RUB Research School

Personal Skills for Your Career

Workshops: Career Planning, Leadership & Management

A doctorate opens up many career paths: in research as well as outside academia.

Your doctorate provides you with an advanced scientific qualification with in-depth specialist knowledge, sound methodological competence, and an extended research expertise in your field.

But a doctorate also qualifies you beyond research by advancing your personal competencies that are relevant for various career paths: working independently and self-organised, developing problem-solving strategies, transferring knowledge, strengthening communicative and social competencies, taking personal responsibility, thinking structuredly in complex contexts.

Your research expertise, together with your advanced personal competencies, is an important career factor for all career paths: in academia, industry, or the public sector.

We support you in profiling your personal skill sets for a career in- and outside academia. Our workshops provide orientation for your career planning and convey initial qualifications in career-related, professional skills:

Workshops March - July 2025 (registration open 03.02.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Ca_01: ONLINE Bewerben in der Wirtschaft – Stellensuche & Bewerbung (3 Online-Webinare à 1,5 Std. + Selbstlernmodule)Promovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle19.03. (2 Std.), 26.03. (1,5 Std.), 02.04.2025 (1,5 Std.)
Ca_02: PRÄSENZ Die eigene Persönlichkeit reflektieren und (Karriere)Perspektiven entwickeln (Workshop + Persönlichkeitstest mit Auswertung)Promovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle25.-26.03.2025
Ca_03: ONLINE Bewerben in der Wirtschaft - Gehalt und Vorstellungsgespräch (3 Online-Webinare à 1,5-2 Std. + Selbstlernmodule)Promovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle05.05. (2 Std.), 12.05. (1,5 Std.), 19.05.2025 (2 Std.)
Ca_04: ONLINE Was kann ich und wie verkaufe ich es? Transfer von akademischen Skills für außerakademische KarrierewegePromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle06.06.2025 (4 Std.)

Workshops September - December 2025 (registration open 02.06.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Ca_05: PRÄSENZ Die eigene Persönlichkeit reflektieren und (Karriere)Perspektiven entwickeln (Workshop + Persönlichkeitstest mit Auswertung)Promovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle02.-03.09.2025
Ca_07: PRÄSENZ Bewerben in der Wirtschaft: Stellenausschreibungen verstehen und professionelle Bewerbungsunterlagen erstellenPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle18.09.2025
Ca_08: PRESENCE How to Apply for Jobs in German Industry that are Published in English: Finding and Understanding Job Advertisements and Preparing Professional Applications in EnglishDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all18.09.2025
Ca_06: ONLINE Außerwissenschaftliche Karriere: Profilentwicklung und überzeugende SelbstpräsentationPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle26.09. (4 Std.) + 09.10.2025 (3 Std.)

Workshops September - December 2025 (registration open 02.06.2025)

Workshop titleResearch fieldLevel of experiencesDate
Le_01: PRESENCE Making it Happen: Time- and SelfmanagementResearchers all research fields Level all08.-09.09.2025 (1,5 days)
Le_02: PRÄSENZ Führungskraft werden – ist das etwas für mich?Promovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle27.-28.10.2025

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All offers are regularly evaluated by the participants and we offer workshops that are highly recommended by the participants. This allows us to develop our program according to your needs and demands and we are always open to your suggestions and wishes.