Academia-to-Industry Transition Series, Recruitment specialists' opinion on your non-academic CV

Dear Postdocs,

 A successful leap from academic environment to the industry world requires a certain attainable knowledge and skillset. On such requirement is having a well-above-average knowledge about the job market state of your field, possible entry points, available positions, how to approach the job market, who to approach for help, etc.

As part of the “Academia-to-Industry” Career Series, the SV Postdoc Association has the pleasure to announce the next event in the Series to address the above-mentioned concerns. This event, which will be held on the 4th of February 2019, will provide the opportunity for postdocs considering transition to industry, to interact with recruitment specialist in various fields to learn about ins and outs of “how to approach a talent and recruitment expert”, “job opportunities in the field” and, more importantly, “strengths and weaknesses of your CV and how an appropriate CV should look like”.

The event will start with an opening presentation by Mr Stephen Fischer on Transferable Skills, which will be then followed by three parallel sessions with recruitment specialists covering Life Sciences (Biomedical sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics), Pharma, and Technology (Data science, Big data analysis, applied machine learning). This will be followed by a panel discussion and and apero during which you will have the chance to network with the presenters and other participants (detailed program below).
 
Program:

13.30 – 14.00         Registration

14.00 – 15.00         Opening presentation (Mr Stephen Fischer, identifying and communicating transferable skills) (SV1717)

15.00 – 15.30         Break

15.30 – 17.30         Workshops 1, 2 and 3 *

17.30 – 18.00         Wrap-up; panel discussion with the experts (SV1717)

18.00 – 20.00         Networking apero (SV hall)


* Workshop 1: Life Sciences “Life sciences – Meet your objective (Biomedical sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics)” by Sophie Darthenay and Mathilde Dromard, Consultant Professional Staffing Life Science, Kelly Services (Suisse) SA
 Workshop 2: Pharma “Top Career Choices for Transition from Academia to Industry (pharmaceutical industry, business and data science)” by Natalya Izergina-Bechold, Recruitment and Talent Specialist, Genedata
 
Workshop 3: Technology “#shifthappens - Why companies must re-imagine how they attract top academic talent in tech (Data science, Big data analysis, applied machine learning)” by James Common, Professional Tech-Headhunter and Entrepreneur, Common Ground

Important notes:

1) Every participant may select one of the sessions to join. 

2) We would need 5-8 volunteers (per session) to share their non-academic “anonymised” CVs with the specialists to be discussed publicly as examples during each session.

3) Please follow this link for registration: https://goo.gl/forms/ArpHTP0hjEu0EBWo2

4) Upon confirmation of your registration, you will be required to pay a non-refundable fee of 30 CHF for participation in this event.  

5) The recruitment specialists will also advertise open positions, for which they are actively recruiting and they will be accepting applications through their respective websites. In addition to an official application you can also share your CV with them during the event.


Jamshid, Galina and Marianna,
SV Postdoc Association