Presentation from the EURAXESS webinar "Setting up Career Development Centre" led by Marjolaine le Gallo from the Western Britanny University (UBO), 18.03.2020.

1. HOW TO SET UP A CDC
By Marjolaine LE GALLO
March 18th , 2020
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2. INFORMATION: Aims of this part:
Taking into account all sides of career development for Researchers
The target audiences and motivations of a CDC
Seeing what is necessary to develop CDC activity
Material, time, ideas, communication, partners…
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3. INFORMATION: What will we do?
a. Search for arguments to convince,
b. Think about our needs, and about others’ needs
c. See what tools can help to settle a CDC activity
All this shall allow you to set up a Career Development activity (ies)
that will enable you to become /develop a CDC, or to support (for
BHOs) CDCs
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4. What / who can help a researcher in his/her
career development process?
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5. Ready?
• Now go to menti.com and enter the code 95 09 16
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4/ Researchers
1/ Me & my institution 2/ City/ county/ Country
3/ Euraxess Network
5/ Industry
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AIM # 1 : Taking into account all sides of career development for Researchers
DETERMINING THE TARGET AUDIENCES

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IN TERMS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT, WHAT DO OR COULD I/WE DO & WHAT DO OR COULD THEY DO?
OFFERS
NEEDS
Me&my
institution
City/county/
country
EURAXESS
Network
Researchers Industry
Me&my institution
ATTRACTIVITY
FEED-BACK
GRANTS
PROMOTION
PLAN
SKILLS
WORK ENVIRONMENT
INTERSHIP
BETTER CV
REGISTER
PUBLICATIONS….
City/county/country
PROMOTION
EVENTS
SCHOLARSHIPS
FEED BACK
SETTING PRIORITIES
INTERSHIP
TO WORK ON LOCAL
PROBLEMATICS
ATTRACT TALENTS
SPECIAL TAX
CONDITIONS
TO
CREATE ACTIVITY,
MAKE MONEY,
EMPLOY, RASE THE
LIFE LEVEL
EURAXESS
Network
Researchers
Industry
AIM # 2 : NECESSITY FOR CDC: Working in cooperation being aware of what we expect from others.
AIM # 1 : Taking into account all sides of career development for Researchers
DETERMINING THE TARGET AUDIENCES’ MOTIVATIONS

8. https://euraxess-reflex.saia.sk/en/main/reflex-app/
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/career-development/researchers
ONCE YOU ARE CLEAR WITH THE TARGET AUDIENCES AND THEIR
MOTIVATIONS, START INTERNET VIEWING TASK:
What our Euraxess Network do: online tools

9. INSPIRATION TASK:
What our Euraxess Network do: some good practices
 https://www.bizkaiatalent.eus/en/?cl=1
 https://www.ugent.be/staff/en/human- resources/mobility-career/postdoc-talent-management
 http://www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/resources/ebooks-and-toolkits/career-development, toolkit-for-researchers,
 https://verwaltung.uni- koeln.de/abteilung43/content/career_development/postdoc_excellent/index_eng.html
 https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/asd/services/coaching-and-advice/planning-your-work-life/
 http://www.mydocpro.org/en
 https://www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers-professional-development

10. INSPIRATION TASK: What is done outside our Euraxess Network Online
tools for CD ( non exhaustive list from Brest/Bretagne/France/Europe)
 ABG , ANDès, Vitae
 PEPITE « Student hubs for innovation, transfers and entrepreneurship”
 Réseau National des Collèges Doctoraux
 My Phd In Bretagne/Pays de la Loire
 Doctoriales
 Ma thèse en 180 secondes
 Pluginlabs
 National Phd Day
 APEC
 CCI, Conseils régionaux, city hall departments…
 Business Angels, SMDE, Business France, BPI France …
 24 RNCP files ex for Phd in digital science
 ESOF

11. INSPIRATION : What CDC in Brest does – « active » part:
Online informations - updated every 3-6 months
Face-to-face information - upon arrival for MSC participants, upon demand for others
CV and cover letter writing coaching sessions – upon demand
Thematical gathering, held by experts: - once in a while, we want to make it once a quater
Ex. Horizon 2020 : European opportunities for funding research projects
One day workshop on career development, held by experts – once or twice a year
Outgoings with families combining activities related to career development- once a year

12. • Meetings with partners or potential partners –once a month, from
half an hour to 2 hours
• Going to network meetings and conferences on CD thematics – online
meetings once a month, presential meetings 5 or 6 times a year
• Preparing presentations – as soon as free
• Information monitoring - always on alert
INSPIRATION : What CDC in Brest does – preparation part:

