Career Center for Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs

The Career Center is the central contact and service point for all questions related to the development of young talents during and after completing their doctorate. Our goal is to help you as a junior scientist to proactively and strategically develop your personal strenghts and competencies from the start. We support you in your decision-making and the subsequent planning and implementation of further steps. We help you to get to know and try out career paths within and outside of science. For the career tracks academia, business and science management we show you opportunities and support you in developing your potential.

Our offers

• opportunity to earn additional qualifications through the training program and e-learning formats
• individual counseling on career development and coaching for handling professional decision-making processes and career change
• regular events with the opportunity for interdisciplinary, academic, and professional exchange and networking
• networking opportunities at LinkedIn with other HZDR postdocs and Doctoral Candidates
• especially designed programs in order to get to know and try different career tracks: academia, business and science management

Further offers for Postdocs:

• support for career development plan and career development conversation

• opportunities to participate in (cross-) mentoring programs

• the investigation of the current life and work situation as well as the concrete needs for qualification and support offers of the postdocs at HZDR and TU Dresden with regard to their further career within the framework of postdoc surveys

Further offers for Doctoral Researchers:

• opportunities to get involved by the DocReps
• HZDR Guidelines for doctoral researchers and supervisors and frequently asked questions (internal FAQ page)
• Support for Supervision Agreement, TAC, and university doctoral procedure

Do you want to take advantage of our offers? Feel free to contact us by email to careercenter@hzdr.de, by phone, or stop by. We look forward to meeting you.

The Postdoc Center out of which the Career Center was formed is a Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and Technical University Dresden (TUD) joint project within the framework of the Graduate Academy of TUD. The Postdoc Center was financed by the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers until December 2024.