{"id":778,"date":"2015-03-15T04:36:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T04:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klbtrblgdb01.cloudapp.net\/blog\/?p=778"},"modified":"2020-01-03T08:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T08:22:49","slug":"why-phds-need-to-have-a-plan-b-for-their-career-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/de\/why-phds-need-to-have-a-plan-b-for-their-career-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Warum Doktoranden einen \"Plan B\" f\u00fcr ihre Karriere haben m\u00fcssen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tara-Karns_Photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1009 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tara-Karns_Photo-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tara Karns Fachexpertin\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Als ich Kolabtree zum ersten Mal entdeckte, konnte ich meine Begeisterung kaum z\u00fcgeln.  Ich habe vor kurzem promoviert und arbeite derzeit als Postdoc in einer schnelllebigen, von F\u00f6rdermitteln abh\u00e4ngigen Abteilung.  Ich liebe den t\u00e4glichen Wettlauf mit Papier und <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/find-an-expert\/subject\/grant-writing?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Post%60&amp;utm_campaign=GrantWriter\">Zuschusserstellung<\/a>Da ich aber erst vor kurzem meinen Abschluss gemacht habe, bin ich nur allzu vertraut mit \"Plan B\", d. h. damit, dass man einen Ersatzplan hat, falls der \"Plan A\" nicht aufgeht.  Ich bin immer davon ausgegangen, dass ich eine akademische Laufbahn einschlagen w\u00fcrde.<\/p>\n<p>Wie fast alle anderen Doktoranden, insbesondere in den Sozialwissenschaften, bin ich in einem akademischen Umfeld ausgebildet worden, und alles, was ich bisher kannte, waren Akademiker.  W\u00e4hrend meiner gesamten bisherigen Laufbahn habe ich mich auf eine T\u00e4tigkeit im akademischen Bereich vorbereitet.  Als Postdoktorand geh\u00f6re ich jedoch zahlreichen Gruppen an und besuche viele Seminare, die uns auf die Tatsache vorbereiten sollen, dass die meisten von uns keine Stelle in der Wissenschaft finden werden.  Das ist hart, ich wei\u00df.  Aber das ist die Realit\u00e4t unserer Karrierewege.<\/p>\n<p>Nur die Wenigen, die Gl\u00fcck haben, und es scheint, dass es Gl\u00fcck UND harte Arbeit ist, wie Doktoranden ihre Traumkarriere verwirklichen k\u00f6nnen.  Eine Karriere als Dozent ist jedoch nicht mehr so traumhaft, wie sie einmal war.  Zur Realit\u00e4t geh\u00f6rt auch, dass diejenigen, die sich um Bundesmittel bewerben, ein schwieriges Finanzierungsklima in Kauf nehmen m\u00fcssen.  Wenn man all dies in Betracht zieht, wird einem klar, dass man einen \"Plan B\" braucht, zu dem man von den Mentoren der Fakult\u00e4t ermutigt wird.  So be\u00e4ngstigend dies f\u00fcr mich auch war, so aufregend war es auch, denn ich habe entdeckt, dass ich w\u00e4hrend meiner Ausbildung viele F\u00e4higkeiten erworben habe, die sich auf viele verschiedene Karrierewege anwenden lassen, darunter <a title=\"Wissenschaftlicher Berater mit Doktortitel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/find-an-expert\/\">als Berater<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thoroughly trained in the art of logically thinking through complex problems, analyzing and assessing challenging situations, among many other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/de\/ensuring-reproducibility-in-ai-driven-research-how-freelance-experts-can-help-in-biotech-and-healthcare\/\">Forschung<\/a> skills. \u00a0However, some of the most challenging hurdles that I have encountered is determining 1) What kind of <a title=\"Berufe au\u00dferhalb des akademischen Bereichs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\">Karriere au\u00dferhalb der akademischen Welt<\/a> mit dem ich gl\u00fccklich w\u00e4re? und noch einfacher: 2) Wie w\u00fcrde meine Berufsbezeichnung tats\u00e4chlich lauten?  Etwas, das ich auf diesem Weg gelernt habe, ist jedoch, dass unabh\u00e4ngig davon, welche Art von Forschungslaufbahn ich einschlagen m\u00f6chte, die wertvollste F\u00e4higkeit, die ich w\u00e4hrend meiner Ausbildung gelernt habe, darin besteht, immer danach zu streben, ein guter Wissenschaftler zu sein.  Wenn ich also eine Karriere machen kann, bei der ich meine F\u00e4higkeiten und mein Fachwissen einsetze und dazu beitrage, gute Wissenschaft zu entwickeln und umzusetzen, dann betrachte ich meine Karriere als Gewinn - egal, ob es sich um 'Plan A' oder 'Plan B' handelt oder ob ich mich f\u00fcr 'Plan A' oder 'Plan B' entscheide oder dazu gezwungen werde.<\/p>\n<p>*Dies ist ein Gast-Blogbeitrag von Tara Karns, Postdoktorandin am University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first discovered Kolabtree, I had a hard time containing my excitement.\u00a0 I\u2019m a recent Ph.D. graduate and I\u2019m currently a postdoctoral fellow in a fast-paced, grant-driven department.\u00a0 I love the day-to-day rat race of paper and grant writing, project design and implementation, etc., but because I am a recent graduate, I\u2019m all too<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/de\/why-phds-need-to-have-a-plan-b-for-their-career-2\/\" title=\"Mehr lesen\">Mehr lesen<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[44,53,62,60,61],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.1 (Yoast SEO v20.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why PhDs need to have a &#039;Plan B&#039; 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