The DZNE Career Center

The PhD and – especially – postdoc phase are central career phases in which researchers acquire important scientific skills and make decisions about their next career step. The DZNE aims to offer its doctoral researchers and postdocs the best possible support during this essential phase of their careers – and thereby help them become outstanding researchers with national and international visibility.

The establishment of the DZNE Career Center is supported by an initiative of the Helmholtz Association's Initiative and Networking Fund.

In the area of career development, which is important for junior researchers, the DZNE Career Center provides information and support and serves as a point of contact for all career-related questions.

For example, its programs include an extensive range of workshops designed to prepare the DZNE's early career researchers in the best possible way for their next career step. In addition to information offers for all doctoral researchers and postdocs with a DZNE employment contract, the extensive workshop offer can be used by DZNE postdocs as well as doctoral researchers in at least the 3rd year of their doctoral program.

The workshop offerings include topics relative to the development of core competencies for scientific careers as well as to career planning.

In the following, we would like to introduce you to some examples of the services offered by the DZNE Career Center.