CONTACT23 – Workshop DKFZ Career Service

(Strategic) Networking - from chore to fun priority Date: 10.05.2023 Time: 15:00 – 17:00 Location: DKFZ Instructors: Marion Gürth & Barbara Janssens Language: English Participants: 30

The importance and positive effects of networking are obvious: It enables collaborations, can open doors, facilitates career orientation and career transition. Regardless of this, it is too often perceived as a chore - we tend to let it slide, procrastinate and nothing happens. In this interactive workshop, we want to encourage you to get started. There is nothing to lose but a lot to win! We will share and discuss hands-on tips and tricks on how to prepare for networking conversations, how to approach people best and how to follow-up to create long lasting relationships. A good start for effective networking is curiosity (which comes naturally to all scientists) and a mindset that everyone can learn to adopt. You will systematically analyze your already existing network (there is more than you might think!) and work on a strategy for using your network more effectively and expanding it in a targeted manner. Most importantly, you will have the chance to practice network conversations with your peers in a safe environment to eventually discover the fun aspects of it.