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2014/08/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Workshop “Career Essentials: My Project Management Skills”, 10 October 2014

We are happy to announce the first workshop “Career Essentials: My Project Management Skills”.

Date: Friday, 10 October 2014, 9-17:30 o’clock

Place: GZMB building, seminar room -1.105

Duration: 1 day

Content:

Organization, coordination and effective leadership have become a must for growing in one´s career, in Academia as well as in other sectors. Not only scientist’s day-to-day work, but also acquiring external funding requires accurate timing, financial structuring and planning of scientific work. When scientists have little awareness of these skills, this can hinder their attitude and confidence in achieving their goals. In this workshop we will raise your self-awareness, show you how to hone these project-management related skills and enable your potential for a successful career.

In this workshop, you will

  • recognize how much experience you have already gained in your life regarding project management.
  • reflect upon your typical approaches, preferences, and strategies that you have applied during your previous projects.
  • figure out your typical role/s in a project (i.e. expert, leader, organizer, coordinator, conflict manager, facilitator, generalist, specialist, team player etc.).
  • realize your particular strengths in project work and project teams.
  • learn how you can integrate your new findings into your day-to-day work and your long-term projects.
  • improve your self-efficacy regarding upcoming projects.
  • communicate your project management experience in application processes.

You will achieve this by

  • One-to-one skill-oriented coaching supported by the trainer
  • Transferring theory into practice by reflection on one’s own behavior
  • Design of an individual project management skill profile
  • Peer-coaching with constructive feedback supported by the trainer

If you would like to take part in the workshop, register for the GGNB Career Services here and write an e-mail to the coordinator Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de). The e-mail should include a short motivational statement (Why do you want to take part in the workshop?).

More information about the trainer Silke Oehrlein-Karpi is available here.

2014/08/21
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Introduction of Workshop Trainer Silke Oehrlein-Karpi

Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi has been working as a coach and a trainer for scientists since 2008. Before becoming a coach, she led a project group for the Collaborative Research Centre 490 in Mainz. During those 10 years she worked as a biologist in the field of medical basic research and gained a lot of experience in setting up and successfully leading scientific projects. In terms of her current work, she uses her “insider knowledge” from her time in academia combined with her resource-oriented and diversity-related coaching perspective on individuals. She is a member of the Coachingnetz Wissenschaft e.V. Her group coaching workshops inspire, motivate and empower the participants in order to improve their self-efficacy regarding upcoming work situations and projects.

2014/08/14
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Impulse Session on Science Management, 23 September 2014

We are happy to announce the first Career Impulse Session on “Science Management” with Dr. Helene Schruff from the Max Planck Society.

Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 16:00-18:00 o’clock
Room: GZMB, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, room 0.232
Duration: 1.5 hours + 0.5 hour for open networking

Content:

Besides doing research in Academia or Industry, PhD holders are welcomed in different positions in science management. The science manager Dr. Helene Schruff studied comparative literature and holds a PhD in philosophy. After receiving her doctorate she began working with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Bonn as program officer, later program director for research centers. In 2007 she changed to the Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society in Munich.

After introducing herself in more detail, Helene Schruff will give an overview on the various options as a science manager. She is looking forward to your questions and a more individualized discussion, too, preferring a more interactive type of meetings.

For organizational reasons, please write me an email (ggnb-career@gwdg.de), if you consider taking part. Thanks!

2014/08/06
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Half-Day Workshop “Involving Your PI in Your Career Development”, 17 September 2014

We are happy to announce the first half-day workshop “Involving Your PI in Your Career Development”.

Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 14:00-18:00 o’clock
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Duration: 0.5 day

Content:
Do you wonder how your principal investigator (PI) could support your career development? In the workshop, you get input in why it might be important to involve your PI and in which form. We will elaborate topics relevant and useful to be discussed with your PI, also in the light of different career decision regarding an academic or non-academic career. Goals of the workshop are to become clear about which topics you would like to involve your PI in, what to consider in this regard, and to come up with a concrete goal of how to involve your PI in your career development.

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2014/07/29
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Career Impulse Session on Potential Management Jobs for University Graduates in International Companies, 4 September 2014

We are happy to announce the Career Impulse Session on “Potential Management Jobs for University Graduates in International Companies” with Sigrid Weisshuhn.

Date: Thursday, 4 September 2014, 14:00-16:00 o’clock
Room: GZMB, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, room 0.232
Duration: 1.5 hours + 0.5 hour for open networking

Content:

Besides R&D jobs, academic degrees enable to perform jobs in corporate management. In our next Career Impulse Session, Sigrid Weisshuhn – physicist graduated from the Technical University of Munich – will tell about her career in international companies in various positions e.g. in R&D, Production, Purchasing and Operations during the last 26 years. In the course of her career, she lived abroad for 10 years – in France, Singapore and China – which was a horizon broadening experience in cultural challenges but also chances for her. The session will provide an overview of the departments of international companies, what they focus on and which of them are suitable for university graduates from the life and natural sciences. Besides it will give an impression what it means for living and working to change between countries and cultures.

For organizational reasons, please write me an email (ggnb-career@gwdg.de), if you consider taking part. Thanks!

2014/07/28
by Katrin Wodzicki
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CANCELLED – Career Planning Workshop “What to do with a PhD?”, 29 August 2014

— Unfortunately, the workshop has to be postponed to December 1st. I will again announce it beginning of October. Of course, you can already reveal your interest in joining the later workshop by writing an email to me! —

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: Friday, 29 August 2014, 9-17 o’clock

Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232

Duration: 1 day

Goal: Getting to know about professional perspectives and reflecting about own suitability to different career paths

The workshop deals with what career means and which personal career objectives matter. Participants are introduced to different science-related career paths in the public sector (including universities, but not restricted to) and private enterprises, and which technical and personal skills matter, respectively. Moreover, participants get the opportunity to reflect their own competences and objectives as well as their suitability to these different career paths. Finally, participants develop an individual strategy for their next career steps.

Registration:

If you would like to take part in the workshop, register for the GGNB Career Services here and write an e-mail to the coordinator Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de). The e-mail should include a short motivational statement (Why do you want to take part in the workshop?).

More information about the trainer Barbara Hoffbauer is available here. A retrospective view on the first workshop of this kind is available here.