A big thank you …

… is what we want to say to the 133 people who took part in our survey „Career and Future Prospects“. We wanted to find out more about skills and wishes and what we can do that our service will help international students to make a good start with their careers.

Our short list of questions started with self-assessment. The question „What are you particularly good at?“ was answered most often. Perhaps this is an indication of a high level of awareness of one’s own skills. Exactly what we want to strengthen further.

The most frequently mentioned answer to the question about skills was: „Languages“. At the same time, according to most of the participants, language, in this case German, is also the most important criterion for successfully entering the German job market. And as German is said to be a difficult language, language can also be a hurdle. We will have to work on that.

The participants in the survey rate their academic and technical skills highly and, according to the results of an initial analysis, would particularly like support with time planning and time management.

Good time management is something we at the Career Service also will need when we launch our skills development workshops in November. We promise to do our best.

A good blog should always be ahead of its time. Sometimes it publishes something that is actually not yet released for publication. Here our Career Leak, a clip of Version 3 of the current planning file:

International Summer Classes

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What to know about “future skills”

Everything you have to know about the skills that help you to be successful in your professional career.

Things change quickly in the job market. The demands of the future are not always easily to understand. In this brief impulse seminar Marcellus Menke, head of Career Service at the University of Siegen, gives you an overview about the skills expected to be the skills of the future. Hands on information. Knowledge that helps you to make the right choice for your personal learning decisions.

Sept. 17, 2024, 12:00 to 13:00 online via WebEx.

Please apply via Unisono. The number of participants is limited.

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career:IMPULS presence

What to know about “future skills”

Everything you have to know about the skills that help you to be successful in your professional career.

Sept. 17, 2024, 16:00 to 17:00 in {Raumnummer}

This creative impulse-seminar takes place in person, in its center exchange and communication. Joining the online version of this Seminar beforehand is helpful but not mandatory.

Please apply via Unisono. The number of participants is limited.

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career:IMPULS digital

The secrets of the German job market

An individual access to start your career in Germany

A little bit confused what to do to enter the German job market? In the 50 minutes of this short impulse-seminar, Marcellus Menke, head of Career Service at the University of Siegen shows you how to develop strategies to find your individual way to the job that really suits you.

Sept. 18, 2024, 12:00 to 13:00 online via WebEx.

Please apply via Unisono. The number of participants is limited.

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career:IMPULS presence

The secrets of the German job market

An individual access to start your career in Germany

Sept. 18, 2024, 16:00 to 17:00 in {Raumnummer}

This creative impulse-seminar takes place in person, in its center exchange and communication. Joining the online version of this Seminar beforehand is helpful but not mandatory.

Please apply via Unisono. The number of participants is limited.

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career:IMPULS digital

Four things you always wanted to know about resilience

In an increasingly turbulent world it is not so easy to feel safe and in your place. In the 50 minutes of this short impulse-seminar, Marcellus Menke, head of Career Service at the University of Siegen presents four things you should know about resilience and what you can do to benefit personally form it.

Sept. 19, 2024, 12:00 to 13:00 online via WebEx.

Please apply via Unisono. The number of participants is limited.

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career:IMPULS digital

Four things you always wanted to know about resilience

Sept. 19, 2024, 16:00 to 17:00 in {Raumnummer}

This creative impulse-seminar takes place in person, in its center exchange and communication. Joining the online version of this Seminar beforehand is helpful but not mandatory.

Please apply via Unisono. The number of participants is limited.

And if you would like to reserve a place now, simply send an e-mail to info@career.uni-siegen.de

05/10/202305/10/2023

Well equipped …

… we are ready for the freshman welcome next week on Monday. I just picked up three packages from the in-house print shop. And now posters, flyers and postcards with the program for the winter semester are waiting in our office to be distributed. If you feel like it, just drop by on Monday, October 9, on the Adolf Reichwein Campus, starting at 9:00 a.m. in the Audimax. We are looking forward to seeing you.

A somewhat larger poster and boxes with the new program flyers: Even if of course everything is available digitally, sometimes it’s nice to be able to hold something classically printed in your hand.

05/09/2023

Planning is in progress …

… at full speed, but only a part of it is visible on this website. Therefore we ask for your understanding if some links do not work or if the events of the last semester are still visible. In any case, the overview page is already working. There you can already see what we have planned for you for the coming semester. And, good news, all events are already set up. We are looking forward to you and the new semester.

