What a PhD student needs?

Soft skill development Career-development Interdisciplinary and International relations

The 3 pillars of PhD Society Leuven

Soft skill development Career-development Interdisciplinary and International relations

Academics Career Social

PhD Society in brief • an association for all PhD students and postdoctoral

researchers at KU Leuven

• 3 pillars which reflect various aspects of the academic and professional profile

• a platform for

• Peer-to-peer support

• Soft skill development

• General career-development

• Interdisciplinary and international relations

The 3 pillars of PhD Society Leuven

Soft skill development Career-development Interdisciplinary and international relations

Academics Career Social

Brainstorm sessions

1. Identification

2. Information

3. Offer

• existing needs

• developing actions if no offer exist

• training

• career development

• Soft skill training

• Platform on which young researchers can

share their experiences and solutions to

difficulties (low threshold, peer-to-peer, etc.)

existing initiatives for:

Pint of Science

“Deliver interesting, fun, relevant talks on the latest scientific research in an

accessible format to the public – all in the pub”

Latest

scientific research Broad public

How to deliver?

The 3 pillars of PhD Society Leuven

Soft skill development Career-development Interdisciplinary and international relations

Academics Career Social

Career Team

Career Team • The Team

Career Team • Edition 2017

• 45 Companies listed • 670 Job Seekers • Universities from BE/ NL/ UK/ FR/ GE

Career Team • Edition 2017

• Workshop programme • LCIE/ Randstad/ Amaris/ Susquehanna/ …

• CV consulting • Make-up and coaching sessions • Professional picture

• Edition 2018 (4th December) • Extra

• Case study in cooperation • Network event

Career Team • Responsibilities

• Logistics • Marketing • Job Fair Programme coordinator • Communication • General

• Opportunities • Personal contact with company managers • Improve existing projects and/or build your own > visibility • Network > own institution but also external partners • Learn to direct a group and keep them motivated (soft skills)

Career Team • New projects

• Workshops during the year (General & Specific skills) • Cooperation/ partnership all over BE

• Follow us online • www.phdjobfair.org • LinkedIn: PhD Job Fair • Facebook: PhD Job Fair Leuven

• Looking for • YOU! to join our team

The 3 pillars of PhD Society Leuven

Soft skill development Career-development Interdisciplinary and international relations

Academics Career Social

Social Team

Less stress

Fun and Friends

Better social skills

The Social Team

Board game nights

Italian

Russian

Belgian

Venezuelan

Next in November/December

Cooking workshops

Hikes

Next: 19th October

9th November

Afterworks

Parties!

Upcoming events October

19th -> PhD afterwork (@ Belgaleiro)

November

9th -> PhD afterwork

10th -> Board Game Night

18th -> PhD quiz

December

Cooking workshop Sunday Brunch

Climbing

And….

PhD Society Party

15 December

Have something cool in mind?

Feel free to propose it to us!

Contacts

• Like our Facebook page PhD Society Leuven

• Join our Facebook group “PhDs and Postdocs of Leuven”

• Contact us at social@phdsociety.be

• Check our website phdsociety.be

PhD Society Leuven

Join PhD Society Leuven Academics Career Social

• Train your soft, professional, and communciation skills

• Develop a valuable, long-lasting network with partners from within

and outside of academia

• Increase the value of your PhD

Join PhD Society Leuven

• Volunteers welcome in all 3 pillars (academic, social and career)

• Support functions also possible (IT, communication, marketing, …)

• Contacts: contact@phdsociety.be, www.phdsociety.be or

Facebook

Academics Career Social

Questions?

• Like our Facebook page PhD Society Leuven

• Join our Facebook group “PhDs and Postdocs of Leuven”

• Contact us at social@phdsociety.be

• Check our website phdsociety.be

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