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Career paths for international postdocs: knowing your competences, identifying your career options

Start: End: Location: TU Dortmund University (room tba.)
Event type:
  • Research Academy Ruhr
  • TU Dortmund
  • Career in Academia and Beyond
  • Karriere innerhalb und außerhalb der Wissenschaft
  • For Postdocs
  • Für Postdocs
  • Workshop
We start out with an overview of typical career paths of postdocs in German academia and beyond. Then, we will focus on your personal competences. By learning how to analyse your competences, you will achieve a deeper understanding of what you bring to the table for future employers and what job profiles fit you best.

The content of this workshop is twofold: first, we start out with an overview of typical career paths of postdocs in German academia and beyond. Then, we will focus on your personal competences. By learning how to analyse your competences, you will achieve a deeper understanding of what you bring to the table for future employers and what job profiles fit you best.

In short, the aim of this workshop is to

  • help you understand the German academic system
  • familiarize you with different job profiles in German academia
  • teach you how to analyse your personal competences
  • enable you to identify alternative career paths that fit your personal competences

The language of this workshop is English.

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  • Time: Mon–Tue, 10–11 July 2023, each day 9.00 a.m.–01.00 p.m.
  • Location: TU Dortmund University (room tba.)
  • Target group: International postdocs working at the UA Ruhr universities (max. 12 participants)
  • Trainer: Dr. Maria Verena Peters
  • Registration deadline: 26 June 2023

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