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SUMMARY:Academia-to-Industry Transition Series\, Recruitment specialists' 
 opinion on your non-academic CV
DTSTART:20190204T133000
DTEND:20190204T200000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dear Postdocs\,\n\n A successful leap from academic environme
 nt to the industry world requires a certain attainable knowledge and skill
 set. On such requirement is having a well-above-average knowledge about th
 e job market state of your field\, possible entry points\, available posit
 ions\, how to approach the job market\, who to approach for help\, etc.\n
 \nAs 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 con
 sidering transition to industry\, to interact with recruitment specialist
  in various fields to learn about ins and outs of “how to approach a tal
 ent and recruitment expert”\, “job opportunities in the field” and\
 , more importantly\, “strengths and weaknesses of your CV and how an app
 ropriate CV should look like”.\n\nThe event will start with an opening p
 resentation by Mr Stephen Fischer on Transferable Skills\, which will be t
 hen followed by three parallel sessions with recruitment specialists cove
 ring Life Sciences (Biomedical sciences\, Biotechnology\, Bioinformatics
 )\, Pharma\, and Technology (Data science\, Big data analysis\, applie
 d machine learning). This will be followed by a panel discussion and and a
 pero during which you will have the chance to network with the presenters
  and other participants (detailed program below).\n \nProgram:\n\n13.30 
 – 14.00         Registration\n\n14.00 – 15.00         Opening 
 presentation (Mr Stephen Fischer\, identifying and communicating transfera
 ble skills) (SV1717)\n\n15.00 – 15.30         Break\n\n15.30 – 17.
 30         Workshops 1\, 2 and 3 *\n\n17.30 – 18.00         Wra
 p-up\; panel discussion with the experts (SV1717)\n\n18.00 – 20.00    
      Networking apero (SV hall)\n\n\n* Workshop 1: Life Sciences “L
 ife sciences – Meet your objective (Biomedical sciences\, Biotechnology
 \, Bioinformatics)” by Sophie Darthenay and Mathilde Dromard\, Consulta
 nt Professional Staffing Life Science\, Kelly Services (Suisse) SA\n Wor
 kshop 2: Pharma “Top Career Choices for Transition from Academia to In
 dustry (pharmaceutical industry\, business and data science)” by Nataly
 a Izergina-Bechold\, Recruitment and Talent Specialist\, Genedata\n \nWo
 rkshop 3: Technology “#shifthappens - Why companies must re-imagine ho
 w they attract top academic talent in tech (Data science\, Big data analys
 is\, applied machine learning)” by James Common\, Professional Tech-Hea
 dhunter and Entrepreneur\, Common Ground\n\nImportant notes:\n\n1) Every p
 articipant may select one of the sessions to join. \n\n2) We would need 5
 -8 volunteers (per session) to share their non-academic “anonymised” C
 Vs with the specialists to be discussed publicly as examples during each 
 session.\n\n3) Please follow this link for registration: https://goo.gl/f
 orms/ArpHTP0hjEu0EBWo2\n\n4) Upon confirmation of your registration\, you
  will be required to pay a non-refundable fee of 30 CHF for participatio
 n in this event.  \n\n5) 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 a
 n official application you can also share your CV with them during the eve
 nt.\n\n\nJamshid\, Galina and Marianna\,\nSV Postdoc Association\n 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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