WS - Bridge between academia to Industry, mentoring program
Program: Build the bridge between Academy and Industry
Sponsorship is active career support by a leader (a SPONSOR) within an organization that has the power and significant influence on decision-making processes.
Connect students from the Bordeaux Neurocampus Graduate Program with the Sponsors (Leaders) from the Industry will come with a number of advantages such as:
- Increase the visibility of students within the corporate world
- Access to job market & hidden positions
- Close collaboration between Academy & Industry
- Attracting new students nationally & internationally (e.g. from Industry)
- Being prepared for the next level role by a senior and powerful leader
- Learning from the skills & experiences of a powerful leader
- Increase network
Benefits for the Sponsor
- Access to hidden talent/s
- Winning a hidden talent for the own company with zero costs
- Contribution to the increase of young researchers, highly qualified individuals, with a different mindset, within the company & country
Selection criteria for the students
- 20 pax: gender equality, MSc and PhD
- Interest to move to the industry
- Which kind of area/position do you imagine yourself? (ex: editorial, startup/scientific writing, etc)
- France or international?
- Strenght acessement (30 €pax)
- Application: CV + pitch 3 min
- Fluency in English
- Expectations from the program
After the selection:
Profiling the selected candidates
- Strenght assessment of the candidates
- Workshop
- Update of CVs and LinkedIn profile plus individual revision of CVs
- preparation for interview + elevator pitch
- communication skills
Kick-off event: Students meets Industry
- Selected industries will present themselves to the audience, present areas of expertise and job opportunities
- Speed dating mentee vs mentors
Timeline
- February: Collecting CV And applications deadline:
- March: Profiling of the candidates and workshops
- April: Reaching companies with the profiles
- May: kick of meeting: Industry vs academia event + matching candidates with the sponsors
- June: Industry will invite for interviews + mock interview before real interview Intensive interview preparation with body language analysis, video recordings and styling
