Postdoc Career Series Event

Dear Postdocs, 
Many of us at some point during our scientific career will have to face the essential questions, “what is next in my career?”, “what steps do I need to take?” and more importantly, “am I ready to face the challenges of making the transition from academia to industry?”
As an integral part of our mission at the SV Postdoc Association, we are organizing a series of professional development events that will specifically address the above topics via a focus on job skills and tools, market knowledge and meaningful access to the industry. We have invited experts who will assist us in understanding how to ameliorate crucial shortcomings that one needs to rectify before and during the job search. In addition, we have invited scientists who moved into industry to provide information on what the job market is looking for, how to position yourself, and to clarify efficient ways of tailoring your experience for non-academic job applications.

This Career Series will be held in several days. The first day will serve as an introduction to the Series, focusing on general aspects of the Swiss job market for highly skilled candidates, and providing us specific tools needed to prepare us to the job search. As the first talk in the second day of the series, we will have a presentation from Dr Carine Delattre, a Senior Pricing and Market Access Consultant from the Lattice Point Consulting group, which will talk about the career options for postdocs in the consulting area. Next, we will have a series of presentations from EPFL alumni, who will share with us their experience during their transition from academia to industry. In both days, we will have apéros to provide an excellent opportunity to network with the presenters, and a number of postdoc alumni with valuable experience in academia-to-industry transition.

Dates & venue: November 9th and November 27th at SV1717, (further parts of the series to be announced later).
 
Cost per participant: upon confirmation of your registration, you will be required to pay a non-refundable fee of 30 CHF for participation in the entire series. 
 
Registration: This event is open to all postdocs, with priority given to members of the EPFL SV Postdoc Association. Please sign in before October 30th 2018 through the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/Y3FiSjgdKGoiYPrJ3. After signing in, you will receive an email with instructions on how to make the payment. Please note that you will secure your place upon receipt of your payment. Be quick, the number of places is limited!
 
CV photos: During Day 1, a professional photographer will take high-quality headshots for CVs and/or LinkedIn. The photo will be free of charge for registered participants, however, due to limited availability, photography slots will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Please indicate your interest on the registration form.
  
Program:
Day 1, November 9th 2018, SV1717
12:00-12:30       Registration
12:30-13:45       Opening presentation on post-postdoc career options (Stephen Fischer)
13:45-14:10       Coffee Break and Networking
14:10-15:40       Getting it Write: communicating your added value effectively (Rosemarie Andrey)
15:40-16:00       Coffee Break
16:00-17:30       Do’s and Don’ts of Successful Interviews (Ernesto Brawand)
17:30-18:30       Networking Apéro

Day 2, November 27th 2018, SV1717
15:00-16:30        Consulting in the Pharma Industry (Carine Delattre, Senior Pricing and Market Access Consultant, LatticePoint Consulting)
16:30-17:00        Alumni flash presentations 
17:00-19:00        Networking Apéro

Later next month we will provide you with the final version of the Day 2 program (with details about the alumni presentations), and more information about the other days of this series.