Everything you don´t learn in the lab
Women and career
Topic area
Career development
Format
Online or in-house workshop
Workload
4 webinars of 2-2.5 h each = 2 workshop days
Trainer
Karin Bodewits, Philipp Gramlich or Lisa Steinhauser
Target group
PhD students and postdocs
Description
In this workshop, we´ll discuss the specific challenges that women face in their career development
Since a few decades the rights of women and in particular of working women have changed dramatically. But does this also translate into a world full of possibilities or are we still stuck in the process of climbing the various ladders under the glass roof? This seminar will give you guidance on how to navigate your life as a working female scientist.
In this course you´ll learn about:
(Family-friendly) work environments
- University or industry… or somewhere else?
- Working cultures in Europe
- Double career couples
Getting a job
- The importance of networking, collaborating and presenting your research
- Your application
- How to prepare yourself
- The job interview
- Salary negotiations and the gender wage gap
- Legal aspects
In the job
- You made it! What to expect
- Have a good start
- Where is my seat?
- Leadership
- Setting targets
Mothers at work and in our society
- Dead-end street motherhood? Is there the perfect time to have children?
- Social pressures and norms
- Practicalities: nursery places and more
- Legal aspects
- Political framework
- Communication with your employer
Work-life balance
- Taking care of your job, yourself and your family- how to get it all done?
Internal and external factors
- How you and others see yourself and how this can make you stronger or weaker
All participants receive a script of the course in PDF format for offline and future use so that they can work through the material offline as well as after the course. All eBooks on the learning platform are downloadable in pdf format.
Already interested to learn more about the workshop content? You might be interested in our articles Seriously, do I need to work? or Hey boss, I am pregnant or 220 Shades of Grey or Biological age or academic age or The pregnancy issue: Don’t ask. Don’t tell or Photo: Yes! Kids: No! Higher success rate for your CV.
You can also check Chapter 6: Women in Science of our List of Online Career Resources. Here, we describe programmes like mentorme, a mentoring programme specifically designed to support female talent.
Course Flow Online Workshops
Day 1
Live Webinar
- Kick off
- What´s important for you personally?
- Individual and group course work (online and offline)
Day 2
Live Webinar
- Work environments and challenges for working women
- Individual and group course work (online and offline)
Day 3
Live Webinar
- Getting the job
- Individual and group course work (online and offline)
Day 4
Live Webinar
- Motherhood and work-life balance
- Individual and group course work (online and offline)