Dual-Career Assistance
Pursuing an academic career often involves relocations. This often requires your partner to change his or her place of work, too. We advise your partner on job perspectives in Mannheim and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region and actively support him or her thanks to our large network.
As an intersection, the Department of Equal Opportunity and Social Diversity is in contact with numerous companies, universities, research institutions, organizations and a large network in the metropolitan region and nationwide. Our consulting is based on long experience in supporting professional and private integration.
Our services
We support the partner of our (junior) professors in their career entry as well as a professional reorientation in the metropolitan region. In our consulting, we focus on the very individual starting situation.
- Professional assessment, orientation and definition of goals
- Personality profile, personal characteristics & skills, professional experience
- Analysis of strengths & weaknesses
- Consideration of personal life circumstances
- Development of suitable ideas based on your interests, values, needs
- Information on the regional job market
- Research and support with job offers
- Assistance with all questions concerning the application process
- Support in the preparation of application documents
- Coaching, self-presentation in job interviews
- Information on further education, qualification offers, language courses
- Support for professional and private integration in the region (in cooperation with the Welcome Center of the University of Mannheim, among others)
We would like to point out that we cannot guarantee employment, as the decision is made according to the respective hiring criteria of the employers.
Family status, sexual orientation, gender identity is irrelevant in Dual Career Support. Female and male partners find equal support with us.
Dual Career Network
Benefit from our contacts to local companies, higher education institutions, and research institutions. Our network at a glance:
- Working group “Dual Career” of the Metropolregion GmbH
- Working group “Dual Career lokales Bündnis für Familie”
- Regional group “Dual Career” at higher education institutions
- Dual Career Network Germany
- Information for Dual Career Couples compiled by the Dual Career Network Germany
Selection of local job boards
Job boards of daily newspapers
General job boards
We have prepared a list of common portals for you, this list does not claim to be complete.
- Stepstone.de
- Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency)
- Meinestadt.de
- Indeed.com
- Kimeta.de
- Glassdoor.de
- Absolventa.de
- Karrierebibel.de
- HeyJobs.co
- Academics.de (science & research)
- Jobvector.de (science, medicine, engineering)
- DUZ – das unabhängige Hochschulmagazin (science)
- Kultweet – Job market for humanities, cultural and social sciences
- Teilzeitstellen – Job market for part-time jobs
- GermanTechJobs.de
- Karrieretipps
- Gute-Jobs.de
- Ausbildungsmarkt
- backinjob.de
- teilzeitjobs.info
Start-up centers in the region
- Musikpark Mannheim
- MAFINEX Technology Centre
- Startup Center Altes Volksbad
- gig7 Competence center for female business
- Textilerei Fashion Centre Mannheim
- C-HUB
- Cubex41
- Mannheimer Kreativwirtschaft
- Heidelberger Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft
- Dezernat 16 – Räume für die Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Heidelberg
Living in the region
Moving to a new city brings changes, challenges and opportunities for the whole family. If you have any questions about reconciling work and family life, you can contact us at any time. We will be happy to advise you.
We work closely with the Welcome Center. On the corresponding website, you will find useful information on leisure activities in Mannheim, helpful tips on finding a place to live, and an overview of mobility in the region.
Enclosed are a few insights into the region:
Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
Recognition of foreign job qualifications
You have earned your degree abroad and want to work in Germany? Then your foreign degree can or must be recognized by a German authority. The information portal of the German government for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications provides you with all the relevant information on your recognition process. In addition, the IQ Network Baden-Württemberg offers advisory and job-finding services.
