Social Media
In a seminar on self-marketing, we discuss the use of social media. “It might be a nice way to pass the time, like feeding ducks or watching Netflix.” “…everyone has to decide for themselves which century they want to live in.”
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Negotiation
In this negotiation workshop, you´ll learn about salary, contract, and other negotiations using the Harvard Negotiation Principles.
Negotiations are a crucial success factor for all types of careers, no matter if we negotiate about salary, contracts, working conditions or when trying to solve a conflict. Some people are afraid of negotiations or dislike them for fear of having to be sleazy in order to ‘win’.
It’s all just a work sample
Moral considerations are always deeply personal. Don’t push these aside, but ask yourself: Do your development perspectives and moral values fit with this employer?
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Employers have moral values
Moral considerations are always deeply personal. Don’t push these aside, but ask yourself: Do your development perspectives and moral values fit with this employer?
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Small or large
In a workshop on the topic “Your path into industry,” we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of future employers. “More money, more jobs, more opportunities” is how Bertrand summarises the arguments for large companies.
The pitch email
“When you write to someone you don’t know yet, how do you do it so that you get the other side’s attention?” Consider the brevity of your introduction and the entire email as your work sample: will it be a time-waster to engage with you or a well-prepared, efficient interaction? Babblers mostly babble in both written and spoken form.
Chemistry for laypeople
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
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Ask someone who knows
The order in your CV: write your CV counter-chronologically and use a skill section and a summary, which frees you from chronology
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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
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The core of your presentation
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
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