Welcome to the HMGU's Career Center Website!
Career development is a journey. Wherever you are in the process, the HMGU Career Center offers you a wide range of services, ranging from fascinating career talks, inspiring workshops and valuable resources, to individual coaching sessions and advice on orientation and application processes.
- The HMGU's Career Center is the central contact point for career guidance and coaching for all HMGU Postdocs and Doctoral Students.
- We support you in all career-related issues, such as reviewing your career chances, exploring possible career paths and optimising application documents.
- With our Individual Career Development Plan (IDP), we will be able to support you in gaining a clear picture not only of your personal strengths, values, interests, but also of potential careers open to you.
We look forward to supporting you in navigating your future!
This section will provide you with more information on our different types of one-on-one coaching sessions (what they entail, booking a session, cancellation policy), the Individual Career Development Plan (IDP), and also the different potential career paths open to young scientists.
For a calendar overview on our past, current and upcoming events, as well as what the HR Development Department has on offer for young scientists, this is the right place for you. We also give a definition on the different types of events (career talks, workshops, etc.) we have on offer, so that you can see what fits you and your schedule best.
There are many different places within the HMGU community, where young scientists can receive different types of information and help. These range from the HELENA Graduate School and the Postdoc Coordination, over the different Ombudspersons, various counselling offices (health, psycho-social) and lastly to the HR Department and the Third-Party Funding Department.
This is the place to find more information on the Career Center itself (team and contact), as well as how it is funded and its organisation within HMGU. This section also contains several FAQs and a possibility for you to suggest topics that are relevant for you and your future career development (Topic Wishlist).
Coming up next!
HMGU Career Center CV Workshop on September 15th & 21st!
Are you on the verge of applying for jobs but dreading the writing of your CV? Do you want to show your skills and potential on paper for roles outside of academic research, but don’t know where to start?
The HMGU Career Center offers an interactive CV workshop that will teach you from the bottom up how to write a contemporary and convincing CV, especially for the German job market. We will not only show you the key components of a CV, but also talk about the required mindset for you to be able to tackle this challenge successfully and joyfully!
Please click on the event in the calender on the right for more information. Note: The workshop is full - the next one will be offered in approximately 6 - 8 weeks.
"Working in Federal Institutes and Related Committees. Insights from Two Research Associates in the Field of Quality Assurance, Disease Management and Food Safety." - A Career Talk with Dr. Liat Fishman and Dr. Ulrike Pabel on September 21st!
The HMGU Career Center invites you to the Online Career Talk “Working in Federal Institutes and Related Committees. Insights from Two Research Associates in the Field of Quality Assurance, Disease Management and Food Safety” by Dr. Liat Fishman and Dr. Ulrike Pabel.
The goal of this talk is to give participants insights into how a PhD in life sciences can lead to a career as a research associate at institutes operating on a federal level, the responsibilities these professional roles bring with them and the respective working culture.
For more information on our two speakers, please click here.
We are looking forward to an insightful career talk and discussion with our guest speakers! Followed by a Q&A session.
Upcoming Events
Join us for fascinating Career Talks, inspiring workshops and much more! See the calendar below for all upcoming events!
Using the << and >> buttons in the top corners of the calender, you can scroll through past and future events. Hovering over and clicking on the dates marked in grey will give you information on an event taking place that day.