Have a postdoc society
Yes! We don’t know how long we will be here. That’s why we really need this “Bridge” to organize these workshops, meeting, and network to assist us to develop our career! Don’t be burned out! Let our voices be heard by the manager board of TUM. We are arranging a meeting with the TUM board of management. Petition for having a postdoc society in TUM. Let’s support each other! Make changes! One person’s wish is just a wish. 100 people wish together, that wish may come true! ~Post-doc society is the Bridge between individual scientist and the TUM~ ~Coordination, communication and networking~ Post-doc society (2 representatives in each faculty) Why? : Assist our career development How? (A) Organize events/workshops (i) Workshops for the CV editing/ grant application, revision/German grant foundations--- supported by TUM talent factory department. (ii) Mentor program--- supported by TUM Alumi &career service department. (iii) Seminars for alternative scientific jobs, working in industry, communication skills etc. (we need external resources/support for this!). Postdoc society coordinates with the above mentioned departments for setting up places and dates for these seminars. (B) Organize meetings with TUM president of research/administration office (possibly twice per year). Communication is always important. We might miss out the easy way to solve the problem just because of we don’t know. The meetings are designed to (1) Express our needs to TUM (2) Making suggestions to TUM to help improve our research environment. If we can make some changes and be better, why not?! suggestion1: Funding for researchers/scientists for attending conferences (one conference per year if you are selected for the conference talk/poster) suggestion2: Finical support for organizing the seminars for alternative scientific jobs (C) Introduce the online networking web platform (TUMnet) (D) Social events: Work hard, Play hard! Support each other! You are not alone!! Friends are never enough! Exchange thoughts/feeling and having fun!! Every individual voice should be heard! Social event is a special way of “brain storm”! You never know. The discovery of the next double strand DNA or Higgs boson might be just around the corner. Proposal (2): online networking platform (TUMnet) Why?:A web platform to reach out to international level and information exchanges are important. Access: TUM current researchers, Research Alumni, scientists outside of TUM Function: (A) A online forum website for people to exchange the information (build up possible collaborations, get to know alternative science job choice, learn about the founding organization in Germany/other countries, job search website, post your CV online.) (B) Reach out to other levels (i.e. professors, researchers, industry) by signing up for the international mentor program, networking on the platform, posting CV on the website (i) There are different experiences, difficulties, and challenges in different stages of the career. For example, professors have different responsibilities from postdocs. Postdocs face different challenges from PhD students. Talking and building up connection would help to understand/prepare for the upcoming challenges in life/career. (ii) International researchers might experience culture difference. So the international mentor program might be able to support the international researchers for integration. (iii) Globalization is unavoidable. We need to be open minded. International connections are important. How to maintain these connections despite the tyranny of distance is a challenge. First, we can try to have a web-seminar for testing communication/networking between countries (Germany-EU, Germany-US, Germany-Asia).
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