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This section contains valuable information for your career development: analysing yourself (introspection), learning about career options and successfully mastering the decisive phases to score your job: Job application, interview and salary negotiation.
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This section contains valuable information for your career development: analysing yourself (introspection), learning about career options and successfully mastering the decisive phases to score your job: Job application, interview and salary negotiation.
The materials we compiled here is tailored to the needs of postdocs and PhD students from STEM subjects (particularly natural- and life sciences). Do you want to stay in academia or make a transition to the private sector? In both cases, the information you find here will be valuable for you. Â
This section offers condensed information about focused topics. Please follow this link if you want to read through the broad selection of our blog articles.
The order in your CV
The order in your CV: write your CV counter-chronologically and use a skill section and a summary, which frees you from chronology
The core of your presentation
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
Salary and contract negotiations
Salary and contract negotiations. Market value and salary expectations. Name a number, not a range. Negotiations are not just about salary
Check and cross check
We discuss cover letters. How do I know I sound like someone with a genuine interest in that very employer?
Talking-or-doing
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
The idealism wage gap
“Is that really the case?” Frederieke asks, “The more idealistic a job is, the worse it pays?” Your workforce fills a gap. It is up to you which employer you choose. You can decide where and how you want to work without financial hardship.