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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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.
Who needs a job advertisement?
When applying to job ads, it can be challenging to stand out. With unsolicited applications, you have to find out who might be interested in you at all.
Add do not subtract
It hurts to delete parts of our life (course) that we have come to love. Reverse the process: Start with a blank document and add the key points to it. Adding feels better than subtracting.
Online and Offline
Of course, online can´t reproduce all elements of personal interaction. However, in-house seminars also can´t reproduce all benefits of online learning and meetings; spatial and temporal flexibility as well as the possibility to learn at one´s own speed to name just a few.
The girl with the gun
A CV should not only show that you are the right person for the position, but also arouse interest in you. What makes you attractive as a future colleague? Hobbies can be exactly what makes you stand out from the crowd.
The pregnancy issue
Not knowing the law pertaining to the hiring of and collaboration with employees as a group leader, however, is dangerous. Otherwise, your research might easily be put on hold because you are asked to appear in court.
Biological age or academic age?
The major research institutions have decided to base their judgement with regard to excellence in research on the academic age (i.e. the years of active research) and not on the biological age (i.e. the years of one’s life). This is meant to even out twists and turns in the CV, such as parental leave. This is an important change of rules.