For PhDs and researchers in Germany and the EU
Turn years of research into your industry offer.
You are not underqualified. The German market cannot read your CV yet.
Built by Dr. Aleena Baby, astrophysics PhD turned Applied AI Engineer in Germany. Made by a PhD, for PhDs, in this market.
No email required. 7 questions, one diagnosis.
- Clients coached
- 0
- Avg. days to offer
- ~90
- Client rating
- 4.9/5
- Typical starting salary
- €62-85K
The questions you cannot Google your way out of.
Every cohort brings the same questions. The German market does not publish public answers to most of them. We work through yours, one at a time, until the noise drops and a path appears.
Translation, not theory
We take what you actually did in your PhD and rewrite it in language hiring managers in Germany understand.
Calibrated to Germany
German ATS, Anschreiben, Blue Card, real salary bands. Frameworks for the market you are actually applying in, not generic US advice repackaged.
Built by a PhD for PhDs
Built by an astrophysicist turned Machine Learning Engineer who made this exact transition. Every framework comes from getting it wrong first, then right, in the German market.
Until you sign
Career Bridge clients get a 90-day plan with no time cap. If you have not signed by Week 12, the programme extends until you do. No extra fee.
Sound familiar?
Why are you not getting interviews?
Your CV speaks academia.
German ATS systems scan for industry keywords, quantified outcomes, and a two-page format. A five-page academic CV with publication lists gets auto-rejected before a recruiter opens it.
Read the CV breakdown →You’re invisible to the right people.
80% of PhD-level roles in Germany are filled through direct outreach, not Stellenanzeigen. If your only strategy is portals, you’re competing for the remaining fifth, where every other PhD is also applying.
Where to actually look →You’re applying to the wrong roles.
Most PhDs target “Data Scientist” because it’s familiar. Your research maps to roles you’ve never heard of (Applied Scientist, ML Engineer, Quantitative Analyst), with less competition and higher salaries.
Which companies hire PhDs →Your answers speak research.
When a hiring manager asks “tell me about a project,” they want business impact, not methodology. Translating “I published in Nature” into “I reduced processing time by 40%” is not obvious, but it’s learnable.
Interview prep guide →Find your bottleneck in 3 minutes.
Seven questions. One specific diagnosis. The diagnostic tells you which of the four is actually holding you back, and what to fix first.
One targeted application is worth eight blind ones.
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Four AI tools that translate your research for you.
Built for STEM PhDs in Europe. Four credits on signup, no credit card.
CV Bullet Translator
Rewrites a research bullet into an industry impact line.
Resume to Job Fit Checker
Scores your CV against a real job ad and names the gaps.
Interview Story Builder
Turns one project into an answer a hiring manager wants.
Direction Finder
Maps your research to the roles you are competitive for.
Dr. Aleena Baby
From fully funded European PhDs to AI and ML roles in Germany. I help researchers win both transitions strategically.
- Founder
- Dr. Aleena Baby, PhD in Computational Astrophysics from the University of Cologne, now an Applied AI Engineer in Germany
- Markets served
- Germany and the DACH region, plus the Netherlands, Sweden and France
- Free entry point
- 3-minute diagnostic and four AI tools, no email or credit card required