Team

Studies of English and German language and literature in Würzburg and Davidson, North Carolina. First examination in LA Gym in the summer of 1994. Dissertation in German Linguistics at the University of Würzburg in 1999 and afterwards student counsellor at the Central Student Advisory Office. Organisation of various major events (e.g. JUMAX university trade fair) in the Chancellor’s office. Since October 2006 she has been involved in the conception and development of the Career Centre.

Her consulting area includes the review of application documents as well as profile analysis and later professional positioning especially for students of the humanities disciplines. Here she supports graduates with information on various occupational fields for humanities scholars and regularly invites suitable experts on this topic or to the lecture series “Perspectives for Humanities Scholars”.

In 2015, she also obtained the university certificate “Writing Consultant” from the Freiburg University of Teacher Education. She consults students on the improvement of individual work and writing strategies, in particular with regard to the type of text letter of motivation for admission to a scholarship, master’s- or foreign study programme.

Since 2018, she has represented the university as a delegate of the Coimbra Working Group 'Employability' and was elected co-chair of this group in summer 2022.

Dr. Retsch authored an article in the second edition Handbuch Studienberatung about career consulting for bachelor and master students that was published in 2021. Her article does not only deal with the extensive and increasing demand for career consulting of a highly heterogeneous student community and the significance of transversal competences on the global job market but offers helful insights for future consultants.

Courses

• Perspectives for humanities scholars - workshops and lectures
• Profile building and soft skills
• Erasmus + Virtual Exchange
• Lecture series "Perspectives for humanities scholars
• Writing counselling www.schreibberatung.uni-wuerzburg.de

Steffen Eichhorn has been working at the Career Centre since October 2013. Magister studies in German linguistics with minor in business administration at the University of Würzburg. In addition to his studies, he worked for 6 years as a student assistant in IT support at the computer centre and in linguistics. After graduating with a Magister degree in 2012, he was employed at the Chair of German Linguistics as a lecture and scientific assistant at the Lower Franconian Dialect Institute.

In the project ‘DIRECT – Brücke Studium-Wirtschaft’ (2013 – 2015) he was responsible for student acquisition and support and carried out this activity in the follow-up programme ‘Karriere+ - Begleitstudium Corporate Management’ from 2015 to 2017. He is currently responsible for the Career Centre's seminar programme and the Career website, provides technical support in webinars and seminars and answers questions about the CareerLink job portal.

Sophia Ebert has been working at the Career Centre since January 2025. Her tasks include individual career counselling, application portfolio checks (German and English) and virtual exchanges. Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology at JMU, specialising in Clinical Psychology. In addition to her studies, she worked for 5 years in the psychological counselling team at ESG. After completing her systemic counselling training, she was able to acquire various methods to support solution finding, such as visualisation and imagination techniques. She adopts an empathic and client-centred approach to counselling. After completing her studies, she worked as a psychologist in orthopaedic, geriatric and psychosomatic rehabilitation clinics.