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2022/01/30
by Stefanie Klug
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Online workshop “From a Successful Job Application to the Job Interview”, 5 December 2022

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop “From a Successful Job Application to the Job Interview” by Barbara Hoffbauer. This workshop is intended for those postdocs and late stage-PhD students who are already informed about various professional perspectives outside academia and have reflected their own suitability for different career paths.

Date: Monday, 5 December 2022
Duration: 1 day (9:00-17:00h)
Location: online workshop via Zoom
Trainer: Barbara Hoffbauer

Workshop Description: The first part of this workshop focuses on the application documents. In exercises the participants will reflect their individual achievements so far and learn how to convincingly present them in the CV as center-piece of every application. Analysing real job ads the participants will practise how to write cover letters that create the desire to meet the author. They will get advice on how their determination for a specific career path can be reflected in CV and cover letter and what other application documents to include considering differences between jobs in science and industry.

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2022/01/29
by Stefanie Klug
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (18 Nov 2022, 14:00-15:30) with Dr. Ina Klusmann, MBA (Evonik): “Signalling networks – from p53 to corporate culture”

We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Sessions, this time with Transformation Management Officer Dr. Ina Klusmann (MBA) from Evonik.

  • Date: Friday, 18 November 2022
  • Time: 14:00-15:30 (appr.)
  • Location: online
  • Registration: Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you plan to attend. The log-in data will be sent to registered participants.

About the speaker: Ina is an alumna of the IMPRS Molecular Biology MSc/PhD program. She completed her MSc and PhD studies in the lab of Prof. Matthias Dobbelstein at the UMG working on the effects of the p53-Mdm2 signalling network on DNA replication in 2018.

After a short PostDoc in the Dobbelstein lab, Ina continued her path by pursuing an MBA degree at the Collège des Ingénieurs in Munich, Turin and Paris. During this program, Ina joined Evonik Industries AG for a project in the Corporate Controlling department of the company. After graduating in 2020, she proceeded with a full-time position at Evonik and further explored the world of business cases, M&A, strategic financial planning for the next two years. Besides number crunching and business processes, Ina has discovered a new passion for organisational and cultural change which led her to her new position as Transformation Management Officer at the Health Care business of Evonik.

In this session, Ina is looking forward to sharing her experience on the process of finding her path and how to grow in a corporate culture.

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2022/01/28
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal”, 3-4 Nov 2022

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service online workshop “How to plan and write a competitive research proposal” by Dr. Thomas Koch.

This workshop is intended for postdoctoral researchers and late-stage PhD students who are new to the process of applying for a scientific research grant. Ideally, participants should plan to start applying for a grant within the next 6 months. Therefore, it is crucial that you already have an idea about the research topic and possible funding bodies.

  • Date: Thursday and Friday, 3-4 November 2022, 9:00-15:00 h;
    plus 3h pre-teaching prior to the workshop
  • Location: online
  • Target Group: Postdocs and late-stage PhDs planning to apply for a research grant within the next 6 months
  • Trainer: Dr. Thomas Koch
  • Workshop Category: Improving Your Personal and Professional Skills
  • Registration: Please register here (in case you are not yet registered) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description

This hands-on workshop provides an overview of the German research funding landscape and explains how to exploit funding opportunities effectively. Selected EU programs within the framework of Horizon Europe, such as MSCA Individual Fellowships and ERC Starting Grants, are also covered. Practice scenarios for different research settings help to understand how to select and approach individual funding programs to build resources and capabilities for further career advancement.

By participating in workshop, you will be better equipped to

  • identify funding opportunities for different research settings,
  • understand what makes a fundable research project,
  • tailor your case for support to meet the evaluation criteria,
  • structure and schedule the writing process,
  • move from smaller to larger grants.

This compact, yet highly interactive workshop employs theoretical input, plenary discussions, individual and small group work, experience sharing and expert advice. Participants are expected to complet some assignements for the pre-teaching activities, which will be provided one to two weeks before the workshop

2022/01/27
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop: “Fast Forward – The Ultimate Productivity System for Researchers” (7-week course, starting 17 October 2022)

We are happy to announce our next project management workshop “Fast Forward – The Ultimate Productivity System for Researchers” with Dr. Nadine Sinclair.

Achieve amazing productivity and reduce your stress level in 7 weeks by implementing the productivity secrets that allow management consultants and high-performing industry teams to generate results quickly.

  • Information event via Zoom: 22 September 2022: 11:00-11:30h
  • Live Kick-off: Monday, 17 October 2022, 10-11:30h
  • Duration: 7 consecutive weeks with weekly Q&A session on Wednesdays or Thursdays, 17:00-18:00h
  • Target group: Postdocs and late-stage PhD students who would like to add effective project management to their skill set and apply the principles to their own research supported by an implementation phase offered during this course.
  • Webpage: http://mindmatters.pro/fastforward
  • Credits / Certificate: After successfully completing the workshop (this includes completing the different modules AND attending the Q&A sessions), you will receive a certificate and/or 2.0 credits (for PhD students).
  • To register, please send an e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de, including a short motivation statement and your commitment to complete the course (PhD students: please register via StudIP between 1-20 August 2022)

Pre-requisites
This training is for you if you can attend all live Q&A sessions, have a project that you can work on during the course, are ready to roll up your sleeves to work with the tools and techniques and willing to engage with the trainers and your peers on these topics.
This training is not for you if you are just looking for information on personal productivity and project management, cannot take the time to attend the live Q&A sessions and implement the techniques, or are unwilling to engage in discussions with others.
Ideally the project should last at least 3 months from the beginning of the course and at minimum 8 weeks. Your project of choice should have a professional context – it can be a research project, writing a paper/thesis, literature search to define a project, job search or similar. 

