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Course dates 2010: 26 February (day 1), 5 March (day 2), 12 March (day 3), 19 March (day 4)
Dates for Personal Interviews: 29 and 30 March
Introduction
Aim
In this course you will find out about the different possibilities for you to combine your interests and your skills into an attractive job, either inside our outside academia.
Scope
This course is meant for PhD candidates and postdocs.
If you find it difficult to think about which direction to go, if you cannot describe your special skills yet, or if you are not sure which is the best way to start looking for a job, this will be a good course for you. In a step-by-step approach you will do many different kinds of practical exercises. At the end of the programme you are offered a personal interview to discuss your situation more in depth.
Intended results
At the end of this course, the participants will:
- know what kind of jobs they are interested in
- will know their special skills
- will have plan how to proceed looking for a job
- be able to communicate their strengths and plans to others
Career Orientation versus related WGS course Career Perspectives:
Career Perspectives aims for preparation and conducting an effective job search. Career Perspectives is meant for young scientists (PhD candidates and postdocs) who know what they want, but have trouble getting a handle on how to find this job or even in general: the right track to follow the desired career.
General Information
Target Group: The course is set up for Ph.D. candidates and postdocs.
Group size: a maximum of 12 participants with one trainer
Course duration: four separate days + 1-1.5 hour individual interview
On each of these four days the course starts at 9.30 am and ends at approximately 5 pm.
For the individual interview an appointment will be made during the course
Language: English
Credit points: 1.5 ECTS
Name of lecturer/ teacher: Brigitte Hertz, www.bhertz.nl
Venue: Room W0.5, RADIX building (building nr 107), Wageningen Campus, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen.
Programme
Day 1: Introduction, objectives
Personal preferences
Selfmanagement and Timemanagement
Presentation of Personal Plans
Day 2: Skills
Personal skills
Different exercises to find out about your skills
Development of skills
Personal Activity Plan
Day 3: Working environment
Inventory of important aspects of work- and the working place
Inventory of organisations
Defining missing information and strategies to find that information
Networking
Day 4: Strategies for job finding
Strategies for job finding
CV and Job application letters
Job interviews
Remarks from previous participants
- It helped me reflect and build self confidence about I want to do, the skills I already have and what needs to be done.
- It helps me to understand the different approaches to look for jobs and personal attitude to develop.
- It helped me to get a clearer picture of what I want and that I can take an active attitude to finding my next job.
- I was in a moment of great confusion and trying to ‘orientate’,so it was really helpful.
- It gave me tools to start thinking in a very pragmatic way about job-options, and how to contact the right people to get these jobs.
Course fee
This course 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 registered at one of the WGS** will pay 325 euro. All others pay 650 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 and lunches
Registration
Register by sending a mail to secretary@graduateschool-eps.info with the following information:
- Your name:
- Name and address of research group (if applicable internal bode number):
- Name of department:
- Name of your graduate school:
- Working at: Wageningen University // other university or research institute:
- Whether you have an approved education plan (TSP) or not:
- Status: PhD student // Post-doc // else:
Information
For further information please contact:
Dr. D. Zuidema
Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences
Rooms 0075/0076, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 (0)317-484926
Fax: + 31 (0)317-483584
email: Douwe.Zuidema@wur.nl