Career days 2016

Consultant: Sarah Blakford (http://biosciencecareers.org/)

Dates: October 25 (14-18h) and October 26 (9-13h), 2016

Target audience: PhD students (in their 3rd or 4th year) and Postdocs who need support with career planning

Number of participants: 30

Self-awareness is a key characteristic of high performers and plays an important role in realising a successful career. In an increasingly competitive academic job market, it is vital that postdoctoral researchers and PhD students take a proactive approach to their careers so that they can maximize their chances to achieve career success. 

This workshop begins with self-analysis and personal effectiveness, including the opportunity for you to examine more closely your role as a researcher. You will undertake self-analysis exercises and use this information to reflect on your own situation and identify opportunities and strengths, including the influence of personality, interests and values on patterns of communication, working style and career choice. We will map this information onto the job market, using real opportunities in the academic and non-academic job sectors to analyse what employers want and how to promote yourself effectively to realise a successful outcome. 

Workshop outcomes

At the end of the workshop, participants will:

1. understand the role of a researcher and its associated strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats;
2. be more self-aware in terms of skills, personality and work values;
3. be more informed about the career planning process and the factors associated with career decision making;
4. be more familiar with different job markets and know where to look for academic and non-academic opportunities;
5. be able to identify their individual career development needs;
6. formulate a SMART personal action plan and have resources to take away. 

To register please send an email to Ines Crisostomo (ines.crisostomo AT gmi.oeaw.ac.at), with the following information: Name; Group; Start date (in institute).

During this day you will have the opportunity to listen, and ask questions, to a variety of speakers following different non-academic (but research- or science-related) career paths. No registration required. 

November 18 | 13h - 17h

GMI/IMBA Lecture Hall

13:00-13:15 Opening: Welcome & Introduction

13:15-13:45 Vienna Biocenter

Speaker: Ines Crisostomo Scientific Training Coordinator 

13:45-14:15 Bayer AG, Germany

Speaker: Michael Metzlaff Head of Innovation Relations 

14:15-14:45 Coffee Break 

14:45-15:15 Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG

Speaker: Dave Martin European Patent Attorney 

15:15-15:45 Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain

Speaker: Michela Bertero, Head of International and Scientific Affairs

15:45-16:15 Borealis Group, Borealis AG, Austria

Speaker: Markus Horcher Director Quality & PPMO 

16:15 – open end Wine & Cheese