Researcher careers
Our careers pages are tailored to researchers. For those who want to pursue an academic career and those who want to use their skills elsewhere. For inspiration or advice.
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Pursuing an academic career
Advice for researchers who have decided to pursue a career in academia
Creating an effective an academic CV
Researcher career stories
Be inspired by over 100 narratives from individual researchers.
Stories offer insight into the lives and career decisions of contributors.
What do researchers do?
Our series of publications exploring the destinations and career paths of doctoral graduates and how they contribute to society, culture and economy.
Latest:
What do researchers do? Early career progression of doctoral graduates (2013) looks at trends in employment for doctoral graduates three years on from their graduation. Highlights the value of doctoral study to researchers, employers and society.
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Content under development for this section includes:
After your doctorate: career options, research v non-research careers, working overseas, using labour market information
What next for research staff
Doctoral careers outside HE: what employers look for, work experience during your research
Career management for researchers: values and goals, improving your employment opportunities, creating effective CVs
Professional development
The RDF Planner is an easy to use online application based on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework
Example titles from our quick tips series:
Example CVs
Eighteen fictional CVs based on real researchers. Our example CVs are written in a range of styles appropriate to different career goals: academic CVs, chronological CVs, competence-based CVs.
Browse a list of Vitae example CVs