Social and Behavioural Sciences

Location LEIDEN

Career counselors:
Sophie Blok - Career counsellor
Eva van der Meer - Career counsellor

For making an appointment with a career counsellor
(appointments take place at the faculty, via Microsoft Teams or phone call).

Requirements for making an appointment: 
Please check the relevant information on the LU Career Zone before making an appointment with the career counselor.
Does it involve 'application skills'? Then first adjust your CV, LinkedIn profile, cover letter based on this information before scheduling your appointment.

• Online booking form:
  You can indicate which topic you would like to discuss in the application form:
  • Study (re)choice (60 min) (a.o. doubts about your study choice, quitting your study and what then, doing a 2nd study?)
  • Master choice (45 min) (a.o. advice on choosing your master, a possible 2nd master, doing something else after the bachelor)
  • (Study) career orientation (45 min) (How to best plan your (study) career? How do I find out what suits me? How do I find a job? What do I have to offer an employer? Where do I find vacancies?) 
  • Voluntary work (45 min) (a.o. Which voluntary work suits me? Where do I find vacancies?)
  • Job application skills (30 min)(a.o. how to improve my CV, LinkedIn profile, cover letter, practice job interview).  

• For general questions and information: careerservice.socialsciences@fsw.leidenuniv.nl 
• Read more about career advice.

Location THE HAGUE

Career counsellor
Sophie Blok

For making an appointment with a career counsellor

• Via online booking form (see requirements above).
• For general questions and information: careerservice.socialsciences@fsw.leidenuniv.nl (and 071-527 3840/8025).
• Read more about career advice.

As a student (or alummus/alumna up to 1 year after graduation) of the Faculty of Social Sciences, you can participate in workshops and events offered by the Career Service FSW and also workshops offered by the central Career Services and the Career Services of other faculties.

Check the Workshop & events calendar here!

CV and LinkedIn Profile tips
Check the information on CV and/or LinkedIn profile on the LU Career Zone for useful tips and start improving your CV and LinkedIn profile yourself! 
If you still have questions afterwards, you can ask them during a CV / LinkedIn profile check at the Career Service FSW.

This CV / LinkedIn profile check can be done in the following ways:

Monthly CV/LinkedIn profile check at the Student Plaza FSW
Every month you can have your CV/LinkedIn profile checked at the Student Plaza FSW (Pieter de la Court building, Leiden). Keep an eye on the screens at the Student Plaza for the date.
Stop by and bring your resume/laptop!

CV/LinkedIn profile checks during Career Events
During larger career events there is always an opportunity to have your CV or Linkedin profile checked. 
Keep an eye on the course calendar for this!

Appointment with study/career advisor
You can, after using the above tips, have your CV and LinkedIn profile, as well as your cover letter checked by one of the FSW Career Service's study and career advisors. Make an appointment via the online appointment booking form.