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Today's working world is subject to constant change and requires lifelong learning. On the one hand, specialists need further skills in addition to their specialist knowledge in order to put project ideas into practice in a team or as a manager. On the other hand, once a title or competence has been acquired, it will no longer be enough to carry out the same job for a lifetime. Professional reorientation within a career will always trigger new learning processes.
This is where the Graduate Academy, in cooperation with other service facilities and the doctoral colleges at Clausthal University of Technology, wants to come in and offer a range of further education and qualification opportunities. Further education and qualification programs offer a platform for the development of skills that form the basis of today's working life, i.e. scientific personnel development. Specifically, the focus here is on
- Personal skills - e.g. self-management, self-reflection
- Methodological skills - e.g. project management, practical transfer, presentation techniques, academic writing
- Social skills - e.g. leadership skills, conflict management, communication techniques.
The Graduate Academy has developed a concept for holistic advice for early career researchers at all career levels and cordially invites all early career researchers to participate in the Graduate Academy's qualification program and optimize their job market-relevant skills.
Career discussions between early career researchers, supervisors and mentors can make a significant contribution to the planning and development of careers. Supervisors and mentors often know early career researchers quite well and can often assess their potential for career development and provide helpful arguments as to which career suits which person best. Our new handout aims to encourage early career researchers to use career discussions to make concrete career decisions and to provide guidance on how to plan and successfully conduct them together with their supervisors, mentors and professors. The aim of the discussion should always be to discuss relevant career options at an early stage and to consciously decide on a personally suitable career path. To this end, it is necessary for doctoral candidates and postdocs to analyze and reflect on their personal goals, skills and potential and to realistically assess their motivation and situation. Supervisors provide support in the role of advisor or mentor by giving feedback on personal strengths and areas of development, providing insight into the variety of tasks of a professor and supporting strategic career planning, e.g. by opening up their own network.
