Your Benefit
This course empowers you with essential strategies to successfully navigate the job market in Germany, whether in academia or industry. With expert insights, practical guidance, and step-by-step instructions, you will gain the knowledge and confidence to secure a job that aligns with your skills and career goals.
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Methods
This course with videos totaling approx. 5 hours offers a structured approach that serves different learning needs. You can follow it as a complete step-by-step guide, ensuring you progress smoothly from career planning to securing a job. Alternatively, you can use it as a quick-reference resource, jumping directly to the topics most relevant to your situation, such as CV optimization, interview techniques, or salary negotiation. After singing up you will have 12 months of access to all the videos.
By addressing the specific challenges international job seekers face, this course equips you with practical solutions to stand out in the competitive German job market. Whether you’re transitioning from academia to industry or seeking a research position, you will gain the tools, strategies, and confidence to make informed career decisions and successfully secure your ideal job.
Thanks a lot, Dr. Matthias Mayer!
[...] I highly recommend other PhD candidates and PostDocs to participate his course. [...] my CV change drastically, even though I’ve visited a few similar job application courses [...]
I particularly like that Dr. Mayer lets students examine [...] the other participants’ CVs and practice[...] the interview with each other. [...]
The handouts and prep-kits for job interviews he gave us are also very useful. [... He] invited one of his friends who [...] has an established career in the Life Sciences to have a Q&A section. This part makes the course more vivid to gain more ideas for international [...] career experiences. [...]
I [...] appreciate that I did spend my time on this course during my crazily busy last year PhD phase.
Thanks a lot, Dr. Matthias Mayer!
A life changing experience
A life changing experience, incredibly helpful workshop [...] I am so glad I could get a slot [...] every second was worth attending.
Before the seminar itself, participants were given the chance to reflect on their goals and expectations [...] This pre-workshop exercise was [...] a great way to clear my mind [...]
The daily sessions were packed with meaningful information [...] including activation exercises [...] which kept my attention high. I could figure out that Matthias is very good with groups. He did a wonderful job with us all. I personally found it very empowering as nothing was between me and my dreamed career, but active planning.
I would definitely recommend the course to anyone and especially fellows hesitating between academia or industry as a career path and those who need to be encouraged.
[after a 2-days online Career Planning and Job Application Training for Life Scientists]
in einem […] zukünftigen Job-Interview ausschlaggebend
[...] Meines Erachtens bietet das Seminar eine super Möglichkeit sich [...] über Bewerbungsarten und -möglichkeiten zu informieren und der [...] Frage nach „Industrie oder Forschung“ nachzugehen und darüber zu reflektieren.
[...] die Tatsache, dass der Kurs online stattgefunden hat, [war] keinerlei Nachteil. Im Gegenteil, der Kurs [war] optimal in den Promotionsalltag zu integrieren. [...]
Was mir besonders gut gefallen hat ist, dass es ein guter Mix war zwischen einer Anleitung von Matthias Mayer und der Teamarbeit. [...]
die [durchgeführten] Job-Interviews [boten] eine tolle Möglichkeit sich selber bei einem Interview zu „beobachten“ und seine Wirkung auf andere besser einschätzen zu können, was sicherlich in einem potenziellen zukünftigen Job-Interview ausschlaggebend sein kann.