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Dear CARN colleagues
Please use this thread to share resources which might be of interest and/or use to CARN members. I'll start the ball rolling by sharing this, which has been sent to me by a colleague:
Early Career Academics - Online Course
This MOOC, which is free and accessible for everyone, opens 5 March 2018 and comes recommended by Vitae.
Topics covered:
• Factors that are important when considering future career development including key drivers, strengths, interests, personality, and values and how these impact on career choice
• Experience, skills and qualifications that aid progression in an academic career and how to build relevant experience
• Common career areas researchers enter outside academic research and how to generate and research individual career ideas
• CVs for different roles and how to present experience effectively when applying for academic and non-academic jobs
• What to expect at academic and non-academic interviews, and how to prepare effectively for these
Who is the course for?
This course is for academic researchers - both postgraduate researchers (PhDs) and early career researchers (post-docs).
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/career-management
Please feel free to share.
Please use this thread to share resources which might be of interest and/or use to CARN members. I'll start the ball rolling by sharing this, which has been sent to me by a colleague:
Early Career Academics - Online Course
This MOOC, which is free and accessible for everyone, opens 5 March 2018 and comes recommended by Vitae.
Topics covered:
• Factors that are important when considering future career development including key drivers, strengths, interests, personality, and values and how these impact on career choice
• Experience, skills and qualifications that aid progression in an academic career and how to build relevant experience
• Common career areas researchers enter outside academic research and how to generate and research individual career ideas
• CVs for different roles and how to present experience effectively when applying for academic and non-academic jobs
• What to expect at academic and non-academic interviews, and how to prepare effectively for these
Who is the course for?
This course is for academic researchers - both postgraduate researchers (PhDs) and early career researchers (post-docs).
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/career-management
Please feel free to share.