What happens after Graduation?

The first part of the semi­nar fo­cused on the start­ing point of every pro­fes­sional ca­reer: creat­ing a strong and con­vincing ap­plica­tion. Even small de­tails in a résu­mé or cover letter can de­ter­mine whether HR de­part­ments and hiring man­agers de­cide for or against a can­di­date. Be­yond for­mal as­pects, the semi­nar high­light­ed how to pre­sent one’s per­sonal­ity and moti­vation au­then­tical­ly.

The sec­ond part fo­cused on per­sonal career de­velopment. How can indi­vidual per­for­mance be ap­plied in a tar­geted way? What steps are neces­sary for pro­fes­sional growth? These ques­tions were ex­plored through prac­tical exer­cises de­signed to help the partic­ipat­ing stu­dents of the Elite Grad­uate Pro­gram “Sci­entific Com­puting” iden­tify their strengths, define their goals, and ac­tively shape their career paths.

In eve­ryday work­ing life, em­ploy­ees from dif­ferent gen­era­tions fre­quent­ly inter­act, often bring­ing to­gether di­verse atti­tudes and com­muni­cation styles. Espe­cially in stress­ful situa­tions, this can lead to mis­un­der­stand­ings and con­flicts. The final part of the semi­nar there­fore exam­ined the typi­cal char­acter­istics of each gen­era­tion and raised partic­ipants’ awareness of how to inter­act with one an­other con­struc­tively.

Text: Maximilian Bauer, Elite Graduate Program “Scientific Computing”