Prepare your international mobility and career

Up to 30% of PhDs have been employed abroad. Getting a better understanding of departure and return facilitates effective employment. Work experience abroad can be a real asset for recruiters if it is part of a coherent career plan. This interactive course offers you the opportunity to:

• Understand the state of the international job market
• Prepare for geographic mobility
• Understand the recruitment processes

The workshop, given by Laurence Theunis (ADOC Talent Management), focuses on 3 parts:

UNIT 1: DISCOVER THE PHD JOB MARKET ABROAD

• Learn about the geographical areas that employ the most PhD's
• Understand the rate of PhD employment in international business sectors (including postdoc contracts)
• Discover the paths of PhD's who have successfully found international careers
• Understand salary levels in different geographical areas

UNIT 2: PREPARE TO TRAVEL TO A NEW JOB

• Discover international recruiting structures
• Learn and understand the different recruitment approaches in different geographical areas
• Discover international application requirements (CV, supporting letters, etc.)

UNIT 3: PREPARE TO RETURN

• Anchor your international mobility within the longer-term structure of your professional plans
• Prepare your return: maintain your networks, etc.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to ...

• anticipate the pursuit of a career abroad
• use a decision-making methodology to make choices
• develop a relevant methodology to implement an international mobility project
• develop relevant communication aligned with their mobility plan

Competences

An important part of preparing for any further professional step is becoming (more) aware of the competences you have developed and/or want to develop. In the current workshop, the following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:

• personal effectiveness:
  • self-development
  • initiative
• academic research competences:
  • valorisation
• interpersonal competences:
  • oral communication
  • collaboration
    
    

For whom?

• PhD students and postdocs
• 14 places available

When?

• October 6, 2021, 9:30-17:00

Where?

• campus Hasselt, Old Prison, green room (OG-B1.1Gr)

Registration?

• Registration is closed since September 08, 2021.
• As places are limited, registering does not automatically imply that you will be able to participate. You will be notified by email after the registration deadline has passed.
• Please cancel your registration at least one week in advance in case you cannot make it (cf. cancellation & no-show policy).

Acknowledged as?

• DS BSH: category 'career management & personal development' - session aimed at career management
• DS HLS: category 'transferable skills' - one transferable skills course
• DS ST: category 'career & personal development' - course about career & personal development, OR category 'internationalisation & global citizenship' - info session about (funding) possibilities to perform research abroad (if you prefer the latter, please send an email to doctoralschools@uhasselt.be)