ENGAGE.EU Online-Training: From Academia to Industry
Training Goals
Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This fundamental career training enables you to search for job offers efficiently and prepare convincing application documents.
Day 1 Content (Focus: Jobs in EU-wide Industry)
- Ideas for possible positions
- Identification of personal competences and interests
- Identifying key requirements in job ads
- Estimation of chances of success
- Presentation of AI use cases for applicants
On the first day of the workshop, you will deepen the awareness of competences you might have gained at the university and discuss positions in the industry which might be interesting for you and how you can target your search for future employment. In an additional live workshop, you learn the meaning of typical phrases in job advertisements and how much your chances of success are influenced by requirements you cannot fulfil. Finally, you will get to know various AI use cases with practical examples for applicants. You will get tips on how to optimise your prompting so that you get the right result quickly.
Day 2 Content (Focus: Jobs in German Industry)
- Overview of most successful search methods
- Active job search activities with specific recommendations
- Passive job search activities
- Content and design of a CV
- Structure and example of a convincing cover letter
On the second day of the workshop, you will understand how to target your search for future employment, and where you can look for vacancies. You get to know various options of job databases and further activities to come into contact with employers, e. g. via social platforms and CV databases. Furthermore, you will understand how to write your cover letter and CV, and how best to adapt your application to the job offer. You will see examples for a professional application design and photos. Moreover, you will reflect on modern and traditional application aspects of job application in industry, and you will get hints for your application phase in general.
Date and Time
- 24 and 25 November 2025
- 9.00 – 14.30 (Day 1), 9:00 – 12:00 (Day 2) CET.
Deadline for registration
31 October 2025
Format
Online via Zoom, link will be provided
Please connect with a working audio and video device and expect to actively participate in the workshop with your camera on.
Target group
Early career researchers (doctoral and postdoctoral candidates) from the ENGAGE.EU partner universities who have little application knowledge and are looking for a new employment in the next 12 months.
Language of instruction
English
Instructor
Heidi Störr
Maximum number of participants
20
Registration
Please register until 31 October 2025 by writing to postdocs@uni-mannheim.de with your university e-mail address. Please note that we can only consider registrations sent from your university e-mail account to ensure affiliation with an ENGAGE.EU partner university. If there are more registrations than available places, the participants will be drawn by lot and informed by 5 November. Please find information on the processing of your personal data in our information on data protection (PDF). When registering for this workshop, you also agree to the following terms and conditions: www.push-your-career.com/privacy-policy/. This workshop, in collaboration with ENGAGE.EU and the Postdoc Career Academy at the University of Mannheim, is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.