A picture from last winter: Let’s see how snowy the upcoming winter semester will be. Our seminars work in snow, too. Promised.

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What you can do …

… with your studies. That was the title of today’s Career Service workshop on AR Campus. We were part of the theme day “doubts about your studies”, organized by the colleagues from the central student advisory service. The topic, not so easy. The participants, curious. And of course everything about finding you career path. Classical Career Service tasks.

The event was all about getting to know methods for developing your own individual strategies. Many questions, many new ideas. We would like to thank you for the interesting event and the lively participation. And if you still have questions while thinking about the ideas from today, just write an e-mail and we will see how we can find answers. We are looking forward to your questions.

Already the second name tag that I forgot to return. I think I will put it in the house mail tomorrow and send it back to the colleague.

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Designing your future …

… is a challenge. As the University of Siegen is a part of the Advanced Technology Higher Education Network Alliance (ATHENA), we are also a part of the special ATHENA Career Service Program. Strong networks create new possibilities.

Interested in what we do?

On 19 October, for example, we invite you to join the ATHENA Career Event. It is online and we start at 9 am. How to register and what to expect can be found on the ATHENA Website.

https://athenauni.eu/athena-career-event-2022

We are looking forward to see you, because the future is just the next step.

08/04/202201/02/2023

Already curious…

… how the Podcast of the Career Service of the University of Siegen will sound? Here are forty five seconds with samples form today’s test recording. The name of our podcast is career:FRAGEN. This new program will be launched as a digital event on April 27^th at 3 pm.

If you want to be part of the first real event, you can register via Unisono. [Link to the pre-announcement text]

The Zoom link will be sent directly to your email inbox on the morning of the event.

career:FRAGEN is for now in German. So joining it is a good idea if you want to gain some experience with the „German in an nutshell“ program. An English edition of the podcast will be released later this year.

To avoid getting mixed up: The first event starts on Wednesday April 27^th at 3 pm, all other events are on Wednesday at 4 pm.

It was a little bit tricky but we enjoyed the process a lot! Here is a picture from the mixer in the recording studio of the ZIMT. Thanks to Oliver and André for the great introduction and support during the production.

12/11/2021

Evening office hours …

… will now be available starting in December. For those who are perhaps on a traineeship and cannot make an appointment for counselling during the usual office hours, we also offer an appointment after 5 pm twice a week. Please send us a short e-mail with your telephone number so that we can call you back. We will then offer you an appointment at a time that suits you.

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The little blue elephant …

… in the picture is trying to reach the telephone receiver with his ear. But at the moment, the Career Service is not so easy to reach by phone. The demand for counseling appointments is currently very high, and of course we can’t answer the phone during counseling. Therefore we ask you to send us a short e-mail (info@career.uni-siegen.de) with your request and your phone number. We will get back to you as soon as possible. – By the way, the blue plush toy that has found its place on my desk is a gift from Rainer Assion, who reported on career prospects in journalism and at WDR in career:FORUM. It was several semesters ago, but still in good memory. Thanks.

08/02/202115/02/2021

You’ve just …

… heard the last lecture. It’s 5 p.m., the online university day is over, you turn around, still on the desk chair. You spent the whole day in front of your screen, and now, from one moment to another, you’re at home. And that brings you back to questions, perhaps discussed in the morning at the breakfast table with parents or friends, and you wonder what you can do with all the academic stuff, later in your professional life. And of course you still have some applications waiting to be sent. The application for the internship, mandatory in the next semester for example, and for the job, of course, which you hope is to follow the study, seamlessly, if possible.

This is exactly the situation the career:IMPLUS seminars have been designed for. In the evening, when your university work has been done, one hour focusing on a topic from the area of application and career planning. Compact information, background knowledge and many opportunities to get involved, so that no question remains unanswered and the evening is relaxed and made well use of. The goal: You can plan your career path with a new perspective.

Changing perspectives: It doesn’t always have to be the desk when inspiration turns into action.

26/01/2021

Emerging doubts …

… are not nice, of course. But if you look at them more closely, they are not such a bad way to start thinking about what you are doing right now and what you want to do in the future. To prevent your reflections from turning into musings, it is important to talk about them with others and to inform yourself. For this purpose, the central student advisory service is offering a digital theme day on Feb. 11, 2021. The Career Service will be there. The program can be found here: https://www.uni-siegen.de/zsb/psychologische/infoveranstaltung.html