PhD students: how to survive through 2021? Learn to flatten your own mental health curve so that you can make it on the long run
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Hi, I’m Pauline, on this blog I share information and tips for Early Career Researchers. I completed my PhD in Switzerland, to know more about me, have a look at the About page 😃 🇨🇭🧠🔬🎓
I am writing about #soft skills (transferable skills), #career and #mental health. More about that in my first blog post: How a doctoral program saved my PhD.
I like summarizing and organizing information, make sure to have a look at my resources. Especially if you’re in Switzerland, check out all my articles about #career like this one: Career Services for PhDs in Swiss Universities and HE 🇨🇭
I’ve also been writing about project management applied to academia, here my resource providing an overview of different tools available.
You might also be interested in the Highlights of a review about the PhD experience (Sverdlik et al., 2018). This is my most successful blog post with over 6’000 views within 24 hours!! 👀 🤯
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Most Recent Blog Posts:
PhD students: know your public holidays, for a good start into 2021
For Happy PhD Students in 2021: write down your public holidays into your calendar now, avoid unnecessary frustrations and keep a healthy work/life balance!
Overcoming Isolation During your PhD & CUSO video series “Doing a PhD… And then what?”
CUSO interview-video series “Doing a PhD… And then what?”: here I am talking about overcoming isolation during the PhD with community and soft skills!
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Career
Where to look for jobs for PhD level in Switzerland – a resource
For finishing-PhD students and Early Career Researchers in Switzerland, a resource of websites for non-academic and academic jobs, in CH and also EU.
Online Resources for PhD Students’ Career Development during Covid-Lockdown
Check what’s still available in Switzerland, then turn to Online Self-Assessing Tools and more Online Career Resources for PhD students and other Early Career Researchers
PhD Students Mental Health and Career Prospects
Studies show that career perceptions influence PhD students mental health. The inside vs outside academia debate doesn’t matter. What matters is to inform about both.
Academic & non-academic career Resource for EU and +
Cheeky Scientist, Career Blog from the EMBL, EURAXESS, Research Identity, Beyond the Professoriate => resources, webinars, communities, for your career considerations
Mental Health
PhD students in 2021: let’s flatten the mental health curve – inspired by a PRIDE network webinar
PhD students: how to survive through 2021? Learn to flatten your own mental health curve so that you can make it on the long run
PhD students: know your public holidays, for a good start into 2021
For Happy PhD Students in 2021: write down your public holidays into your calendar now, avoid unnecessary frustrations and keep a healthy work/life balance!
Overcoming Isolation During your PhD & CUSO video series “Doing a PhD… And then what?”
CUSO interview-video series “Doing a PhD… And then what?”: here I am talking about overcoming isolation during the PhD with community and soft skills!
PhD Students Mental Health and Career Prospects
Studies show that career perceptions influence PhD students mental health. The inside vs outside academia debate doesn’t matter. What matters is to inform about both.
Soft Skills
Overcoming Isolation During your PhD & CUSO video series “Doing a PhD… And then what?”
CUSO interview-video series “Doing a PhD… And then what?”: here I am talking about overcoming isolation during the PhD with community and soft skills!
Graduate Centers, Career Centers and Soft Skills Programs for PhD students and Postdocs in Swiss Universities – Resource
A resource of graduate centers, career centers and transferable skills (soft skills) programs for PhD students and postdocs in the main cities of Switzerland
Coaching program for PhD Students in Fribourg (CH)
The Centre Did@cTIC of UniFr offers professional coaching training to its PhD students, with group and individual coaching sessions, in English, for free!
Effective brainstorming skills for academic lab meetings
Here a detailed technique for group brainstorming, a powerful team-building tool which can also teach us a lot about improving normal lab meetings in academia