IMPRS Doctoral Student Retreat

Job applications in & outside academia

15 November 2022 [16.30 – 18.00/group 1 and group 2 together]
16 November 2022 [9.00 – 12.00/group 1 and 13.00 – 16.00/group 2]
17 November 2022 [9.00 – 10.30/group 1 and 10.45 – 12.15/group 2]

An occupation in research and teaching, a career in industry, in the service sector, or in nonprofit

organisations – after the doctorate there are numerous professional fields and career

paths open on the international labour market.

But what does it take to obtain an attractive position – maybe even in a field or branch I have

no experience with? The basis for successful applications is some understanding of professional

application standards in & outside academia and the current trends in the application process.

In the workshop the necessary application standards are conveyed and new developments are

explained. With the help of structured input and selected examples from practice, the participants

are prepared for a successful approach to the application process. The following topics are

covered:

>> My qualification profile:

How do I show my potential?

>> The labour market in & outside academia:

Desirable and realistic career pathways

>> Application dossier:

Current standards

>> English applications:

What is different?

>> The interview:

From individual interview to assessment centre

>> Job applications:

My next steps

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GROWING UP WELL IN OUR PLACES

BUILDING RESILIENCE, EMPOWERING COMPETENCE,

AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE – IN THE ACADEMY.

AN OFFER FOR THE PHD RETREAT 15-17/11/22

Academic living, and specifically the PhD is experienced as stressful and full of uncertainties.

In this participatory workshop we will try to get connected to our deep inner wishes and

aspirations, and learn how to cope better with the stress. We will practice various exercises to

increase our well-being, assertiveness and confidence. And we will allow processing of the

experiences we’ve gone through in this journey so far.

GOAL: Participants will acquire various practices based on neuroscience as well as positive

and social psychology.

STRUCTURE: A sketch for an optional schedule to be repeated twice, plus

introductions planned for the 15th November (estimated at 1,5h):

3 Hour: Resilience in the academic life and stress management

Data about the specific challenges of academic living; stress and mindset, appraisals

and chronic stress. Presentation with movies, practicing and sharing.

2 Hour: My aspirations, motivations and habits

Tools from social-psychology and life-coaching are applied to enable us to change and

maintain desired habits, in accordance to our motivational personality patterns.

Practices of reconnecting with our deeper intuition are taken to sharpen our own

aspirations.

PARTICIPANTS WILL GET: Presentations, summaries and a file of all relevant

resources list, practical tools and beneficial exercises.