshop date: Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 9:00-17:00 o’clock
Place: Seminar room, Von-Siebold-Str. 4
Trainer: Matthew Speyer
Duration: 1 day

Registration: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/192407.html

Content:

Who is going to be first author? Who will attend the next international conference? Negotiating these or other professional issues with either peers or seniors is an integral part of everybody’s professional life. Often it is inevitable to encounter differences in aims and approaches. This workshop is meant to raise your skills in recognizing, balancing and adequately representing your own needs in all kinds of negotiations. You will learn how to pro-actively prepare for, shape and follow up on negotiations and how to work productively with differences in interests in order to reduce unproductive conflict but also dysfunctional conflict avoidance.

Topics

  • The nature of conflict
  • Preparation for negotiation
  • Identifying underlying needs
  • Separating interests from positions
  • Clear communication
  • Holding the tension and standing one’s ground
  • Understanding and acknowledging the other’s perspective
  • Experiences and case discussions

2015/03/12
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Start Up Funding for Postdoctoral Researches for Proposal Preparations

The Research Department of the University of Goettingen is offering a start up funding for postdoctoral researchers of the University who are currently preparing a grant proposal to support the success of the proposal. Here are some information from the Research Department website:

The university (without the Faculty of Medicine who has its own start-up-program) is providing start-up funding to young academics for the preparation and submission of research proposals. With this new initiative, the university is encouraging postdoctoral researchers to remain in academia and pursue careers in research and science. Funding is intended for individual grant proposals (e.g. DFG research grants including “temporary positions for principal investigators”). Persons eligible are young academics with a doctoral degree (up to eight years after completing their doctoral thesis) who would like to submit their own grant proposal and are employed at the University of Goettingen for at least 6 months following the application deadline.
The maximum amount of start-up funding available is 10.000 € and is limited to a period of six months. It covers staff expenses (for student or research assistants) and direct costs. It is not available for financing one’s own position or covering expenses for basic equipment (such as PCs, office material, literature or telephone expenses).

Deadline: 15 May 2015

More information available here.