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Career paths

Publications

• How a peripatetic career made Emmanuelle Charpentier a Nobelist
  After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’
  Times Higher Education, 13 July 2023, Jack Grove
  https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/how-peripatetic-career-made-emmanuelle-charpentier-nobelist
   
• Wie soziale Klugheit die Karriere prägt
  Forschung und Lehre, 23 November 2021, Clemens Albrecht
  https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/karriere/wie-soziale-klugheit-die-karriere-praegt-4204
   
• Why industry internships can be your ‘golden ticket’ to a prosperous career
  Nature Careers Community, 18 March 2021
  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00730-8
   
• Die Entscheidung: Ein Ratgeberroman über akademische Berufswege
  Reinhold Haller, UTB 2022
  https://www.narr.de/die-entscheidung-45805/

Webcast

• Webcast: How to plan your career
  Start early, use mentors, map your networks. Experts share their career development tips.
  Nature Career Column,  07 December 2021, Jack Leeming
  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03663-4

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Application process

How to prepare and search for a job

• German Scholars Organization: Bewerben in der Wissenschaft aus dem Ausland (in German)
  https://gsonet.org/karrierewissen/bewerben-in-der-wissenschaft/

 

How to write a motivation letter, CV etc.

Articles

• German Scholars Organization: Tipps für ein gelungenes Anschreiben für nicht-akademische Jobs (in German)
  https://gsonet.org/karrierewissen/tipps-fuer-ein-gelungenes-anschreiben-fuer-nicht-akademische-jobs/ 
• German Scholars Organization: Tipps für einen gelungenen CV für nicht-akademische Jobs (in German)
  https://gsonet.org/karrierewissen/tipps-fuer-einen-gelungenen-cv-fuer-nicht-akademische-jobs/
• Sell yourself and your science in a compelling personal statement
  Nature 593, 153-155 (2021)
  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01101-z

 

Webcasts, podcasts etc.

Webcast

• How to write a great CV for academia and industry
  Nature Careers Live, October 2020
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00520-2

 

Job interviews

Articles

• Can you work with less-qualified people?’ and 19 other curveball questions to navigate at industry interviews
  Nature Career Column, 15 January 2021
  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00042-x

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Career resources

Link collection

• Career resources for PhD students
  Nature
  The PhD is used to train most research scientists around the world and provides evidence of a gruelling period of independent study. But critics say many graduate student programmes have not adapted to accommodate changes in the workplace. Do PhDs need a rethink? This collection of articles and resources from across Nature Research looks at the PhD from a range of different perspectives.
  https://www.nature.com/collections/dhbegcaieb/?sap-outbound-id=3B5F5449469B30F171BBE45E84AF298902F2E207

 

Support services

• Career Service Universität Heidelberg (in German)
  https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/studium/imstudium/careerservice/
• German Scholars Organization: HiddenChamps (in German)
  https://gsonet.org/hiddenchamps/