Build your bridge for your future of work, Ep. 60, Clip 3, PostdocTransformation, Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels

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Ep 60: Build your bridge to your future of work
No idea, how to leap into business? Listen to this PostdocTransformation show episode to build your bridge now, so you can leave academia for your future of work in industries. Learn to develop a value proposition statement, embracing mentorship, creating a portfolio, crafting transition plans, attending industry events, learning project management, tailoring resumes, to exploring side projects. Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels emphasizes the importance of overcoming imposter syndrome, personal branding, working with recruiters, leveraging social media, staying updated on industry trends, and understanding business models. 

 

Ep. 45: Your future of work is with AI

In this episode of the PostdocTransformation show, you will learn the critical need to embrace AI for your future of work to become employable in the rapidly changing job market in business. You will understand the importance of engaging in AI exploration side projects, discover skills that will be in demand, and get guidance on your career transition. You will be warned about the future potential disruptions caused by AI which will impact your career as a future expert and/or leader.

 

Ep. 43: Betting on yourself for your future

In this episode of the PostdocTransformation show, you’ll learn, 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. 
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!

 

Ep. 22: Working out your future

Are ready to work out your future after your PhD or postdoc? This episode builds on episode 4 (future of work for new PhD holders in business) and extends to how artificial intelligence and large language models will change the jobs of tomorrow, why companies' diversity, equity & inclusion efforts are important for you, the trends driving business transformation (creating opportunities for you), technology adoption and fastest growing jobs. Listen to Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels as she shares actionable tips for your PostdocTransformation.

 

Ep. 4: What's the future of work in business for new PhD holders? 

Maybe you don't know this but I want to share that with you that most of the people who are working in business, also the white-collar ones (all those creative cognitive workers who are not doing the ground work in industry who are not assembling things) are now afraid of artificial intelligence taking over & eating their jobs. And they are probably right in the sense that artificial intelligence & machine learning will take over a lot of chores that are tedious, repetitive and do not require truly creative problem solving. And most of the people who are working aren't as capable of changing or adapting to a new situation as needed, because they probably have less of a horizon to draw from. 
  
So, with a PhD you prove that you are probably having a higher general intelligence, which doesn't mean that you can't do stupid things. What it does mean, is that you're probably having the capability of thinking things through and foresee to predict, to analyze, to draw conclusions & to connect the dots. That's an important skill. 
  
And I want to also dive into that in more detail, but I wanted to show you that you will have a better future of work than most of the most of the workers who aren't capable of changing of adapting. 
  
With a notepad in your hand, I want you to take stock of all your skills, and I hope that they will ring a bell that you have actually obtained them in your PhD. 

 

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