13. Tools to help

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16. OPPORTUNITY CANVAS
Initial observation: Origin of the idea, difficulties? frustrations?
What is the idea?
What’s the point?
What does it consist of?
Who is concerned about it?
• Who are the clients?
• Who are the users?
• Who are the beneficiaries?
( What are their specific needs?, what are they expecting?)
How is it going to work?
how can expectations and needs be fulfilled?
What it changes?
What does it bring to the target audience?
AIM # 2 : Seeing what is necessary to develop CDC activity
Material, time, ideas, communication, partners…

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AIM # 2 : Seeing what is necessary to develop CDC activity
Material, time, ideas, communication, partners…
Setting up a CDC activity
1. Initial observation: Origin of the idea, difficulties? frustrations?
 reasons why CDC is needed
2. What is the idea?
 activities for target audience(s)
Audiences:
Me and my institution
City/county/country
Euraxess Network
Researcher
Industry
3. Who is concerned about it?
 For each activity, who is the target audience?
 What are their expectations and needs?
4. How is it going to work?
How can expectations and needs be fulfilled?
5. What does it change?
What does it bring to the people concerned?

18. Opportunity Canvas Example #1:
Initial observation: Origin of the idea, difficulties? frustrations?
In France, many things are done to help PhD students in their career development.
Although international doctoral students in France represent more than 50% of all doctoral students, all information, all training, all competitions are in
French.
What is the idea?
The idea is to develop contents in
English for non-French speaking
PhD students and international
researchers
Who is concerned about it?
The clients are: the universities, colleges and
research institutes.
The users are :
• non French speaking researchers looking for
information and willing to progress.
• French researchers willing to practice English and
do some networking
The beneficiaries are : both clients & users
What are their specific needs?, what are they expecting?
 HRS4R Conformity
 Attractivity
Users want help to find a job or to get understand the local
specifities in terms to labor market
Clients want to prove they can take care of users, ( image) users
want clients to show they care.
How is it going to work?
Setting the workshops in English
free for users
What it changes?
• Update the information in terms of local or global labour market.
• Networking possibilities.
• New skills.

19. Opportunity Canvas Example #2:
Initial observation: Origin of the idea, difficulties? frustrations?
As recommended by Euraxess Network, we are developing CDC services in our center.
Question: How to inform the target audience?
What is the idea?
To inform target audience
Who is concerned about it?
The clients are: all researches, the universities,
colleges, research institutes, industries and
Euraxess Network.
The users are : the same as the clients
The beneficiaries are : the same as clients, but
mostly researchers
What are their specific needs?, what are they expecting?
Being more attractive(for employers and employees)
Showing things are being done(all but researchers)
Being informed of what is going on for Euraxess Network: getting
ideas of what is going on to duplicate or coordinate.
See if what is going on can be useful to them
How is it going to work?
Online information
Mails
Newsletter
Metting
Press conference
Webinar! …
What it changes?
 It can change the image of our center, in the eyes of our clients and our beneficiaries.
 It can bring new partners, new ideas & projects.

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AIM # 2 : Seeing what is necessary to develop CDC activity
Material, time, ideas, communication, partners…
Business model canvas
1. Activity proposition
describe what your activity
brings to the intended
audience.
2. User segments
describe the users of
your activity proposition.
3. Users relationships
describe the tools and techniques used
to capture, process and analyze
information about users and prospects
in order to retain them by offering
services.
5. Key resources
describe key resources
you have for your
activity, for
communication and for
the user relationships.
7. Key partners
define the external
partners as
subcontractors are
needed for your activity
and what actions are
supported by them.
4. Communication channels
Give the different communication
channels should be used for your
activity.
6. Key actions
Give the actions to be
implemented for the
success of project.
8. Evaluation
what are the actions to be taken in order to evaluate its
activity and improve it over time?
9. Needs
describe what you need for your activity, for communication and for the user relationships.

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Setting activity model canvas
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Needs
What do you want form your partners?
General Target audience
of the project
Specific target audiences
for the partner(s)
Ways to communicate
around the project& activity-ies.
Key partner(s)
Arguments to convince
the partner(s)
Evaluation
what are the actions to be taken in order to evaluate the activity and improve it over time?
Cost estimation
for the partners
Benefits estimation
for the partners
Key activity-ies
of the project
Key ressources
what do you already have?
AIM # 4 : Working in cooperation being aware of what we expect from others

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AIM # 2 : NECESSITY / Getting tools to communicate around
with researchers, collegues, collectivities and industry
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/extranet/collaboration
How about lauching a co lab on Euraxess on CDC Activity thematics

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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