Career Center for Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs
The Career Center is the central contact and service point for all questions relating 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
- an opportunity to gain (further) qualifications 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:
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support for career development plan and career development conversation
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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
- Support for Supervision Agreement, TAC, and 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.
Our next events
June 16-19, 2025 I Grant Writing Incubator: Write 2 Win
June 24/25, 2025 I WS Mastering the Art of Presentation: From Stage to Screen
June 26, 2025 I WS Successfully Managing Research Data
October 6 + 10, 2025 | Training: Showtime for Science - Present Your Research with Impact (Science Pitch Training)
October 27, 2025 to January 12, 2026 Group Coaching: Pathfinder - Charting Your Career Journey
November 5, 2025 | Information event on HZDR Doctoral Guidelines |
December 12, 2025 - July 2, 2026 I Future Career Program: Business I
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.