The 'Employability lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework for careers outside of academia' is a new publication by Vitae, which highlights the transferable skills typically developed by researchers that are most frequently desired by employers. This employability lens enables employers to consider a pool of experienced professionals, and the technical expertise and high level skills they can bring to an organisation.
‘It took me a while to realise the call for my PhD wasn't just the technical knowledge that I picked up, but it was also the transferable skills which you don't really see at the time...’
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, Space Scientist
The employability lens can help researchers to:
- understand the key knowledge, behaviours and attributes typically developed during their research
- identify skills that might be of interest to employers
- provide evidence of the transferability of their skills in their CV, in job applications and at interviews
Vitae welcomes enquires about the Vitae Researcher Development Framework. If you have any comments or require further information about the Vitae Researcher Development Framework, please contact: rdf@vitae.ac.uk