Career development in Austria

Austrian Career Service Centres

The Austrian Career Service Centeres offer transferable skills training and activities to broaden your career perspective.

Career Services Austria (in German only) is the umbrella organisation of nine career planning and advising units at Austrian universities. Here you will find the members.

Further Career Service Centres at Austrian universities:

• Career Center of the University of Salzburg (in German only)
• Career Service Centre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG) (in German only)
• Alumni Club of the Danube University Krems (mainly in German)

Career service in the field of Life Sciences can be found on life-science.eu (in German only).

LBG Career Center | Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft

The LBG Career Center is the first point of contact for all questions concerning career development in and outside of academia pre- and post-docs as well as institute directors may have (the latter as the former’s supervisors). It is the responsibility of the LBG Career Center to provide confidential advice and accompany its young researchers in the selection and implementation of individual services and to develop concepts as well as organize institutional services. It also implements quality assurance measures and networks with the relevant community in science, business & Co.

Activities of the LBG Career Center comprise services that are either available on the individual level (e.g. Potential Analysis, Coaching, Career Consulting, Start-Up Advice) or on the institutional level (e.g. Career Workshops, Expert Talks, Skills Trainings, Internships), aiming at fostering both, the further development of the individual and of the LBG organization overall (see Services Overview and Services Description).

Career_Mentoring III for Women Scientists

In 2017, the universities in Krems, Linz, and Salzburg began a new and jointly revised career development program for women scientists and academics based on the Mentoring III and karriere_links programs.

Participating mentees receive assistance and support to strengthen their career development plans by attending mentoring sessions and individual coaching sessions as well as seminars designed for doctoral and post-doctoral candidates. A joint program offers space to exchange ideas in various subject areas, career stages, and strengthens interuniversity networks.

The program aims increase the proportion of women in leading academic/scientific positions. The career development program has been designed to offer participating women scientists and academics opportunities to help advance their academic careers.

Shape your career - Programm zur Karrierebegleitung (Folder)

The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) offers a programme for career guidance for young scientists. In a pilot phase, seminars on career orientation for doctoral candidates and formats for career planning for postdocs will be available. The Career Advancement Program is generally available to all academic employees according to their career profile. It offers various formats for professional orientation, career counselling, networking and transferable skills.

EMTRAIN

The European Medicines Research Training Network (EMTRAIN) establishes a sustainable, pan-European platform for education and training (E&T) covering the whole life-cycle of medicines research, from basic science through clinical development to pharmacovigilance.