Career Day Project Management, 2-4th December 2020

The Career Day Project Management took place in

the week of 2nd-4th December 2020 and meant to

focus the areas of Project Management both in the

academic and industrial sectors. In this event,

participants will have the opportunity to hear

experiences from DKFZ Alumni now working as

Project Managers, as well as network and exchange

ideas between each other.

As an institution that educates and employs B.Sc.

and M.Sc. students, PhD students and Post-Docs

working in the most diverse fields of science and

research, the DKFZ is also preparing all its

employees for future positions and is teaching

them how a background in Project Management

(PM) can be important to their daily work. Many of

DKFZ’s Alumni then choose to use this well-acquired knowledge, creating even deeper PM

foundations, by enrolling in careers as Project

Managers. Therefore, it only makes sense to have

examples of “DKFZ-made” Project Managers explaining a wide audience their work at our Project Management Career Day.

In a year where everything as we know it has changed, the Career Day format was not an

exception. This event took place in an online format, bringing together people working all over

the country for talks, workshops and discussion rounds, everything held through a Zoom

platform.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Gold sponsor: Merck

Silver sponsors: BioMed X; Rentschler Biopharma

Participants:

The event counted 376 registered participants (40% PhD students, 27% Postdocs, 14% M.Sc.

students), of whom 52% are currently

working at the DKFZ, 42% are affiliated

with the NCT, ZMBH, Max Planck, HIT

and other institutions, and 6% are DKFZ

Alumni. We received feedback from 104

participants.

Current working position

Total=376

40% Doctoral Researcher

27% Postdoc

4% Senior Scientist

1% Group Leader

13% Other

1% Bachelor Student

14% Master Student

According to the survey, 90% of the participants consider that the topics covered by the Career

Day good and great (ratings 4 and 5, on a scale from 1-5). Moreover, 86% of participants rated

the overall quality of the talks given by the speakers with good or great.

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Comments about the virtual event:

• I probably interacted more in this version than in real life as they would have been physically

surrounded by people and not easily accessible.

• I think the virtual format made it easier to approach the speakers and to also hear

which questions other people were asking!

• It was great, the discussions very interesting but still to ask a personal question was

not possible

• I don't live in Heidelberg so the online event was a great opportunity for me to take

part in the event.

• There wasn’t enough networking time

Comments about the virtual speed dating:

• Great idea, more information about this beforehand would have been nice to know what to

expect but this was by far my favorite and also the most helpful session during the whole

career day! Thanks a lot for putting this up and for the great selection of speakers

• Best part of the career day!!! Loved it! (Speed-dating)

• Nice experience!

• Had expected speakers in speed dating

Comments about the speakers and take-home message:

• Organization, multi-tasking and flexibility are key for PM

• Every PM position is different, communication (incl. listening) is crucial

• There is a chance to shift careers and it is doable

• The presentations were really good and the speakers gave great tips re to a career in

project management.

• Dealing with people is the core as project manager

• I definitely enjoyed a lot of the speakers’ presentations. My take home messages are "be brave and go for it", as well as "one learns the most on the job".

• Many valuable tips! The most useful for me was the general understanding of PM

position in academia and industry.

General suggestions/ideas for improvement

• I think you did a great job, I benefit from this career day a lot!

• It was great! Well done!

• Thank you for the great organization!

• None, it was all very well organized and informative. Thanks!

• Include the following topics next time: Experimental PM, PM tools, Leadership

• …the virtual format made it easier to approach the speakers and to also hear which questions other people were asking

• was very successful and I gained new insights (despite being an online event)

• Slack did not seem to be of much use …, discussion/questions mostly took place on

the zoom chat.

• Please keep such events in an online format also after Corona restrictions will be

lifted - access from other cities than Heidelberg for DKFZ partner sites is really of

great benefit!

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