Module 1: The Business of Science

Overview of the skills and behaviors valued by professional organizations. What kinds of jobs are available for PhDs, and what kinds of companies value PhDs. Using Flamingo, learn how to analyze a job ad, identify critical requirements, relate them to your accomplishments and build a powerful resume.

Module 2: Communications for Scientists

Your transition from academia to industry will require an upgrade in your communication competencies. Every leadership and job performance analysis places communications in the top 5 required competencies to be successful in industry. This module looks in detail at four essential communications competencies, and how to master them.

Module 3: Developing Your People

Developing Your People is all about managing, mentoring, and motivating in a team-based environment. In the professional world, beyond your technical skills and accomplishments, you will be judged on your ability to work in a team-based environment. This module focuses on motivating your team, mentoring, four stages of competency in learning, and effective managing.

Module 4: Applied Networking

Building relationships is the key to personal and business success. Having a strong network of diverse contacts provides you with access to a tremendous amount of information that can give you a competitive advantage in launching and advancing your career. Networking is about building genuine relationships and gaining advocates who will help you advance your career.

Module 5: Project Management

Scientists employ project management practices as a natural aspect of taking a hypothesis from idea to conclusion. As such you, as a scientist have significant experience doing project management. This module will connect the dots between your current practices and the language of project management, so that you can demonstrate that you have significant experience in project management to hiring managers.

Module 6: Team Performance

A business must constantly compete globally and improve on its products and services as well as its productivity. Continuous improvement is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, and/or processes. Working in teams requires a coordinated and disciplined approach to problem solving in order to accomplish these improvements. We will present 6 such “tools” to improve team performance.

Module 7: Financial Literacy

Fundamental to the two rules of business is the basic understanding of finance. Should you join a start-up or a legacy Pharma company? How does your personal risk compare with the financial health of a company? Is there a competitive interview advantage in knowing how EBITDA is used in business? This module addresses these essential questions that are fundamental to knowing the future of your employer and your own career.

Module 8: Negotiations

Negotiation is a dialogue between parties intended to reach an understanding, resolve points of difference, or to craft outcomes that satisfy various interests. Which negotiating techniques are about your interest vs. the other party’s interest vs. both parties’ interest? Note how often you are practicing Social Intelligence as you complete various exercises, especially salary negotiations for more money!

Module 1: The Business of Science

Overview of the skills and behaviors valued by professional organizations. What kinds of jobs are available for PhDs, and what kinds of companies value PhDs. Using Flamingo, learn how to analyze a job ad, identify critical requirements, relate them to your accomplishments and build a powerful resume.

Module 4: Applied Networking

Building relationships is the key to personal and business success. Having a strong network of diverse contacts provides you with access to a tremendous amount of information that can give you a competitive advantage in launching and advancing your career. Networking is about building genuine relationships and gaining advocates who will help you advance your career.

Module 8: Negotiations

Negotiation is a dialogue between parties intended to reach an understanding, resolve points of difference, or to craft outcomes that satisfy various interests. Which negotiating techniques are about your interest vs. the other party’s interest vs. both parties’ interest? Note how often you are practicing Social Intelligence as you complete various exercises, especially salary negotiations for more money!

Behavioral-Based Interview Preparation

Attendees will experience the behavioral-based interview process three times over the course of the program. Each experience is designed to integrate new knowledge from the preceding sessions and integrate that knowledge with previous lessons and experiences.

SciPhD Half-Day Workshop – includes the following modules:

Module 1: The Business of Science

Overview of the skills and behaviors valued by professional organizations. What kinds of jobs are available for PhDs, and what kinds of companies value PhDs. Using Flamingo, learn how to analyze a job ad, identify critical requirements, relate them to your accomplishments and build a powerful resume.

Module 4: Applied Networking

Building relationships is the key to personal and business success. Having a strong network of diverse contacts provides you with access to a tremendous amount of information that can give you a competitive advantage in launching and advancing your career. Networking is about building genuine relationships and gaining advocates who will help you advance your career.