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Have you found an exciting job opening, and would you like to capture the employer’s attention in a convincingly and originally? In this compact online workshop, you’ll be introduced to the how and what of successful applications. Discover how you can think outside of the box, to make your letter personal, intelligent and honest. You’ll get to try creating a link between what the employers seek and you have to offer, in a way that makes you stand out in the crowd.

The decisions you make during your bachelor or master often feel life-defining. Finding out who you can be on the job market while you are a student gives you a huge advantage. We believe that if you get a clear picture of what drives you, what gives you energy and find most important you will get the best out of yourself.

About the workshop

Did you know employers often look at your CV, before they read your cover letter? In this online information session, you’ll be introduced to composing a CV that allows you to present your experience and qualities authentically. You’ll form an idea of what employers focus on to decide if you are a fit. Also, you’ll get tips and advice to enable you to showcase your capacities. That will give you a bigger chance that the employer will invite you for an interview.

In the last hour of the FMG Career Event, there'll be a panel discussion about career paths and career perspectives with:

Jesper van Thor MSc. Former recruiter and now researcher at Statistics Netherlands (CBS), with all up to date figures on the employment situation of academics, occupations and job satisfaction rates. 

A welcome by prof. dr. Agneta Fischer, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

In this workshop you will learn about the funding landscape for early career researchers, about what you can do to optimize your academic CV and what the ingredients are of a good research proposal.

The workshop will be given by Els den Os from IXA (Innovation Exchange Amsterdam)

In this workshop you will learn about the funding landscape for early career researchers, about what you can do to optimize your academic CV and what the ingredients are of a good research proposal.

The workshop will be given by Els den Os from IXA (Innovation Exchange Amsterdam)

About the Workshop: Interview Skills Training

About the workshop
The main goal of data visualization is to make large amounts of data easy to comprehend. Good data visualization will help users to view both simple and complex datasets at a glance and see abnormalities, dependencies and trends that would not have been apparent in tables. In this training, we are going to delve into the basics of data visualization, identify common pitfalls and explore ways around them.