Workshop "Career strategies"

Career Center Workshop

Date: Nov 8, 2024
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Jacqueline von Saldern, golin Wissenschaftsmanagement, Berlin
Jacqueline von Saldern, Munich, is a trainer and career counselor since 2006 with a special focus on international mid-career and senior professionals in the fields of academia, public policy and non-profit. Her topics of expertise include career development, professional orientation, applications, competency profile, and networking as well as leadership, intercultural communication, and conflict management. Her special focus is thereby directed towards profiling and empowerment of women. She held leadership positions within the NGO sector for over 15 years, most recently at the Tönissteiner Kreis, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Robert Bosch Foundation. With a German-American background raised bilingually in New York and over 30 years of international experience she works in both languages.
Location: virtual
Room: Zoom
Host: IPP
Contact: careercenter@ipp.mpg.de

Building potential – tapping professional pathways The transition from the doctorate to the next position is a crucial phase in your life that may have a lot of influence on your future career. But for many PhD candidates hitting the home straight and just about to finish their doctorate, it is difficult to develop a clear perspective for what should come next.

registration via https://plan.events.mpg.de/event/277/

Strategic career planning aims at helping you answering questions like: What are my goals and interests? What type of positions are available and which of them match my preferences? Who can provide information and which network do I need for successful job hunting?

On the basis of these questions the workshop participants develop the competencies needed for an effective career planning process. The workshop deals in particular with the following topics:
>> My qualification profile: Stocktaking of my key skills
>> The labour market in & outside academia: Desirable and realistic career pathways
>> Clarification of my goals: What exactly do I know already, what is unclear?
>> Before the application: Strategies & stumbling blocks
>> Networking & self-marketing: Building contacts
>> In conversation with interesting people: Pinpoint questions and appropriate self-statements
>> Career strategies: My next steps