Competence training in the Career Service

We pursue these goals for students at Fachhochschule Dortmund:

• We offer a wide range of skills training courses in the areas of social, personal and methodological skills.
• You can develop your individual skills and hone your personality profile.
• Participation is generally on a voluntary basis.
• You will receive support for your employability through a wide range of training courses in job-related skills.
• All skills training courses are deliberately offered on an interdisciplinary basis in order to bring students from different faculties together, to familiarize students with the working methods and approaches in the various disciplines and to prepare them for working in multidisciplinary teams.

We pursue these goals for students at Fachhochschule Dortmund:

• A wide range of interdisciplinary skills training courses are available to you.
• You can develop your individual skills and hone your personality profile
• Participation is usually on a voluntary basis
• You will receive support in developing your employability by acquiring knowledge about working methods, ways of thinking and approaches and specialist cultures outside your field of study, as well as the opportunity to take a look beyond your own nose.
• At the same time, it prepares them for working in multidisciplinary teams.
• They are sensitized to the responsibility of the individual in a global context.

We pursue these goals for students at Fachhochschule Dortmund:

• We offer a wide range of foreign language courses with a very large selection of different, even "exotic" languages and the best possible differentiation in levels (depending on previous knowledge).
• Due to the flexibility of the course structure (courses during the semester, space quota in the open course offer of the Auslandsgesellschaft gGmbH), you can choose the period that suits you best for a language course. This offer at the Auslandsgesellschaft is available free of charge as part of a quota.
• You will have the opportunity to prepare for internationally recognized certificate language tests, which can also be taken at the Auslandsgesellschaft gGmbH (the examination fees are paid by the students themselves).

We pursue these goals for students at Fachhochschule Dortmund:

• They have access to a comprehensive range of training courses on the professional use of Office applications and CAD programs (specific, professionally relevant software that is used across all departments).
• You will have the opportunity to acquire the ICDL Workforce Base, the ICDL Workforce and the IT Professional modules Databases and Project Planning (after successfully passing the corresponding module examinations).
• In addition, a qualified certificate of attendance can be issued by the Career Service for participation in all courses.
• The courses offered are developed further according to demand (course evaluations are carried out every semester).

We pursue these goals for students at Fachhochschule Dortmund:

• They are sensitized to the topic of "career prospects" and prepared for the application phase or for the transition into professional life.
• They have access to a comprehensive skills training program to acquire the "tools of the trade for job searches and applications".

We pursue these goals for students at Fachhochschule Dortmund:

• During their studies, they can find out about possible future career fields and activities. This allows you to clarify your own preferences up to the application phase so that you can make a targeted selection of suitable job offers.
• You gain transparency about the job market relevant to your field of study and your own plans.
• Graduates increase the quality of their applications and thus improve their chances of getting a job.

The Writing Center is the place to go if students have questions about academic writing. Whether in individual consultations, in group courses or with e-learning offers - we support and accompany you with your writing project (essay, term paper, thesis, etc.)!

For example, we can help with questions on the following topics:

• Developing a research question
• Academic writing style
• Tips for writing problems
• Text structure/outline
• Sources/citation
• Evaluation of sources
• Planning the writing project
• ...