Target Group
For doctoral students and early postdocs in the Life Sciences - ideally about 1.5 to 2 years before the next job should be found.
Visit this seminar in time
Many scientists are too focused on their ongoing research and forget to become active early to find their desired position. You should know better and start the necessary steps at least 1.5 years before.
This seminar trains you to master this orientation and application process.
Goals
Content
Career Planning
Succeed in the application process – CV, CL & Interview
Ask the Insider
Methods
The workshop is a mixture of trainer input, discussion, expert interview, and short exercises – alone and together with your peers. Also the online version is highly interactive using zoom technology with a lot of small group work.  
Required preparation (details follow after subscription): Sending in a current CV and CL, and using a specific online tool that assists young researchers in their career planning.
Thanks a lot, Dr. Matthias Mayer!
[...] I highly recommend other PhD candidates and PostDocs to participate his course. [...] my CV change drastically, even though I’ve visited a few similar job application courses [...]
I particularly like that Dr. Mayer lets students examine [...] the other participants’ CVs and practice[...] the interview with each other. [...]
The handouts and prep-kits for job interviews he gave us are also very useful. [... He] invited one of his friends who [...] has an established career in the Life Sciences to have a Q&A section. This part makes the course more vivid to gain more ideas for international [...] career experiences. [...]
I [...] appreciate that I did spend my time on this course during my crazily busy last year PhD phase.
Thanks a lot, Dr. Matthias Mayer!
A life changing experience
A life changing experience, incredibly helpful workshop [...] I am so glad I could get a slot [...] every second was worth attending.
Before the seminar itself, participants were given the chance to reflect on their goals and expectations [...] This pre-workshop exercise was [...] a great way to clear my mind [...]
The daily sessions were packed with meaningful information [...] including activation exercises [...] which kept my attention high. I could figure out that Matthias is very good with groups. He did a wonderful job with us all. I personally found it very empowering as nothing was between me and my dreamed career, but active planning.
I would definitely recommend the course to anyone and especially fellows hesitating between academia or industry as a career path and those who need to be encouraged.
[after a 2-days online Career Planning and Job Application Training for Life Scientists]
in einem […] zukünftigen Job-Interview ausschlaggebend
[...] Meines Erachtens bietet das Seminar eine super Möglichkeit sich [...] über Bewerbungsarten und -möglichkeiten zu informieren und der [...] Frage nach „Industrie oder Forschung“ nachzugehen und darüber zu reflektieren.
[...] die Tatsache, dass der Kurs online stattgefunden hat, [war] keinerlei Nachteil. Im Gegenteil, der Kurs [war] optimal in den Promotionsalltag zu integrieren. [...]
Was mir besonders gut gefallen hat ist, dass es ein guter Mix war zwischen einer Anleitung von Matthias Mayer und der Teamarbeit. [...]
die [durchgeführten] Job-Interviews [boten] eine tolle Möglichkeit sich selber bei einem Interview zu „beobachten“ und seine Wirkung auf andere besser einschätzen zu können, was sicherlich in einem potenziellen zukünftigen Job-Interview ausschlaggebend sein kann.