Career Development
Career Development for Scientists: From Introspection to Application (May 20 & 21, 9:30 – 17:30 each day, Dioscórides Building @ Faculty Room)
The goal of this workshop is to give participants a competitive edge in the job market by developing the intellectual framework needed to make informed career choices, and to provide practical help for the application and selection process, both within and outside the academic environment
Training Methods:
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- Gain a structured framework for making informed career decisions inside or outside academia.
- Identify your skills, strengths, and motivations to clarify your career direction.
- Learn how to map the job market and identify relevant opportunities.
- Improve your CV and interview preparation to present your profile competitively.
After the workshop you will have...
- A clearer understanding of your professional strengths and career motivations.
- Tools to identify and evaluate career opportunities.
- A stronger competence profile and more competitive CV.
- Practical strategies for job applications and interviews.
Workshop Content:
- Skills, interests and values: why are you doing science and what for?
- Identifying opportunities: mapping the job market for academics
- Developing your competence profile: finding out and expressing what you are good at
- Decision making theory: how to make the right choices for the right reasons
- Creating a competitive CV: how to get on the shortlist
- The job interview: a clear framework to finding the right match
- Taking action: tools and tips to kick off your career.
Registration Form:
This training course is part of the activities outlined in the FICUS Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) Action Plan, which will be open for all FICUS, Univ Salamanca, and CSIC trainees working at the CIC.