Career guidance programme

From the seminar room to the job interview

The fact is: working is more than earning money. After all, your job accounts for a large part of your life and therefore also your quality of life. Work is part of your own mindset and your job reflects this. Why should we settle for less? We want more ...

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Take off in Brandenburg!

The state of Brandenburg offers excellent conditions for a good work-life balance: nature, culture and a good infrastructure allow any lifestyle to flourish. Progressive working time models, cosmopolitanism, sustainability and proximity to the metropolis of Berlin turn Brandenburg into an attractive place to work, which attracts the start-up scene for good reason. So it's worth it: Work@Heart4Brandenburg!

Work@Heart is a combination of different modules, most of which can be used independently of each other and at any point during the degree programme. Students can only apply for the certificate programme from the 3rd semester onwards.

Work@Heart is therefore suitable for all those who want to analyse their study and job goals and become a professional part of Brandenburg.

Planning tool for career entry

Work@Heart can do more than just recommend and mediate. The programme offers participants special advisory and qualification services – from the first to the last semester.

The three components "career advice and planning, certificate programme and the accompanying event concept" are geared towards individual requirements and life circumstances. This also enables students with families or English-speaking students, for example, to take part in the programme. It is possible to join the programme at any time, up to a maximum of 1 year after graduation. Only the certificate programme is limited to participation from the 3rd semester and for a period of one year.

Focus on the essentials

Students who need space for stress-free and undisturbed work have work and meeting places or co-working spaces available in the Entrepreneurship & Management Lab on campus and in the computer centre. If you are interested, simply send an email to 360gradzukunft@fh-potsdam.de

Certificate programme – More Skills 4 Better Jobs

Structure and procedure of the certificate programme
Job qualification next level: The Work@Heart certificate programme increases students' chances of successfully starting a career - flexibly, sustainably and parallel to their studies.
Over two semesters, participants gain deeper insights into their respective professional field, attend customised workshops and build a lasting network. There is a choice of three specialisations to suit their job aspirations and offer the following benefits:
Valuable contacts to companies in Brandenburg
Career talks and job shadowing with self-initiated organisation
Coaching, workshops and lectures on career-related questions and mindset topics
A limited number of participants (maximum 15 people) for an intensive learning experience and an intimate atmosphere
Meaningful proof in the form of a certificate of participation from Potsdam University of Applied Sciences for your application documents
Perspectives on sustainability

As part of three workshops, the participants will take an interdisciplinary look at current and future sustainability issues and learn how to design their own measures for sustainable working in a company.

1st workshop "Sustainability as a social challenge" in cooperation with the Virtual Academy for Sustainability of the University of Bremen

The concepts and dimensions of sustainable development and examples of implementation in politics and practice

2nd workshop "Sustainable Management" organised by the Start-up and Management Qualification Unit (ZEGM)

Sustainable behaviour of companies and instruments for sustainable resource management

3rd workshop "Education for Sustainable Development" (ESD) from the Social and Educational Sciences Department

Empowering people to think and act sustainably and enabling successful ESD in a business environment
Digital transformation

The "Digital Transformation" workshop series enables participants to actively shape the digital development and reorganisation of companies in order to make them future-proof.

1st workshop "Data Science and Digital Literacy" from the Department of Information Sciences

Professional handling of digital media, basics of data collection, methods and processes of data utilisation

2nd workshop "Digital Management" organised by the Start-up and Management Qualification Unit (ZEGM)

Successful organisation of digital change in companies as well as concepts, approaches and methods (e.g. agile project management) for operational development

3rd workshop "Digital law and data protection" with external experts

Basics of GDPR, information and IT security, legal implications of digital change in a company and orientation for concrete implementation measures in practice
Internationalisation & intercultural competence

The programme qualifies participants for internationally oriented companies in Brandenburg, for cooperation in international projects or intercultural teams in Germany and abroad.

1st workshop "Intercultural Competence" from the International Office

Action and conflict resolution skills as well as tools for discrimination-sensitive communication

2nd workshop "Dimensions of internationalisation in business" presented by ZEGM

Measurability of the degree of internationalisation of companies and profitable use of economic and cultural characteristics

3. compulsory part with options

Study-related stay abroad (min. 4 weeks) with creditable study visits, internships or specialised excursions

Language course (at least 30 teaching units): e.g. at the adult education centre in the Bildungsforum (VHS) Potsdam/at the FHP

Job Shadowing – Einblicke in den zukünftigen Arbeitsalltag

Beim Job Shadowing erhalten Studierende einen Tag lang spannende Einblicke in ihr mögliches zukünftiges Berufsfeld. Dafür öffnen Einrichtungen oder Unternehmen ihre Türen und ermöglichen ein Reinschnuppern in verschiedene Bereiche bzw. Abteilungen. Das kann am Ende sehr aufschlussreich für die eigene berufliche Orientierung sein und Chancen zu weiterführenden Praktika oder gar mögliche Jobperspektiven für die Zukunft eröffnen.