I quit my PhD
There are many reasons why an employment relationship can become unproductive. That’s why
you don’t have to hide bumpy spots in your resume.
Just describe what you did, why you took certain decisions and what you learned from it.
Careers
Competition and collaboration
In the inner circle, I have to be careful not to blunder out all my secrets, because that’s where the competition is. The second circle has an interesting group of people to offer: our cooperation partners.
Jobs in industry quality management
Dry paperwork or an exciting field at the interface between law and science? This you need to decide for yourself before making a decision. And if you decide for it, you´ll have the delicate task to find the balance between strict rules and the requirements of a lively work environment every day.
The self-employed scientist
Founding a company, especially as a natural scientist, sounds as desirable and realistic like climbing the Mount Everest: fantastic! But after all also a little fanciful.
Am I a loser
“You are not a loser, you are a starter,” I calm her down. Starters are impulsive, creative people who constantly come up with ideas, but show little interest in completing a task. “Boring, nothing new”, an inner voice seems to tell them. Starters are by no means losers, they just need to find the right environment to be productive – or they create it themselves often enough due to their personality.
The internet doesn’t forget
Modern communication and self-marketing need to be used deliberately and with common sense.