WGS: Career Assessment

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Dates:  The career assessment is individually based and you can plan a date with the organisers upon registration.

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In the last stages of your PhD, it is time to broaden your professional horizon.
What could be my next career move after finishing my PhD? Do I want to stay in academia or take the step to corporate life? Which competences do I need (to develop) to succeed in my current and/or future job? How can I reach my career goals in a more effective way?

The career assessment can assist you in answering these questions. It consists of different questionnaires that measure skills, competences, strengths and weaknesses. A career coach will give personal advice, based on the results of these tests. The career assessment also provides the opportunity to start working on a (career) action plan. Depending on the results, candidates can be advised to follow certain training or workshop that will help in improving necessary skills, or attend personal coaching sessions.

For PhD candidates that have already taken the assessment at the start of their PhD, the results of this assessment will also be taken into account in the career assessment. The assessment coach will look into progress made on points of attention that were mentioned in the first assessment.

Objective:

This Career Assessment:
• Gives PhD candidates insight in their personal skills, competencies, strengths and weaknesses;
• Gives PhD candidates insight in future career possibilities based on personal skills and competences;
• Gives insight in what needs to be developed and how to do so;
• Will reflect on prior assessments;
• Allows PhD candidates to follow a more tailor-made training programme related to the areas that need attention;
• Gives PhD candidates insight in future career possibilities based on personal skills and competencies.

Target group: the career assessment is primarily meant for PhD candidates from the third year onwards
Group size: inidividual
Course duration: time to fill in questionnaires and one meeting of approx. 1,5 hours
Language: Dutch or English
Number of credits: 0.3 ECTS
Name of assessement coach: drs. Caroline Verdonk
Venue: Dreijenlaan 2, Wageningen

This assessment is offered by Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS)

PhDs of WU* with an approved Education Plan (TSP) of one of the WGS** and postdocs of WU who are registered at one of the WGS** will pay 100 euro. All others pay 350 euro.

* or PhDs graduating at WU / participation is possible until one year after the PhD contract has ended
* EPS, CERES, MGS, PE&RC, VLAG, WIAS, WIMEK

The fee includes study and training material, coffee / tea

1. Your name:
2. Name and address of research group (if applicable internal bode number):
3. Name of department:
4. Name of your graduate school:
5. Working at: Wageningen University // other university or research institute:
6. Starting date as a PhD student:
7. In which language do you want to complete the assessment tests: Dutch or English?
8. Did you do an assessment at the start of your PhD? (Please send the results to Meijer and Meijaard before your personal meeting.)
9. What do you expect from the career assessment?
10. Please enclose your cv.

Only after you received a registration confirmation (by email), registration is complete.

For further information contact: Yvonne.Smolders@wur.nl or dial 0317 485 108.