Career planning
Career plans
Download our Career Planning Model (PDF, 83 KB) for an overview of the process of making a career decision.
The Haven't a clue section of our website has some useful general advice for working out what you want to do.
The Vitae careers section has advice on careers planning specifically for researchers.
Who am I? Strengths? Skills audit?
Before leaping straight into a job search, it is important to think about what you really want out of a job and a career.
By reflecting on your past and current experiences you gain insight into your personality, interests and motivations, and can begin to identify the criteria which are important for you in a job and how work relates to the rest of your life.
If you have decided the career you would like to follow it is good to assess how well matched your skills are to your choice.
For further help with developing self knowledge and assessing your career criteria here are some options to explore:
- software guidance tools
- chat with a careers adviser
- go to a career planning event
- use the information centre
types of work/ researching what's out there
There are so many career options a postgraduate can follow, it is good to do your research to find which is the right one for you.
There are many ways of exploring the options:
