Career orientation

For postdocs, lecturers, and other academics with a temporary appointment

As a beginning academic, you are faced with a multitude of choices regarding your career. You have a temporary appointment at the UG, but at the same time you have to start considering your next steps. What will you be doing next? Would you like to continue in research or teaching? Or would you rather find a job outside the academic world? Which talents would you like to develop further, and in what direction? Whatever you decide on, this training will help you to explore —together with other beginning academics— the next steps of your career.

Objective

The goal of this training is to help you to prepare for your future career. You will get a clear idea of your career possibilities. You will reflect on your own convictions and personal values. You will also gain insight into your talents, goals, and the importance of networking.

Programme

During this training, the emphasis will lie on strengths and opportunities. As a participant, you will explore your opportunities from your current position into the direction of your desired destination. You will do this based on your personal interests, pitfalls, values, and preferred styles. After three days you will have drawn up your own action plan for the next steps in your career, which will allow you to further progress your own career.

Competences
• taking initiative
• networking
• communication
• self-reflection

Results

On completion of the training programme:

✓ You will have more insight into your own personal and career goals.
✓ You will have learnt more about the labour market, both within and outside the world of science.
✓ You will not only have discovered how to use your own skills, but also your talents and personal values to plan your career.
✓ You will have learnt to present yourself and your goals.
✓ You will have learnt to make conscious decisions about the next steps in your career.

More information

Date	2025 Thursday, May 15 from 9am to 5pm Friday June 6 from 9am to 5pm Friday, June 20 from 9am to 5pm
Location	2025 Day 1 TOKO Suikerterrein Suikerlaan 24 9743 DA Groningen Day 2 and 3 Norman Building Lutkenieuwstraat 5 9712 AW Groningen
Target group	Postdocs, lecturers, and other academics with a temporary appointment.
Group size	Maximum of 12 participants
Language	English
Fee	€750
Trainers	Marian Oosterhuis, Adviesbureau Fier Anita Wagner, HR-Experts
More information	Anita Wagner, trainer at HR-experts. Are you a postdoc at the UMCG? Please contact Elizabeth Koier for more information.

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