Guidance interviews
Individual guidance interviews with Clare Jones can be booked by calling the Careers and Employability Service Reception on ext 13680.
Guidance interviews are confidential and offer an opportunity to:
Interviews last for approximately 45 minutes and are available at various times throughout the week.
Guidance Interviews are normally held in a private office within the Careers and Employability Service. They can, when requested by the client, be held at their place of work if this is more convenient. In this situation it may not be possible to guarantee complete confidentiality.
Staff nearing the end of their contracts may also continue to use the guidance service for six months after the final date of their contract of employment with the University.
Career management workshops
Workshops for research staff are held at Careers and Employability Service and at the Graduate Centres. Topics covered include general career management skills and approaches, academic and non academic CV preparation, and interview skills. These workshops can also be offered to specific research groups or research staff networks across the University.
Books
The Careers and Employability Service has a resource section for researchers containing general career planning books, academic career handbooks, an example academic CV file and hard copies of a number of reports and surveys on the career paths of researchers.
The Careers and Employability Service is located on Level D West, Portland Building on University Park.
Example resources:
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How to Get a Job You’ll Love – John Lees
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The Academic Career Handbook - Blaxter, Hughes and Tight
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Doctoral Futures – Career Destinations of Arts and Humanities Research Students
Vitae
Formerly UK GRAD, Vitae supports the career development of research staff and postgraduate research students. Through Vitae's website you can access statistics on the career destinations of researchers and read individual career stories, as well as a number of surveys and reports and other careers resources.
Vitae also run a number of regional and national careers events for researchers - further information on these can be found on the Events pages of the website.