Career Guidance for PhD's and Postdocs, Leuven, spring 2020
General context
The aim of this course is to support last year PhDs and Postdoctoral researchers in:
- Defining new career opportunities.
- Gaining insight in their competences and qualities.
- Learning how to present themselves to future employers in a professional way.
The Career Guidance Course approach:
- It consists of 3 modules.
- Each module deals with a specific topic of career guidance.
- Each module consists of an individual session and a group session.
- You can choose your own menu.
- The course starts with an intake where we will discuss the content of the program and your needs.
- During the intake, you book the sessions you wish to follow during the corresponding semester.
- Final registrations will be based on motivation, availability for participation and urgency.
- The course is offered every semester.
- Places are limited: 12 participants for the individual sessions, 15 participants for the group sessions.
Program
Intake interview
10 January 2020 or 17 January 2020 - Room O&N4 04.23 - individual session of 30 minutes
Module 1: Career Exploration
Discover your career options
24 January 2020 or 7 February 2020 - Room O&N4 04.23 - individual session of 60 minutes
Personal branding
14 February 2020 - Room 06.239 - group session from 11h00 - 14h00
Module 2: Discover your competences and qualities
Detect your qualities and downsides
6 March 2020 or 13 March 2020 - Room O&N4 04.23 - individual session of 60 minutes
Discover your competences
20 March 2020 - Room 06.239 - group session from 11h00 - 14h00 - cancelled, will be rescheduled asap
Module 3: Effective job application
Review your CV and cover letter
30 April 2020 or 8 May 2020 - Room O&N4 04.23 - individual session of 60 minutes
Convincing a jury
5 June 2020 - Room 06.239 - group session from 11h00 - 14h00
Practical info
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Please use Parking West - Follow 'Dagcentrum Onco' to get to the O&N buildings. Take the stairs on you left after exiting Parking West. You are now in front of buidling O&N4 and on the left you find O&N5.