Getting the Most out of Conferences

This workshop will examine how you can make the most of conferences as an environment to strategically network and build research connections. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is an old cliché, but it’s particularly true in research where over (reportedly) 90% of jobs go to a candidate who is already known to the employer prior to the recruitment process.

All PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Staff
Further details regarding eligibility criteria are here

Note for Postdocs/Research Staff:

• Any member of research staff who can demonstrate that their primary responsibility is to conduct research and that they are employed for this purpose.
• It does not matter whether the University or some other body is formally their employer, e.g. a University Partner Institute or a College.

Number of sessions: 1

• Dr. Steve Hutchinson is a former zoologist who for the last ten years has been at the forefront of researcher and academic development
• In addition to his training and development business he is also a coach, author and consultant both in the UK and internationally

This workshop has been designed around the fact that the career trajectories of Cambridge researchers are numerous and diverse and those who achieve success have allocated time and energy to building their own ‘self-leadership’ capabilities. Self-leadership is defined as a pro-active and strategic approach to getting the most out of yourself and those with whom you interact in your everyday working lives.

For more details, please email Researcher Development

One session of two hours