Career counseling

Clausthal University of Technology's Alumni Management offers a kind of "short mentoring" program.

Students and alumni (former students of Clausthal University of Technology) should come into contact with each other through the program.

The aim is to transfer knowledge and pass on experience to prospective career starters and junior staff. Students are given the opportunity to find out more about the professional career of an alumna or alumnus of Clausthal University of Technology in order to develop a concrete idea for their own career and the associated decisions.

In this way, alumni of Clausthal University of Technology get to know interested young professionals for their company as well as for open positions or internships.

The program is aimed at students who are already interested in a professional field alongside their studies and would like to gain an insight into it or are looking for an internship or would like to gain inspiration for their studies.

Numerous Clausthal University of Technology alumni have already volunteered for the program, and other alumni who would like to become mentors are invited to contact Alumni Management.

Clausthal University of Technology's Alumni Management offers a job shadowing program: a kind of "brief mentoring" and "looking over the shoulder".

Students and alumni, i.e. former students of Clausthal University of Technology, should come into contact with each other through the program
The aim is to transfer knowledge and pass on experience to prospective career starters and junior staff. In this way, alumni get to know interesting applicants for open positions or internships in their company.

The program is aimed at students who are already interested in a professional field alongside their studies and would like to gain an insight into it or are looking for an internship.
Over the course of one or two days, a student looks over the shoulder of an alumna or alumnus of Clausthal University of Technology to gain an initial impression of the desired career profile and an insight into typical work processes. The program is designed to help students find out about prospects in their chosen field at an early stage, make initial contact with potential employers or find a longer-term internship. It is designed to make it easier to enter the world of work.

Who can take part?

"Meet for a Coffee" is a type of "speed mentoring" that takes place in an informal atmosphere and within a limited period of time.

Over a cup of coffee, students are given the opportunity to learn more about the professional career of an alumna or alumnus of Clausthal University of Technology in order to develop a concrete idea for their own career and the associated decisions.

The aim here is also to transfer knowledge and pass on experience to prospective career starters. In this way, alumni get to know interesting young professionals for their company.

Are you an alumna or alumnus of Clausthal University of Technology and interested in becoming a mentor or are you a student at Clausthal University of Technology and interested in a professional exchange with an alumna or alumnus at a "Meet for a Coffee"? Then please use the respective online forms for students or the form for alumni/mentors or send a non-binding request to: alumni@tu-clausthal.de

If required, Alumni Management would also develop a longer, moderated mentoring program that brings students together with a specialist (mentor) from academia and industry shortly before graduation. However, such a mentoring program follows strict rules, is time-consuming and would extend over a period of several years.
In any case, the mentors must be members of the Clausthal University of Technology alumni network and the students must be enrolled at Clausthal University of Technology.