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Professional Development at JMU

Individual Support for Postdocs

After your doctorate, you enter a phase full of opportunities: developing your own projects, buliding new collaborations, and taking on more responsibility. We support you in making the most of these opportunities and moving forward with confidence. Our support is always based on your individual situation, tailored to your needs and completely confidential.

1. Career Check: Your starting point for career planning

The Career Check is your first step towards shaping your career in a structured way with the support of the Professional Development. In a personal meeting, we get to know each other, discuss your questions and identify which services at the University of Würzburg best support your goals.

Schedule an appointment with Dr Daniela Seybold, your contact for career planning in the postdoc phase.

You are looking for guidance because you

  • are new at the University of Würzburg,
  • come from abroad,
  • are starting your first postdoc, or
  • would like to shape your postdoc career even more strategically.

  • We can discuss any questions related to your professional development and clarify your specific goals for further growth. 
  • You will receive tailored information and an overview of the JMU's offers that are relevant for your next career steps.

2. Coaching: Your support on your career path

Coaching allows you to work more intensively on a personal issue - usually over the course of several sessions. You gain new perspectives that help you observe your behaviour more precisely, understand it more deeply and change it when needed. You clarify your goals, define the steps required to reach them, try them out in practice and then refine them further throughout the coaching process.

The first step towards your coaching is the Career Check, where we figure out whether coaching is the right approach for your individual situation. To begin, schedule an appointment with Dr Daniela Seybold, your contact for career planning in the postdoc phase.

In a coaching session you can

  • reflect on your new role as a postdoc and the expectations and responsbilites it involves.
  • clarify your career goals and plan the next steps on your career path.
  • weigh the decision between pursuing an academic career or a career beyond academia.
  • address challenges in your day-to-day professional life.
  • prepare your application for a professorship.

  • In an initial meeting, we will discuss your coaching goals and develop a roadmap for our cooperation.
  • After that, you can schedule up to three coaching sessions free of charge to work towards your goals.
  • Each coaching session lasts 60-75 minutes and can take place online or in person.