Job search as a spiritual scientist: From the ivory tower to the economy

Many humanities scholars have Eyes of Society nothing decent studied. It is precisely they who lead to a positive change Working world can contribute.

Child, study “something decent”

After I graduated from high school, the whole thing suited me Welt open and I decided, of all things, to study German. I had been warned about this. everyone in mine Family had “something decent”—an apprenticeship. And I wanted to study something that in the years that followed brought me this question at every flat share party with new people: “Germa.. what? So German? What can you do with it later?"

In the first semester I counted my googleBackground on: “I can do a lot with it, for example…” And then in the second: “Journalism and such. Or the media.” In the third, it was just a tired shrug that remained. No prospects, clueless, useless - that's how I felt. At the Uni you didn't get on the jobEveryday life prepared. "Too many possibilities, they can't all be covered, why don't you do an internship," was all that was said.

Get out of the ivory tower, into the economy

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Out of the ivory tower and into the Economy. A matter of course for every other course of study, as a humanities scholar probably THE hurdle of the course par excellence: with Goethe and Schiller, medieval language skills and the Nibelungenlied at the end one Job attain, somehow Money zu to earn, without Professor to want to be.

For me, the personal low point was reached after my basic studies: surrender halfway. And to be Generation Y: Those who, in the eyes of the older generations, can't do anything right or want to do it properly and who actually don't want to work. Conceivably good conditions for total lack of perspective.

First internships

During this phase, a friend brought me to my first internship at a company Online-Newspaper. The professional field of journalism was not unknown to me and I even had it in the Diddl friends book that I would like to be an “author” one day (but only if I didn’t become a witch), but the curse hit me relatively early on the "low self-confidence of the humanities scholars", which is why I didn't dare to simply put all my theoretical knowledge into practice and go somewhere apply.

You have to know that an engineer or a business student knows relatively early, if not before studying, what he can "start with later". Professionally oriented studies, aligned to the job market and funded by the state (MINT) on demand.

If clear perspectives are missing

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As a humanities scholar, you tend to study out of passion or interest and there are hardly any pre-employment seminars or information events... Even these Job Search on the net turns out to be difficult because there are simply no jobs advertised only for classicists, Romanists or cultural scientists. In any case, the internship in this young online editorial office was incredibly instructive and exciting for me. These weeks got the ball rolling and motivated me for the rest of my studies, which is why I also gained experience on television and in another online portal.

Now I know exactly where I want to go. I would like to do a traineeship, whether online, on television, on the radio or in the classic way with a print magazine. The PR area also fascinates me and if someone gives me the chance, I would do it too Marketing show that as a non-business humanities scholar you have exciting and different ways of thinking to offer. I try to network well, ask around where there might be jobs, do “self-marketing” with my website and write classic and unsolicited applications.

You do not have to be a taxi driver

I am open and at the same time firmly established in my career aspirations, because now I simply clear has become that not everyone who has completed an orchid degree Professor or taxi driver needs to be. There are countless branches and branches, all depending on their own profile. This can be a curse and a blessing at the same time.

If, for example, you have few interests or, above all, you don't know how to "money them up", it becomes difficult and you face a process full of detours and self-doubt. But if you know what you can do and what you want, then a humanities degree is highly recommended. Because where else can I educate myself in such a general way and acquire and develop a personal "professional profile" that enables me to develop my actual talents and not just in a specific one Industry to work because you have unfortunately chosen the wrong course of study.

Looking to the future

If I should read this text here again in a year and stand at the cash register at the restaurant “Zum goldenen M” like I did when I was at school, I know that I should revise all the statements I made and I prefer to fast should marry rich.

But if I should read this text here again in a year and have a place in society where I can share my ideas and meinem Commitment for me or for everyone else, or at least for the wallet of my supervisor, a bit more colourful, more meaningful or even better place, then I hope that other second semester students of German studies will also read this text and become active, want to do internships or recognize their interests and talents. Stay brave and think of me on your first paycheck.

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