We invited four former Cambridge researchers who have been through the process of academic recruitment in other countries to come back to talk about their experience.  We heard what helped them to navigate their route internationally.  If you haven’t had the chance to listen back to the full panel from last Michaelmas, here are some of their top tips for applications and interviews from their experience in navigating the academic job market internationally. And some of their top tips can be applied more broadly in academic recruitment. Read more

Like any sector in the economy, academia is made up of a diverse set of organisations which are influenced by a range of political, social and economic factors. It’s a highly international sector with a wide range of ways of operating, stakeholders and influences.  In this blog, Careers Consultants, Lucy Romijn and Vicki Tipton outline some of the key components of the sector and the influences they have and highlight why it’s important for your career to develop an awareness of what’s going on in academia. Read more

To celebrate you this Postdoc Appreciation Week we wanted to remind you of how the careers service supports you getting to all the places you’re aiming to get to. Read more

Have you completed a postdoctoral contract at Cambridge since March 2019?

Knowing what former postdoctoral employees do after they leave the University of Cambridge and what motivates them in their careers is valuable for a variety of reasons. Cambridge Careers Service will soon be distributing a 5-10 minute survey whose results may help current postdocs with careers planning, inform decisions by policymakers, and promote recruitment of former postdocs by employers.

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