Our consulting services

22.03.2023 - Would you like to take a calm look at your individual professional and private situation? Develop new perspectives and skills and plan your future path? By the way: Our services are also open to parents on parental leave.

For more than 25 years, women from a wide range of backgrounds and personal backgrounds have trusted us to help them plan their career paths to achieve a better work-life balance. Our many years of experience are your advantage - as a neutral advice center, we are an established point of contact for companies, administration and labor market players.

Taking into account your individual life situation and goals, we work with you to develop suitable strategies and paths for your future career or for returning to work after a family-related career break. In addition to our free advice service, this naturally also includes our varied further training program.

Individual and free advice
(Culturally) sensitive advice on career planning for immigrant women
a varied, up-to-date range of further and advanced training courses
Information on childcare options and the compatibility of family/care and work
the chance to network with other women

We are happy to accompany and support you in your career planning.

Confidential - Individual - Free of charge

Professional reorientation : Joint development of your professional opportunities and prospects
Support in developing a positive professional self-image
Support with applications, job interviews and salary negotiations
Information on further training and qualification offers
Organizing parental leave and returning to work
Support in the search for suitable childcare options
Information on reconciling care and work
Act as a guide to other advice centers, educational and labor market actors
Support in the search for internships and apprenticeships

Tips for a successful consultation

Please let us know whether you would like to be advised in person at our premises at Vahrenwalder Str. 7 30165 Hanover or by online video call via Webex.

You can ensure an optimal process by sending us an e-mail to frauundberuf@region-hannover.de with the following information:

Briefly tell us the reason for the consultation.
Let us know whether you would like a consultation appointment in person or via online video call.
Let us know whether you would like to print out the monitoring form (see below) yourself and send it to us or have it sent to you (please state your address)
Please attach a current curriculum vitae to the e-mail.

Monitoring sheet

Our services are publicly funded by the project sponsors, the state of Lower Saxony and the EU. In order to fulfill our obligation to provide evidence, we require a completed questionnaire with your personal data.

You can also download this below in plain language and bring it with you to the appointment.
Alternatively, we will send you the form in a stamped envelope after the appointment so that you can return it to us free of charge.

Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing you!

Women and work monitoring sheet for download

Monitoringborgen Frau und Beruf - easy language - for download

Our additional offers

Application portfolio check

Would you like feedback and tips on your CV and cover letter? Do you need ideas for optimizing the technical aspects or content of your documents? Send us an e-mail to frauundberuf@region-hannover.de and we will arrange an appointment with you to discuss your application.

Personal coaching

If it becomes clear during an initial consultation that you may need support with a specific issue in a coaching session lasting several hours, we will put you in touch with our trained coaches. This service is free of charge for you.

Quarterly "Welcome Back" network meetings

For us, personal networking is the key to professional self-realization. For this reason, we offer a quarterly evening network meeting for former seminar participants and women from the counseling sector. The welcome-back events offer a framework for personal exchange and are enriched by keynote speeches on changing topics from the spectrum of women and career.

You can find more information under the menu item " Welcome Back "

"At a time when society expects women to work as if they didn't have children and to look after their children as if they weren't working, the Ko-Stelle tackles where women* are stuck. On the one hand, it offers an appreciative and encouraging environment and, on the other, concrete tools to further their education and find support. Click here for full feedback "

Johanna Prien-Kaplan

"As a mother of three children, I would now like to get back into work. A friend gave me the tip to contact the Women and Career Coordination Office in the Hanover region. During a personal consultation, I was welcomed in a friendly manner and I had the feeling that I was being listened to and taken seriously. I was given valuable tips on how to proceed as well as recommendations on the extensive range of courses offered by the Hannover Region on career prospects for women. There is something for every situation and every age when it comes to re-entry or professional reorientation. A good start to new perspectives."

"I came to Hanover five years ago as part of the family reunification program from Syria.
Hanover five years ago. The youngest of my three sons is three years old. Since
Since he recently got a kindergarten place, I turned to the advice center for support in finding a suitable employment or training opportunity for me.
suitable employment or training opportunities for me.
for me. Thanks to the help of Ms. Marinova, I am now starting a seven-month training course as a care assistant in March. I am very happy and can only recommend the advice center!"

Heba Ma

"My goal is to work as a freelance coach - on a part-time basis. The idea was to start as a successor to an existing coaching company.
In a personal and detailed Zoom meeting, we weighed up various options and found a viable solution for me. I was also put in touch with a really great tax consultant who was able to answer any further questions I had about the specific procedure. Packed with important information and impulses, I have now set off - at my own pace :-)
Thank you very much for that!"

Alexandra R.

"I asked you for advice on the subject of salary/salary increase. I wanted to know whether my salary at the time was appropriate or whether I could ask my employer for a pay rise with good reason. It was great that I got an appointment for a free consultation very quickly and easily. The consultation helped me a lot. My questions were answered precisely and well-founded, so that I was able to address the issue confidently at my workplace. Thank you very much for that!"

Anne Katrin Buchholz

"I contacted the Women and Work Coordination Office because I wanted to find out about my career prospects as someone who immigrated to Hanover from the USA and as a mother who wants to return to work after almost 3 years.
I was forwarded jobs that I was very interested in and applied for. I was also recommended 3 internationally networked companies, to which I uploaded an unsolicited application.
Finally, I was also given advice about the upcoming interview and recommended sources where I can do further research in greater detail. I am very happy to have contacted Frau und Beruf! "

"I contacted you with questions about returning to work after parental leave while simultaneously reorienting myself (from academia to practice) and did not have a specific goal at the time. As a coordination office, you literally helped me with coordination and referred me to the Federal Employment Agency and the "New Perspectives for Highly Qualified People" program. Apart from the somewhat off-putting title for me, participating in the program helped me take an important step forward. Thank you for that!"