What are the elements of an application process for professorships? How can you optimally prepare for the procedure? What's the best way to present your application documents? What are country-specific conventions?
- Disciplinary culture, preferences & prior international experiences of hiring committee members, and regulations at universities may all influence how your documents are perceived. So you might have to customize and adapt.
- Go for "reader-friendly" (i.e. easy for hiring committee to create synopsis of your candidacy, well-structured into thematic sections, clearly highlighting professional path, education, strengths, research focus, and additional qualifications).
- Research the unit you are applying at to see how you fit into their set-up: who can you collaborate with, what skills do you bring that are missing, how will you meet their current needs. Make it easy for those assessing your documents to see how your profile fits the role description.
For German-speaking countries:
- Conventions & guidelines can be found in "Bewerben auf Juniorprofessuren und Professuren. Strategien für die ersten Berufungsverfahren" by Mirjam Müller as well as in "Blackbox Berufung. Strategien auf dem Weg zur Professur" by Christine Färber and Ute Riedler (both in our uni library!).
- If you work at Uni Graz, use our yearly workshop with expert Dr. Margarete Hubrath or access our coaching offers! And talk to us obviously!
Find everything else out in October from Dr. Margarete Hubrath:
- Wed 23 / Thu 24 October 2024
- On two mornings, a joint workshop will take place from 9:00 to 12:30.
- In addition, all participants can take advantage of a 45-minute one-on-one consultation session to address individual questions, in the afternoons or in the months after.
- Register at kurse.uni-graz.at/postdocs
This is a yearly offer for postdoctoral researchers at the University of Graz. Dr Hubrath is also available for individual coachings via our funding for coaching sessions.