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Analysis

Do you find yourself asking questions like “Which career options do I have after graduation?”, “How can I find out which field of activity suits me best?”, or “What am I best suited to?”?

Any serious job hunt and career plan starts with self-reflection:

  • “What am I particularly good at?”
  • “When do I feel really motivated by something?”
  • “What arouses my interest?”.

A comprehensive analysis helps you to achieve clarity on your skills, interests, and motivation and to identify potential fields of activity that will facilitate your entry into your profession.

Begin by exploring your career resources, find out what you like doing, what drives you, and what you do well.

Follow this up by researching and evaluating relevant fields of activity and employers. The aim is to find the job in which you can best apply your resources and where you are motivated to work.

Our guide is designed to help you in this process.

We would also like to invite you to complete the UZH Career Profiler. You can use this tool to work out your interests, skills and values and see how other UZH students have positioned themselves using graphical representations (you should allow approx. 25 minutes to complete the UZH Career Profiler). We are happy to discuss the results of the profiler with us during a career counseling session.  

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Finding your Dream Job

The secret to finding your dream job lies in first finding yourself.
                         Richard Nelson Bolles

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Self-Assessment: AI Hacks

Even if it may seem paradoxical at first to reflect on one’s own competencies, interests, and values with the help of AI, a digital counterpart can still provide valuable impulses.

Below are some ideas and tips for your prompts:

• Give clear and specific instructions, for example:

“Please help me create a comprehensive self-assessment of my personal interests, values, and competencies. The goal is to derive my individual career path after completing mystudies based on the results. I would like the evaluation to be presented as a written report / a tabular overview / a conversation with the AI acting as a career coach.”

• Keep in mind that questions and results become more concrete when you providebackground information about yourself, for example:

“For the self-assessment, please also use the following background information:

• Studies: Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Zurich (UZH), with a focuson analytical chemistry

• Professional experience: Work at the Chair of Chemistry (including support of studentlab courses, social media, and the institute’s website), practical work in the servicesector, several years of experience as a private tutor for chemistry, mathematics, physics, and English, offering guided tours at the Natural History Museum

• Engagement: Active member of the student association (organization of career eventsand one academic conference), UZH Buddy for first-semester chemistry students, student representative at Una Europa

• Personal interests: Multi-day hiking tours (Alpine Club), road cycling”