The Best Candidate Wins: Interview to Job Negotiation Strategies

Registration in this workshop is required. Interested registrants will be confirmed on a first-come first-served basis with minor preference given to more senior postdocs. Successfully registered postdocs will receive a confirmation email from the PDFO within one week prior to the workshop.

The Best Candidate Wins: Interview to Job Negotiation Strategies is suited for postdoctoral fellows who are seeking to further their careers in business or industry. The principles and practices can also be applied to academia. 

The Best Candidate Wins is a highly experiential four-hour workshop that will build your confidence and help you to:

• Strategize on ways to get your foot in the door and deliver your pitch or get an interview
• Practice pitching the value you provide to a potential “employer” in a telephone screening call and informal in-person setting;
• Prepare for and successfully respond to questions in a simulated interview; and
• Negotiate your compensation package once you are offered the position.

Program prerequisites

You will be expected to complete approximately 1.5 hrs of pre-work which consists of viewing videos, pre-reading and a short quiz. Please ensure you prepare and bring with you a current resume, brief bio and a sample career advert that you could potentially apply for. Please also bring along your mobile device for recording your own interviews.  

Facilitator

Dene Rossouw

Dene Rossouw is the principal and motivational coach at team Possibil – building influence and inspiring innovation at work. His experience and eclectic background as a preacher, coach, author and photographer provide a rich backdrop for him to speak and coach about the art of inviting possibility, building influence and inspiring innovation through the power of authentic dialogue and compelling storytelling.