In the beginning of September we will host the VBC Career days, specially targeted for PhD Students and Postdocs from IMP/IMBA/GMI*.
The first days - The Career Workshops - will take place on September 8 and 9, and will cover different practical skills important when looking for a job, whether academic or non-academic. The full list of available workshops is available below.
Then on September 16 we will host: The Career Day. During this day you will have the opportunity to listen, and ask questions, to a variety of speakers (many of them VBC alumni) following different non-academic (but research- or science-related) career paths. The detailed programme will be available soon.
Organising committee:
Nial Gursanscky (Postdoc, GMI); Tina Schrödel (PhD Student, IMP); Michaela Steiner (PhD Student, IMBA); Marcin Suskiewicz (PhD Students, IMP); Wiebke Wlotzka (Postdoc, IMBA) & Inês Crisóstomo (Scientific Training Coordinator)
To attend the workshops you must register (follow the instructions sent internally by email). Registration is open to IMP/IMBA/GMI PhD Students and Postdocs, until August 15. We will inform the selected participants by email on August 18.
For further inquiries please contact Tina Schrödel (tina.schroedel(at)imp.ac.at) or Michaela Steiner (michaela.steiner(at)imba.oeaw.ac.at).
Consultant: Andrea Tschirf (http://www.tschirf.at/)
Date: September 8th, 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Number of participants: 12-15
Topics
Panel Discussion
Date: September 8th, 2014
Time: 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Topics:
Invited speakers are internal and external junior group leaders as well as directors from our campus. Speakers will give an introduction about themselves and their career development, highlighting why and how they became PIs. In addition, we’ll take a closer look at the decision making process from the side of a director. The afternoon will finish with a panel discussion to get a comprehensive answer on important questions, such as
Consultant: Harald Dvorak (http://blog.harald-dvorak.at/start/)
Date: September 9th, 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Number of participants: 20-30
Target group: PhD students (3rd and 4th year), Post Docs
Objectives:
This workshop will consist of individual and group exercises, role play and discussion. It will provide a mixture of self-experience, interaction and collegial sharing, accompanied by job interview experts.
Participants will:
Consultant: Manuela Kainz (http://www.manuelakainz.com/)
Date: September 9th, 2014
Time: 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Number of participants: 12-15
Objectives
Participants will:
* The MFPL will organize a career day with workshops in October.