Expert interview
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#20 Mary: Identifying and dealing with the Imposter Syndrome
How to befriend your imposter? Mary K. Kobia is a Senior Global Mobility Consultant at the University of Copenhagen and she works with supporting international researchers and their spouses on developing their talents and careers. Over the years, Mary noticed in her work that many international researchers struggle with: Imposter Syndrome Determining/acknowledging their transferable skills Understanding Danish culture and communication What is the Imposture Syndrome? Psychological patterns where individuals doubt their accomplishments and constantly think they are a fraud and will get exposed eventually. They feel inadequate and believe they don’t deserve their achievements. If somebody suffers from it and he/she accomplishes something they think that was due to luck…
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#19 Diana: Using LinkedIn to accelerate your career
How to broaden your network and get the job you want – following your own path?! Diana Lund Nordstrøm is a dual career consultant at the International Office of the University of Copenhagen and she helps people reach their next career goals. In this episode we talk about: How you can brush up your LinkedIn Profile to make it more ‘you’ and at the same more attractive for your potential future employer How to use LinkedIn for networking, knowledge sharing and gathering, and in a way that suits your personality and intentions Some ‘quick and dirty’-tips for you – for the full insight check out the podcast episode 🙂 Follow…
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#17 Søren: Building a career in the life sciences
How to find a job you love and thrive in ? Søren Spanner Bach holds a PhD degree from the University of Copenhagen and is the founder of Life Science Talent Solutions. He helps people educated in the life sciences to find jobs that fit their talents and personalities. In this episode we talk about: Why it can be hard to find a job you actually love and how your strengths and personality can be translated into a career Why it is important to think about your career every once in a while, and how you can approach that Tips for PhDs: Try talk to people in positions you find…
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#14 Hendra: Teaching in higher education
How to be and become a good teacher? Hendra Agustian is an Assistant professor at the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen. He teaches teaching staff at the university how to teach and helps them improve their teaching. He also conducts research on teaching and aims to improve the learning experience of students. What is pedagogy? The prefix ‘peda’ means children but nowadays it encompasses teaching of adults as well (if we want to be very precise, we can call teaching adults: andragogy) It is science of teaching & can include aspects of student well-being What is didactics? The content of teaching; i.e. the structure of a…
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#12 Mark: Presentation skills
What does it mean to be a presenter and how can we feel better about being one? Mark Simpson is a consultant at and co-owner of Global Denmark, a company that offers proofreading and editing of English texts and that coaches people in becoming better at communicating – be it in presentations or in writing. What is a presentation? A piece of communication, where the presenter is the leader. Consider yourself as a leader, when preparing for and giving presentations. What is best for the audience? Think of your audience, when preparing a presentation: What is relevant for them to know?Make sure you know what you are responsible for –…
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#11: Courtney: Becoming a Twitter Savvy Scientist
How to use Twitter to grow your scientific network, learn something new and have fun on the way? Courtney’s motivation to use Twitter Getting in touch with the scientific community beyond her own lab and project Getting new ideas, learn about latest papers Getting started: Passive engagement, see what other people tweet about Figure out whether that is something you would also like to tweet about – or maybe not and define the person you would like to be on twitter Start tweeting about events you attend. That might feel less scary than providing content from scratch – this may calm your nerves and might make you realise that it’s…
