Perfectly accompanied
The Career Service bridges the gap between studies, practice and career and supports you starting with career orientation to answer the questions "what do I want and what can I do?", offers insights into job profiles like "what exactly does a development engineer, a key account manager or a collection curator do?" and provides application knowledge.
There are no consultation hours during the semester break. Please contact us by e-mail for small inquiries. For detailed consultations, please make an appointment.
For an application document check, please send us your CV, cover letter and corresponding job advertisement and book an appointment. Further appointments are available as group consultations. The employment agency also offers application document checks (see below).
For other consulting or coaching requests, please send us an e-mail. As experienced advisors in career and study guidance, we are happy to support you individually and personally with the following issues:
- consulting and coaching on the topics of career orientation, personal changes and skills profile
- assistance in finding suitable offers for internships, final theses and entry-level positions as well as
- questions about your application
You can find initial information on these questions here. For detailed consultations, please arrange a personal appointment.
The Counseling Center Studium-Praktikum-Beruf supports students of the humanities and social sciences at the University of Stuttgart with questions about internships and career orientation. Your contact for this is Simon Demel: spb@uni-stuttgart.de.
The counseling service is available to students and graduates up to one year after graduation and is free of charge. All counseling centers focus on you and your interests, goals, perspectives and questions. All employees are bound to confidentiality.
There is also an individual counseling service offered by the Employment Agency. Ms. Löffler and Mr. Batarilo are advisors for academic professions at the Stuttgart Employment Agency and also provide advice online or at the University of Stuttgart by appointment.
Do you need psychological support?
The psychotherapeutic counseling center of the Studierendenwerk of the University of Stuttgart offers free, professional psychological counseling for students.
- Quick start "My profile and job profiles"
- Application documents, CV, cover letter, photo and references
- Outlook "Job interview"
Dates and registration: here.
Where: Campus Vaihingen, Nobelstr. 15 (Technologiezentrum), TRACES, first floor
Interdisciplinary skills
Interdisciplinary skills, also known as key qualifications or soft skills, are abilities that help people to adapt to different conditions, challenges and requirements and to expand their skills. Interdisciplinary skills include personal, social and methodological skills.
- Inner Development for outer transformation - IDGs for SDGs
- Thursdays, 11.30 - 13:00 Uhr
- Registration and information: melanie.minderjahn@traces.uni-stuttgart.de
Further offers for students to expand their skillset can be found at the University of Stuttgart here:
- Interdisciplinary Key Competencies (FÜSQ)
- Design Factory Stuttgart at ARENA 2036, a platform for design thinking, open innovation, various learning formats and other methods:
- Disciplinary and partly interdisciplinary further education program of the Studium Generale at the University of Stuttgart
Events as part of the Career Service
Photo: Career Service
Job application knowledge
Before you start looking for job adverts, you should first clarify your goals, wishes and personal profile . This is not just about professional knowledge and qualifications, but also about personality, interests, experience and commitment. This is why every application phase begins with career orientation.
Photo: stockfootage
Career paths - business, science and start-ups
In order to be able to make a good career decision regarding "business, science or self-employment", you need a good information base, time for reflection and also advice. You should systematically examine career-related and personal aspects for this decision and work out the criteria that are relevant to your decision. Your values, motivations, life expectations and life situation play just as important a role as your skills profile, your qualifications and the requirements of the new job.
Also reflect on which pull and push factors you have within you. What are your wishes and what are the wishes of those around you? Is one path simply easier, more practical and currently safer?
Photo: Stockfootage
Jobtalk
Alumnae and alumni report from the real world and show the areas in which students with the same degree could work. Here you can gain insights into various fields of activity, careers and valuable tips for starting a career.
- https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/studium/bachelor/
You can find "Perspectives Master & Job" sorted by degree programs at the University of Stuttgart here.
Photo: Screenshot Website
Jobsearch
- The official online job portal of the University of Stuttgart Stellenwerk. Here you will find job offers, internships and company profiles.
- Internships, theses and job offers, especially from small and medium-sized companies in the natural sciences and engineering, can be found on the PraktikumsInfoBörse
-
Internships specifically for students of the humanities and social sciences can be found under Studium-Praktikum-Beruf.
Further offers at the University of Stuttgart
The Deutschlandstipendium (DStip) is a merit-based scholarship in which not only a good grade counts, but also social commitment and special personal achievements are taken into account. Scholarship holders receive 300 euros per month, half from private sponsors and half from the federal government. The grant is independent of origin and income (also in addition to BAföG benefits)
The School for Talents program focuses on high-performing, curious Bachelor's and Master's students at the University of Stuttgart. The projects of the School for Talents offer both the opportunity to deepen the content of one's own discipline - projects of the faculties - as well as the space to get involved in an interdisciplinary university network as part of the annual program. The aim of the School for Talents is to inspire students at the University of Stuttgart and pupils who are interested in studying at the University of Stuttgart with enthusiasm for science at an early stage and to support them in developing their potential.
Are you having doubts about your studies and are unsure whether you want to continue?
There are many reasons for having doubts about your studies. Perhaps because the subject does not suit you after all or you had imagined studying differently? Or perhaps because you feel overwhelmed, e.g. with the performance requirements or the organization of your studies, due to learning and exam stress, stress in your personal environment, motivation or financial difficulties? The Student Counseling Center (ZSB) is the first point of contact here. In a joint discussion, student advisors will help you to find out the reasons for your doubts and advise you confidentially and open-endedly on your options for action in your individual situation.
If you have decided that you will not complete your current studies
Finishing your studies without a degree can present you with major challenges and raise many questions: What happens next? What was the reason? What can I do differently next time? The following offers can support you.
The Career Service provides you with confidential, unbiased, open-ended and independent advice after dropping out of your studies, shows you various alternatives and works out the next steps that are right for you.
If you want to study, but would like to change your subject or university, please contact the
Alternatives to studying: Many training companies are also very keen to take on students who have dropped out of university. If you are considering doing an apprenticeship, you are welcome to contact the careers advice service of the
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides a good overview of options and opportunities for dropping out of university on the website https://www.studienabbruch-und-dann.de/
The drop-out rate for Bachelor's degree courses in Germany was 28% in summer semester 2020 (see here).
Do you need psychological support?
The psychotherapeutic counseling center of the Studierendenwerk of the University of Stuttgart offers free, professional psychological counseling for students.
Contact
Christine Kispert
Head of Career Service
Melanie Minderjahn
Career Service - Inner Development, Public Relations