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“Changing Careers to Join the Civil Service”

A career change into the civil service opens up a wide range of opportunities to make a fresh start professionally and take on social responsibility. In this workshop, you will learn about the opportunities and prospects available to you as a career changer in the public sector, and how you can best prepare for this career move.

• The significance of a PhD and its impact on leadership roles in the civil service
• Overqualification due to a PhD: Myths and Realities
• Classification of relevant professional experience into pay grades and levels
• Opportunities for career changers from the private sector and academia
• Changing careers after many years in the workforce: pathways and challenges
• Transition from teaching to senior management roles

Practical tips and strategies

• Transferring values, motivations and skills to roles in the civil service
• Moving to a higher pay grade: requirements and procedure
• Crediting of social security contributions when changing careers and becoming a civil servant (where applicable)

‘Career change into the public sector’

A career change into the public sector opens up a wide range of opportunities to start a new career and take on social responsibility. In this lecture, you will discover what opportunities and prospects are available to you in the public sector and how you can best prepare for this career move.

• The importance of a doctorate and its impact on management roles in the public sector
• Overqualification due to a doctorate: myths and realities
• Classification of relevant professional experience into grades and levels
• Opportunities for career changers from the private sector and academia
• Lateral entry after many years of professional experience: pathways and challenges
• Moving from teaching to senior management roles

Practical tips and strategies

• Transferring values, motivations and skills to job profiles in the public sector
• Moving to a higher grade: requirements and procedure
• Offsetting social security contributions for lateral entry and civil servant status (where applicable)

Further information can be found here.