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Workshop

[ONLINE-SEMINAR] How to be more employable in the private sector (two-day)

Monday, 23 November 2020, 9:00-16:00
online

The workshop will be held in English and run for two days, on November 23 and 24, 2020.

 

So, you’ve decided to head out into the private sector to ‘turn science into things people need’. Excellent choice! While the private sector is a very exciting and dynamic environment that is full of rewarding career options for scientists, it is also very different than the career path you were trained for. You will need to develop new work habits and learn some new tools to be successful. This course, taught by an instructor with more than 20 years’ experience hiring and managing scientists and engineers in the private sector, will give you a head start.

The course will enable participants to:

  • Know what they´ll sign up for when entering an industry career.
  • Know about the success factors in such a career.
  • Understand how and where their unique strengths as a scientist make them particularly well suited for an industry job.
  • Know how to successfully start an industry career (get to know employers, score a job, work effectively in their job).
  • Figure out whether an industry career is a good option for them.

The course is highly interactive, mostly based on lectures, discussions and interactive exercises. The trainer (David Giltner) has more than 20 years of experience in commercialized photonics technologies for optical communications, remote sensing, scientific instrumentation, and industrial combustion monitoring applications. He is the founder of TurningScience to help scientists learn the non-technical skills they need to transition effectively into industry careers.

 

The workshop will be held in English and run for two days, on November 23 and 24, 2020.

 

Please note: Since this event is organised by the KHYS Postdoc Office, postdoctoral researchers (who are members of KHYS) will have priority for attending. Doctoral researchers, however, can still register and will be offered a spot if not all places are taken.

Costs/ Payment
For KHYS members this workshop is free of charge.
Speaker
David M. Giltner (TurningScience LLC)
Organizer
Dr. Stefan Götze
Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Straße am Forum 3
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel: +49 721 608-46186
Fax: +49 721 608-46222
Mail: weiterbildung does-not-exist.khys kit edu
https://www.khys.kit.edu
Number of participants
14
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