Career clarification and development
All employees can benefit from a career dialogue with their manager. Especially for researchers in temporary positions, AU offers a clarification dialogue — both for those who will remain at AU and for those who will continue their career at another university or in a different industry.
Career clarification: a local dialogue
As an employee, you naturally have the primary responsibility for your own career development. However, AU wishes to support you in your clarification with a career development dialogue.
For technical and administrative staff and researchers in permanent positions, the career dialogue is offered according to local agreement. But for postdocs, the dialougue must take place as early in the employment as possible, and for PhD students, career perspectives are made visible in the latter half of the PhD-process.
For inspiration, you can use a guide for the career dialogue: classic or visual.
Career development: local framework
Each faculty offers different frameworks to support employees' career development.
You can learn more about career development at Nat and Health.
For inspiration, you can look into local resources and consult AU Career PhD & JR.
Career development at Aarhus University is more than just taking the next step up the career ladder. In our understanding, career development is a process where you, as an employee, continuously consider what your next career move should be and how it can be achieved.
As an employee, you have the primary responsibility for your own career development and must be deliberate and proactive in relation to identifying development opportunities.
Managers and supervisors have the task of ensuring that employees succeed and thrive – and a motivation to develop both in and out of the job can be to receive guidance on career opportunities and limitations.
