SciComm Focus | Successful Career Networking with LinkedIn

An offer by the Human Resources Development

Boost your career opportunities with LinkedIn networking. Discover best practices and strategies for successful networking. Networking is an essential part of career planning, whether you stay in academia or leave it. Contacts in the desired industry are essential to find project partners, important information, or recommendations for new jobs. LinkedIn can enrich, complement, or simplify a networking strategy. But how?

Prerequisites: No prior knowledge of social media is required for this workshop. However, to participate in the exercises, a LinkedIn account is recommended, preferably with some contacts

Online Workshop

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Trainer

Maia George | Wissenschaftscoaching

Language

English

Location

Online via Zoom

Target group

PhD Students | Postdocs | Established researchers | Professors

Track(s)

Research Track
Research Management Track
Business and Organizations Track

Certificate

Certificate of attendance | 2 unit are applicable within the "Promotion Plus" and "Careers plus" certificates

Content

Realistic forms of networking on LinkedIn
Best practices, dos and don'ts and netiquette
Possibilities of combining strategic networking and social media

Notes on registration (300 KB)

Learn more about Science Communication?

This workshop is part of the SciComm qualification offers for acquiring competences in the field of science communication. The offers follow three different competence levels: SciComm BASICS | SciComm FOCUS | SciComm ADVANCED.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to pay for the event?

No. Human Resource Development will cover all the costs incurred.

An event is fully booked. Is there a waiting list?

Yes. If an event is fully booked, we will put you on the waiting list. You may then move up the list if a space becomes free with enough time still to go before the event starts.

Is there any childcare available during the event?

If you need childcare during the event, please contact the Office of Family Services at the University of Bonn.

Can people from outside the University take part in the event too?

The further training offers provided by Human Resource Development at the University of Bonn are only open to people who have signed a work contract with the University, are enrolled as a doctoral student, are conducting research on behalf of the University or are an associated member of a research consortium.

What does “confirmation of attendance” or “certificate” mean?

You will usually be given a certificate at all our events that confirms your attendance at the event and its content.

We also offer a certificate program along the three "Career Tracks": "Research", "Research Management" and "Business & Organizations". For more information, please see the corresponding page of the certificates. If the currently displayed training course can be credited to one of the three "tracks", this is indicated accordingly.

Contact

Sabine Kurth-Driessen

B.A.

Driessen@verwaltung.uni-bonn.de

+49 228 73-4199

Registration and Organization

Poppelsdorfer Allee 31-33

53115 Bonn