Giulia Aricò talks at DKFZ careers day on Medical Physics
OMA Fellow Giulia Aricò was invited to participate in the Career Day on Medical Physics organized by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany. This event aims to provide a broad overview on possible career paths to young physicists and medical physicists, together with radiobiologists, clinician scientists, medical technicians, medical radiation technologists and radiotherapists.
Twelve speakers took part from all around the world, covering career possibilities within Academia, Clinics, as well as other sectors. Additionally, round-table discussions and one-on-one interviews with speakers and sponsors were organized. To the participants a board of job positions, as well as the possibility to add their CV to a “wall of fame” were offered.
At this event, Giulia contributed by sharing her opinions and advices on “Research outside of Germany” with an audience of about 200 people, including Master and PhD students coming mainly from the University of Heidelberg and DKFZ, but also from other cities in Germany and from outside of Germany.
Giulia found the participants to be very interested, curious and full of concerns, such as “how to find the right job?”, “how to write a good CV?”, “how to apply for a job position?”. The most discussed topics were “how to highlight your skills, so to make yourself special and different from other candidates”, as well as “how/when to move from Academia to Industry and vice versa”, as well as “research outside the university sector”.
This event was a fantastic opportunity for young researchers to look for professional offers, network, and picture themselves working in academia, clinics, consulting, publishing, business development and R&D.