Gender Recruiting

Together for more equal opportunities, diversity and excellence

Gender Recruiting at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg strengthens fair and forward-looking recruitment structures in order to sustainably increase the proportion of women at all academic career stages. The focus lies on a gender-fair recruiting strategy, reducing barriers in recruitment processes and raising awareness of gender-specific differences in application behaviour.

Building on existing initiatives that promote gender equality and diversity, Gender Recruiting contributes to further developing fair and diversity-oriented framework conditions and to anchoring gender justice as an integral part of an innovative university culture.

Since 01 June 2025, Gender Recruiting has been established at OVGU as part of the statewide project FEM POWER II.

Objectives of Gender Recruiting

• Strengthen equal-opportunity conditions in recruitment and selection processes and embed gender-fair criteria.

• Make the existing diversity at OVGU more visible and further profile it as a strength in order to support excellence in research and teaching.

Key areas of focus and activities

Gender Recruiting covers various stages of the entire recruitment process – from the job advertisement to onboarding.

• Developing and implementing gender-fair job advertisements and selection procedures

• Designing and implementing a gender-sensitive recruiting strategy

• Supporting the further development of existing recruitment processes with a focus on equal opportunities and awareness of structural barriers

• Establishing structured onboarding processes, in particular for female researchers

• Promoting a respectful and diversity-oriented recruiting culture at OVGU

Support and services

Gender Recruiting in particular offers:

• Advice on gender-fair job advertisements and selection procedures

• Support in identifying target group-specific networks and suitable job portals

• Exchange on gender-specific differences in application behaviour and how to take these into account in practice

• Support in designing structured onboarding processes

If you have questions or would like advice, please contact Ivette Bartholomäus.