Career development

Jobs & Career Development

Job portals

Portals (Resources)

Science Careers Features
Nature Careers
Vitae (UK) is the global leader in supporting the professional development of researchers, experienced in working with institutions as they strive for research excellence, innovation and impact. Offers very useful events and professional development resources

Training

EMBL career webinars/ events
A free pocket guide about science communication by Dirk Hans, the lecturer of the DESCOM Science Communication Course for doctoral students
Nicoleta S. and Ruben Riosa share 10 tips on how to write an eye-catching CV for non-academic roles
Career Talks by the “Welcome Solutions”: video-meetings with PhDs who now successfully pursue careers in industry, as well as career experts and other professionals with interesting personal stories and insights about the job market
Webinar “From Academia to Business” (recording), German Scholars Organization

Publications/ Reports

2022: EARTO Position Paper on Current Hurdles to Mobility of Researchers
2021 Study: “Funding Programmes and Initiatives for Internationally Mobile Postdocs: Perceived Impacts on Individuals, Institutions and Society”, by Hans-Dieter Daniel, Jana Bobokova, Rüdiger Mutz, University of Zurich
2021 Report: Gender Equality in Science: Inclusion and Participation of Women in Global Science Organizations
2021 Pursuing outside career avenues is no impediment to doctoral goals (original paper by Christopher R. Madan: A cross-institutional analysis of the effects of broadening trainee professional development on research productivity)
2021 A brief primer on the PhD supervision relationship by Christopher J. Madan, European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 54, Issue 4, August 2021, Pages 5229-5234
2020 Uncertain prospects for postdoctoral researchers, by Chris Woolston, Nature
EURAXESS Career Development Handbook offers some basic principles for those of you wanting to contemplate on your career to date and to begin to formulate an ongoing career strategy
Canada: Council of Canadian Academies, 2021. “Degrees of Success”, Ottawa (ON). The Expert Panel on the Labour Market Transition of PhD Graduates, Council of Canadian Academies
“Using the Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training as a Tool for Guiding Reforms of Doctoral Education in Europe”, Report of the ERA Steering Group Human Resources and Mobility (ERA SGHRM), 2019
UK: The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (September 2019). This is an agreement between stakeholders to improve the employment and support for researchers and researcher careers in higher education in the UK