PostdocTransformation for the scientist leaping into business after the PhD or postdoc
PostdocTransformation for the scientist leaping into business after the PhD or postdoc
Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, Industrial & Occupational Psychology, IT Strategy, Coach
Why you must bet on yourself for your future? PostdocTransformation, Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels
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Why you must bet on yourself for your future? Knowing your vision of life and what motivates you at the workplace, recognizing and celebrating your small wins will reinforce you for and on your upcoming career leap. (Social clip, listen to the full episode)
 
In this episode of the PostdocTransformation Show, you’ll understand, how you can develop self-efficacy, so you believe in your capabilities to do whatever it takes to succeed in your new job role, company and industry or even as an entrepreneur.   You’ll be encouraged to fail forward, to connect the dots, to set and tackle reasonable goals for yourself, to calculate risks by estimating a doable leap, so you can go all in!
The episode concludes with encouragement to embrace business opportunities as valuable extensions of scientific training.
 Additionally, you can use our free business preparation quiz to check your startup readiness.  
 
For your free career planning, check your readiness to leap, enroll in our email course for your career transition made simple, and plan your life with our calendar. 
 
Listen to the full 43 min episode, so you can find psychological closure for your PostdocTransformation! Capitalize on our chapter markers as needed.
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In this episode we gift you our free email course with ten email lessons until you start your new job in business!
1) Check your readiness to leap out of science (episode 0001)!
Introducing myself, I share how I capitalized on my PhD as a mom, professor and business owner!
2) How to build your sustainable LinkedIn profile?
3) How to read social media & network?
4) How to research your fave jobs & employers?
5) How to do informational interviews to get insights?
6) How to create your customized applications?
7) How to prepare your thesis from a business POV?
8) How to apply to your fave employers?
9) How to choose the right job offer?
10) How to prepare for your new job?
 
While or after listening to this episode, you can check your readiness to leap out of science in an instant - for free.
If you are ready to leap into business, but need free structured guidance, enroll here in your email course with 10 actionable lessons until you start your job in business.
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