Career Planning for Research Bioscientists (PDF)

Author ' s note ix Acknowledgements xi 1. Introduction 1 Who is this book for? 1 The process of career planning 3 Helping you with your career planning 3 Content of the book 4 How to use this book 5 2. Planning your career 7 The importance of career planning 7 What is career planning? 8 Career planning in action 10 Conclusion 10 3. Self?]awareness 13 What is self-awareness? 13 Practical ways to analyse your 'self' and increase self-awareness 15 Conclusion 29 4. The job market 31 Career sectors 32 Examples of job advertisements 34 Analysis of job advertisements 40 Self-employment 43 Where are the jobs? 44 Conclusion 51 5. Enhancing your employability 53 The changing nature of work 53 Taking responsibility 53 Taking a proactive approach 54 Planned happenstance 55 Personal and professional development 55 Conclusion 64 6. Making applications 67 Employer perspective 67 Presenting a professional image 68 Methods of application 69 Conclusion 82 7. Successful interview technique 83 Types of interviews 83 Interview content: what questions will you be asked? 87 Answering the questions 90 Thinking of questions to ask the interviewer 91 Preparation 91 If you are offered the job 92 If you are not offered the job 93 Conclusion 94 8. Decision making and action planning 95 Careers in research 95 Other career options 96 Decision making 97 Taking action 98 Turning decisions into action 99 Conclusion 102 Afterword 103 Appendix 1: Career narratives 105 Summaried list career narratives 105 1. Michel : professor, US university 106 2. Teresa : research fellow, Austrian university 109 3. John : lecturer, UK university 110 4. Andrew : lead scientist, protein design team, large agribiotechnology company 113 5. John : scientific team leader, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), global contract research organisation 114 6. Joanna : product and R&D manager, small biotech company 116 7. Petra : scientific adviser, protein interaction services company 117 8. Ann : president and chief

Sarah Blackford is the Head of Education and Public Affairs of a large international bioscience learned society. With a Master's degree in careers guidance in Higher Education and a background in bioscience research, scientific publishing and university careers advisory work, Sarah is uniquely qualified to support research bioscientists with their career planning and management. For over a decade, she has been delivering talks and career workshops in university departments and at international scientific meetings and career events, as well as providing individual career coaching to students and postdoctoral researchers.

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