LinkedIn-Networking for Early Career Women Researchers
Content:
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for your career, but are you using it to its full potential? Join this workshop with Dr. Maia George to learn how to optimize your visbility and networking on the platform to complement your professional goals.
The workshop will include how to best build your profile, how to optimize your visibility to recruiters and potential contacts using the LinkedIn algorithm, how to best utilize the platform search engine and search mask to search for inspiration for your profile or to find new contacts, and how to utilize the site for your own career orientation and job search. The workshop will also cover networking best practices, and will place an emphasis on the specific challenges women* face in terms of networking and visibility.
Online Workshop
Date
June 3 & 6, 2025
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Trainer
Dr. Maia George
Language
English
Location
Online
Target Group
MeTra Program Participants, Women Scientists, Women Science Managers
Prerequisites
A LinkedIn Profile
Number of Participants
max.15
Workshop Content:
- Creating a Professional Profile
- Optimizing for the LinkedIn Algorithm
- Utilizing the Platform Search Engine
- Effective Contact Searches
- Career Orientation and Job Search
- Networking Best Practices
- Networking and Visbility Challenges for Women* Academics
FAQ
No, all costs are covered by the Gender Equality Office.
Yes. If an event is booked up, we will put you on the wait list. You will be moved up and notified if another person withdraws before the event begins.
Yes, the event location at the Gender Equality Office is accessible.
If you need to make use of childcare services during an event, please contact the University of Bonn Office of Family Services.
In order to be able to participate in events offered by the University of Bonn Gender Equality Office, you must be employed by, studying at, completing a doctorate or doing research at the University of Bonn, or be a member of an affiliated research organization.
If you need a certificate confirming your participation in one of our events, please contact our office via email at events(at)zgb.uni-bonn.de
If you wish to receive credits for your participation as part of the Doctorate plus program, please get in touch with the contact persons listed on their website3 to find out how many units each event covers.
If you wish to receive credits for your participation as part of the Careers plus program, please get in touch with the contact persons listed on their website4 to find out how many units each event covers.
Contact
Links
- https://www.gleichstellung.uni-bonn.de/de/angebote-und-beratung/unterstuetzungsmassnahmen-und-programme/anmeldeformulare-2025/registration-linkedin-networking-06-2025
- https://www.gleichstellung.uni-bonn.de/de/angebote-und-beratung/unterstuetzungsmassnahmen-und-programme/mariavonlinden-workshopprogramm/notes-on-registration-and-conditions-of-participation.pdf
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/during-your-doctorate/qualification/certificate-doctorate-plus?set_language=en
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/after-your-doctoral-studies/qualification/postdoc-plus-certificates