==== Career planning – How to find your job on the non-academic labour market  ====
**[[start:pro:trainers:MZ|Dr. Matthias Zach]]**\\
**Target group: Early Career Researchers**\\
**Date: May 22 and 23, 2025**\\
**Time:10:00 - 17:00**\\

**Location: AEI Seminar room 132+133 (Callinstr. 36, 30167 Hannover) in Gebäude 3406**\\

**Registration**\\
Please register [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSALU3GAV6idYaUl3bBe5Lrj5z_D0SQ28rWORwl3CT9RO2Ww/viewform?usp=dialog|here]].\\

**General Info**\\
The number of participants is limited.

**Description **\\
This two-day workshop helps early career researchers explore job opportunities beyond academia. It runs from 10:00 to 17:00 each day, with further details to follow.\\


Day 1: Competencies, labour markets, job search strategies (part one)\\

  * Introduction to the concept of competencies: How do your competences effect your job search and how to translate them to the non-academic market.
  * Different approaches to see and to write down your competencies.
  * How does the labour market work and what significance does this have for job search and application?
  * What special challenges are there for international participants?
  * Job search: What opportunities are there to find advertised jobs in the private sector. How should job ads be read? When can you apply for an advertised position?
  * Job search for unadvertised positions: as probably more than 40% of jobs in the private sector are not advertised, unsolicited applications are useful in many cases. How can the relevant companies and positions be identified?

Day 2: Job search strategies (part two), career and life goals, application\\

  * What options are there in the public sector and NGOs and how do I find them?
  * Job search via networks
  * Timing: When should I start applying?
  * How do I want to work and live? In addition to competencies, it also makes sense to consider how your work life should look like when developing a professional profile, because not all jobs and all industries are suitable for values and interests of all participants.
  * Application: Basic rules for written applications and job interviews

Methods\\

Impulses by trainer, group work, plenary discussions, working with worksheets, internet research, self-reflection, creative problem solving\\