Career planning – How to find your job on the non-academic labour market

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 here by April 6th, 2025.

General Info
The number of participants is limited.

Description
This workshop is about taking a proactive approach to career planning and development. It will familiarize you with strategies for exploring your career options in the non-academic labour market, and it will allow you to deepen your understanding of your skill set and your job-related wishes and needs.

Topics covered include:

Research careers vs. careers in the non-academic labour market: commonalities and differences

My professional and personal competencies: the basis for finding suitable positions

Typical, and less typical, non-academic jobs and career paths for PhDs and postdocs

Strategies, methods and tools for finding suitable positions

Project management: reflecting upon my career goals and planning my next steps

In addition, there is room for additional questions and concerns you may have.

Trainer: As a trainer and coach for the Karriereberatung für Akademiker*innen (www.kabeak.de), Dr. Matthias Zach counsels researchers and scientists on all relevant aspects of their careers.