Career Service
Not sure what your next step is in choosing your studies or planning your career? Science Career Service is here to help, from making study choices to career orientation and preparing for the labour market.
Where to start?
Explore your personal profile
Not sure which study or career path suits you? Want to get a clearer picture of your current profile and the direction you’d like to take? Start here:
LU Careerzone: take tests to get more insight into your personality, work values and matching careers. Thereby you can find more information on study (re)orientation, choosing a Master's degree programme, other options with a Bachelor's degree or explore career prospects for your study programme.
Science Skills Platform: store your test scores from the LU Career zone tests in the Personal and professional development module. In this module on the Science Skills Platform, you can create your current and desired skill profile and design your development plan.
Workshops/Events: follow one of these workshops/colleges: Study (re)choice - What really motivates me? - How to find a job that suits me? - Career Colleges with alumni panels (Research, Education, Consultancy, Data Science).
Other online resources: visit Studiekeuze123.nl or LinkedIn to explore studies and professions.
Build your skills
Do you want to improve your employability and application skills and go into the labour market with confidence? Start here:
LU Careerzone: here you can learn more about training your transferable/employability skills, application skills and other skills.
Workshops/events: follow one of the skills workshops you can find in the workshops & courses agenda to boost your transferable skills.
Science Skills Platform: during your courses and assignment you can already start with (further) developing your transferable skills, such as project management skills, writing skills, presentation skills and much more with the Science Skills Platform. This will help you to start with more confidence on your first job.
Present yourself: Pitch, CV, Letter, LinkedIn and Job Interview
How can you put your best self forward? Start here:
LU Careerzone: find tips and templates for your: CV, LinkedIn profile, cover letter, job interview, assessment, or elevator Pitch.
Get your CV or profile checked: request a CV, LinkedIn or application letter check by email (career@science.leidenuniv.nl)
Workshops/events follow one of these workshops: Networking, Job interview, CV & Cover letter or LinkedIn.
Balance study, life & career
Do you experience career stress? Or do you want to know how to maintain your work/life balance? Start here:
LU Careerzone: find tips for career stress.
Science Skills Platform: follow these modules on this platform to learn how to: Schedule your study time and/or Manage your energy and stress. Or visit the Well-being support page for a list of contact persons and other support for your well-being.
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