This workshop has a different format than our other workshops as it is an online workshop running for 7 weeks including

  • Weekly pre-recorded lectures to watch at your own pace
  • Weekly 1-hour live Q&A session via Zoom video conference hosted by the trainer Nadine Sinclair to answer your questions ( Please note: If you miss more than one of the Q&A sessions you will neither receive a certificate nor any credits.)
  • Self-study workbooks and templates to help you implement the techniques in your projects with actionable feedback on weekly course assignments on a dedicated private community platform
  • Private community that allows you to interact with peers and exchange additional resources
  • Personal Productivity Score assessment at the beginning and end of the course
  • average workload per week: approximately 3-4h

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2022/01/26
by Stefanie Klug
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session (14 Oct 2022, 14:00-15:30) with Dr. Marco Becker (AstraZeneca): “From Basic to Clinical Research”

We’re happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Impulse Sessions, this time with Clinical Project Manager Dr. Marco Becker from AstraZeneca.

  • Date: Friday, 14 October 2022
  • Time: 14:00-15:30 (appr.)
  • Location: online
  • Registration: Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you plan to attend. The log-in data will be sent to registered participants.

About the speaker:

Marco studied Biology (B. Sc.) and Developmental, Neural and Behavioural Biology (M. Sc.) in Göttingen. He graduated as a member of the GGNB program “Molecular Biology of Cells” in 2015 in Tumor Genetics at the University Medical Center Göttingen. 

After additional training in clinical research in 2016 Marco worked with several Contract Research Organizations and pharmaceutical companies starting as Clinical Research Associate (CRA) in 2016 and since 2020 at AstraZeneca. He became a Clinical Project Manager in 2021 which involves the planning, conducting and overseeing all aspects of human oncological trials in the DACH region. The focus of his presentation will be the requirements, advantages, disadvantages of and the steps into clinical research and its alternative paths.

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2022/01/25
by Stefanie Klug
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Workshop: “Leadership Skills for Scientists”, 22-23 Sept 2022

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Leadership Skills for Scientists” by Dr. Alexander Britz.

Advancing as a scientist, both out- as well as inside academia, comes with increased leadership responsibilities. In this interactive workshop the participants learn the essential leadership skills which are necessary to be successful as a PhD student or Postdoc and to later facilitate a successful transition to a senior position at a research institution or the dream job outside academia.

Dates: 22-23 September 2022
Duration: 9:00-16:30h on both days
Location: GZMB building, large seminar room 0.232, ground floor, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11 (map)
Trainer: Dr. Alexander Britz

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.

Workshop description:

Effective leadership requires authenticity and starts with the leader itself. Therefore, we initiate the workshop with a series of self-management and self-leadership activities. In team scenarios, emotional intelligence is a key leadership capability. By bringing awareness to this, and through breakout sessions in which we practice changing the perspective, we increase our level of empathy. The participants further learn about the distinct leadership styles with their advantages and drawbacks, and we
discuss how situational leadership can be applied. Clear and precise communication is another vital leadership skill, which we train in supervisor-supervisee role plays. Next to practicing “traditional” top-down leadership, the participants get acquainted with bottom-up leadership through these activities. Finally, we practice additional leadership and communication skills such as self-presentation, networking, pitching and storytelling techniques. To conclude the workshop, the group reflects on the essential traits of “a good leader”.

2022/01/24
by Stefanie Klug
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9-week online workshop: “Resilience Training for Researchers” (starting date: 19 September 2022)

We are happy to announce the online workshop “Resilience Training for Researchers” with Dr. Nadine Sinclair and Paul Sinclair.

Many researchers find the stress of academia challenging. After all, researchers tend to taste failure more often than success in their day-to-day experiments. Constantly thinking about your research (especially outside of working hours), the pressure to publish and the uncertainty about the next position are likely some of the factors that make researchers more prone to mental health conditions than other professional groups.
Therefore, it is crucial to equip researchers with the skills to build personal resilience to deal with stress and setbacks constructively. Different from what many people believe, resilience is a skill that anyone can learn. This workshop provides the tools and techniques that will teach you sustainable, resilience-building habits.

In this 9-week online program you are invited to learn strategies to cope with stress and pressure and how to make conscious lifestyle choices that support your physical and mental health. You will be able to create emotional self-awareness, develop your ability to regulate your emotions under pressure and learn techniques to help you push through personal and professional challenges without exhausting yourself.

  • Starting Date: Monday, 19 September 2022 (the workshop ends on 18 November 2022)
  • Duration: weekly 2-hour live sessions on 9 consecutive Mondays, 16:00-18:00h (Exception to course schedule: session on Monday, 3 Oct will take place on Tuesday, 4 Oct 16-18h due to the German National Holiday!)
  • Time required:  approx. 3-4 hours each week (incl. attendance of the weekly workshops) – Please set aside 1 hour in the week before the course (12-16 Sept 2022) to complete the onboarding process
  • Target group: Postdoctoral scientist and PhD students who would like to learn techniques to better cope with stress (at work)
  • Further information: https://mindmatters.pro/researchers/resilience-training/
  • Registration: To register please send an e-mail to courses@gauss.uni-goettingen.de, including a short motivation statement and your commitment to complete the course. The registration deadline is 9 September 2022!

Detailed description:

This program consists of several components – weekly virtual workshops of 90 min each, a member’s area where you can access recordings of the workshops, workbooks and templates to help you implement the techniques and an online community to interact with the trainers and participants outside of the weekly live sessions.

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