Career Center for Postdocs & Doctoral Researchers
Unlock Your Career Potential with Us
Discover a wide range of career services at Helmholtz Munich, supporting your journey every step of the way.
Our career coaches, Meike Rottermann and Nicola Bauer, provide you with personalized guidance to navigate your professional journey with confidence. From career orientation and decision making to skill development and application strategies, they offer expert support tailored to your needs. Whether you're transitioning to a new field, preparing for interviews, or seeking relevant career information, they help you unlock your potential to be successful.
The Helmholtz Munich Career Center offers personalized one-on-one coaching sessions for doctoral researchers and postdocs. Coaches provide support in various career-related areas, such as optimizing application documents, mock interviews, exploring career opportunities, and academic career development. Coaching helps you explore skills, interests, values, define your career path, and pursue your dream job.
Have a quick question? Join our 20-30 minute online sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays. Our coaches provide support on CV checks, resume and cover letter writing, professional status checks, and career Q&A.
The Individual Career Development Plan (IDP) helps you explore career possibilities and set goals, to follow the career path that fits you best. It represents a personalized roadmap for enhancing knowledge, skills, and abilities while identifying potential career paths. The IDP at Helmholtz Munich is an interactive and dynamic action plan that facilitates career success, progress tracking, feedback, and communication. In future, you will collaborate with the Career Center to create and renew your IDP.
Career talks feature alumni sharing insights into various career paths, including academia, industry, and entrepreneurship.
The Helmholtz Munich Career Center offers tailored support to help doctoral researchers and postdocs shape their career paths—from defining their direction to mastering the application process. Targeted workshops provide key insights, reduce repetitive questions in coaching, and address common career challenges in a broader setting.
The workshops are designed to build on one another, but each also works independently, offering valuable insights regardless of which session you attend.
- Introduction to the Individual Career Development Plan (IDP) and How to Get Started With It
- Learn to take a positive outlook on your career development as a scientist
- Receive a step-by-step guideline on your personal career development
- Discover how to use the IDP for your career questions
- Get started straight away with a first individual and group exercise
- CV Workshop
- Basic structure of a CV
- How to analyze job advertisements
- How to tailor a CV to a specific job advertisement
- Which transferable skills you already possess
- Key aspects of a successful CV
- Cover Letter Workshop
- About the purpose, qualities, and key components of a Cover Letter
- How to tailor it to a specific job advertisement
- To take your personal fit into consideration
- To create a convincing storyline
Company Visits offer a great possibility to explore career opportunities outside academia.
The Career Center organizes Company Visits on a regular basis to provide you with insights into the work environment in different companies and to give you an opportunity for networking and professional exchange.
- Explore different job profiles and skill requirements first-hand
- Learn more about the work environment and culture of a company
- Meet and network with professionals
The Science Ambassadors are a dedicated group of experienced scientists committed to supporting academic career development for doctoral researchers and postdocs. With their extensive expertise and longstanding careers within academia and Helmholtz Munich, they offer invaluable guidance to help you navigate your next career steps.
Helmholtz Munich Career Center Team
