Sarah Blackford

eBook, PDF

Career Planning for Research Bioscientists (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Career Planning for Research Bioscientists is an essential careers guide for bioscience doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. It contains a wealth of information and resources specifically targeted at research bioscientists, with practical strategies to enhance career success in an increasingly competitive job market. Advice on how to write a winning CV together with examples adapted for different jobs is presented, as well as practical exercises to assist with skills analysis and decision making. Profiles of PhD-qualified bioscienstists in a range of professions including academic research, industry, science communication, management and consultancy provide valuable insights into how others have managed their careers, and tactics such as networking and using social media demonstrate how new opportunities can be discovered. The content of this book is aimed primarily at research bioscientists, however much of the advice and information will be a useful reference for other students and researchers looking for an effective career planning strategy. A companion website with additional resources is available at www.wiley.com/go/blackford/careerplanning and you can visit Sarah Blackford's blog at www.biosciencecareers.org for more information.

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Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118406601
• Artikelnr.: 37351249

Rezensionen

"This book provides sound advice and brings together the many factors which are essential for job acquisitions and promotions." (British Ecological Society Bulletin, 1 August 2013)

"This book is an excellent guide for all early-career bioscience researchers and can be read from cover to cover or dipped in and out of as required . . . I cannot recommend this book highly enough and will certainly be applying much of the advice given within it to my current job hunt; especially now that I have a far better idea of my preferred future career trajectory and what I need to do to give myself the best chances of succeeding." (The Biochemist, 1 June 2013) "Sarah Blackford draws on her years of experience coaching bioscience researchers on

careers and career planning to produce this guide. The book explains career planning approaches, gives practical ways to increase your self-awareness, and ideas for how to be proactive in enhancing your employability - and all written with reference to the experiences and opportunities available to bioscience doctoral students and postdocs. It is this feature which distinguishes this book from others in the marketplace that discuss these issues for a generic audience. Consideration is given not just to jobs in academic research, but a whole range of possibilities, both inside and outside science, supported by detailed career profiles of 20 PhD-qualified bioscientists. Whether you already have ideas about what type of job you want, or have no idea what your options are, you will find something in this book to make you think about taking the plunge towards your next job in a proactive and productive way."

(Karen McGregor, Society for General Microbiology, Microbiology Today 40:1 Feb 2013)

"Whether you are actively job hunting or just interested in boosting your employability skills, this book is full of tailored advice. Written in a friendly, informal style by a professional careers adviser, it is peppered with examples from her own career. At times it gives you the feeling you are speaking directly to a careers adviser, rather than reading a book. Chapters cover career planning, an analysis of the job market, advice on writing applications and attending interviews. A self-awareness section and self-analysis exercises are useful for readers to learn how to promote themselves favourably and a chapter on enhancing employability suggests activities to strengthen applications.

Particularly interesting are the appendices with careers profiles, a guide to using social media, tips for targeting your CV and several pages of resources. As well as research careers in academia and industry, there is information on careers in science communication, policy, clinical trials, patent law and administration. The author explains job titles, job descriptions and what the roles actually involve, using real career narratives from bioscientists in different sectors. Career Planning for Research Bioscientists also covers careers in the UK, US and Europe. Early-career bioscientists will find it easy to dip into this book for detailed advice on specific areas and it needn't be read cover to cover. The careers theory discussed throughout also makes it a worthwhile read for careers advisers." (Dr. Eva Sharpe MSB, The Biologist, 1 April 2012)

"Whether you already have ideas about what type of job you want, or have no idea what your options are, you will find something in this book to make you think about taking the plunge towards your next job in a proactive and productive way." (Society for General Microbiology, 25 February 2013)

"Unlike some guides, which attempt to give advice to people in a wide range of different sectors or age groups, this is written specifically for early-career bioscientists. The realities of life for early-career researchers are addressed and this forms the basis on which decision making and implementation is discussed....This book can help you to start thinking seriously about your current and future career plans, giving useful insight into where you should look for ideas and motivation." (Dr. Lewis Dean, Physiological Society, October 2012)