Leiden University Career Zone

Science

Science Career Service offers advice on questions about career orientation, internships, job application skills, doubts about your study programme or choosing your master degree.

Career advisors Science Career Service

Science Career Service staff

Dewi Schmidt

What does Science Career Service offer?

Workshops & Events (online and on campus)
Individual guidance (on location/online/by telephone)
Review of your CV, cover letter or LinkedIn profile
Open consultation hour by telephone on Thursdays

Science Career Service's support

Workshops & Events

As a student of the Science faculty, you are welcome to join workshops offered by Science Career Services, such as:

CV & Cover Letter
LinkedIn
Job Interview
Prepare Yourself for the Bio Science Park Excursion
Prepare Yourself for the Bètabanenmarkt
Career College: Working in Research
Career College: Working in Education
Career College: Working as a Data Scientist
Career College: Working as a Consultant

You also have access to workshops provided by the central Career Services, and the Career Services of other faculties.

Click here for the Workshops & Events calendar.

CV/cover letter/LinkedIn profile review by e-mail

For written feedback on your CV, cover letter, or LinkedIn profile, send an email and attached (Word) document, or the link to your LinkedIn profile, to career@science.leidenuniv.nl. Please include “CV/cover letter/LinkedIn review” in the subject.
Note that this written feedback will be based on the information you have provided in your CV or letter.
If you would like to find out which other experiences and skills you could potentially include to your documents, please schedule a meeting with a Career Advisor.

Open Consultation Hour

On Thursdays between 12:30 – 13:30 hrs., you can reach us by phone (+31 (0)71 527 1867) for short questions, e.g. about your CV, motivation letter, LinkedIn, or job application.

You can book your appointment (30 minutes) with one of the Career Advisors via the online calendar. The calendar shows available timeslots in the coming 4 weeks. You can choose between an appointment on campus, or a conversation online/by telephone. If you do not have a preference, consider having look at both appointment types to see more available time slots.

In the meeting with the Career advisor you can discuss matters such as:

Planning and preparing for your future career (e.g. side jobs, internships, extracurricular activities)
Doubts about your current study programme
Choosing your Master degree programme
Your personal profile (what do you know, what are you good at, what do you want?)
Researching which jobs and employers could be a good match for you
Building your professional network
Where to find information about jobs and potential employers
Discussing your results of career, competency and personality tests
Reviewing your CV or cover letter
Improving your LinkedIn profile
Preparing for and practicing job interviews