Guidance, Skills & Opportunities for Researchers e.V. (GSO)’s Post

𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗦𝗢? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀?  If you have ever asked yourself that question, you do have a point.   Originally founded as a network to support German scholars abroad to return to Germany, our mission and portfolio has adapted to changes in the academic system and to the evolving needs of researchers: ➡ Today, we still help Germans to return to Germany, but that’s only one part of the story. We 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 who want to stay in Germany and offer 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 of postdocs of ALL backgrounds. And we do that independently and at eye-level.   ❗ However, what we actually do and offer not always shines through in our brand and communication. That is why the GSO team, our new board, and representatives from our advisory board and members sat together to rethink GSO. How can we communicate better what we do? How can we reach people who benefit from what we do? What is our added value for them?   Even if it was just  kick off to a journey, we want to share a couple of quotes of from our survey with researchers and other important stakeholders, which made us very happy to hear: 🔸 "It's all about us."   🔸 "You were here at a crucial point of my career." 🔸 "You provide a space to develop personally, not just careerwise." Thank you to our executive board members Dr. Jacob Eder, Stephanie Dittmer, Kerstin Dübner-Gee, Jeffrey M. Peck, Florian Bruhns from our advisory board and association member Marcel S. Pawlowski for putting their heads together with us! ❓ What do you think? What has your association with GSO been? Stay tuned as we progress on this journey!  

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