1:1 career development consultation

You can use this 45-minute appointment for many purposes, including:

• discussing your career options, pathways and planning strategies
• practical advice on preparing a targeted CV or application form
• undertaking a mock job interview for an upcoming role you have applied for
• general advice and discussion on any career issue relevant to you or your current situation

The Research Staff Careers Consultants are able to provide career development support for:

• academic research-only staff on fixed term contracts e.g. research assistants and associates, post-docs, and research fellows;
• academic staff on open ended contracts with review dates (OERD)
• academic teaching staff on fixed term contracts, e.g. teaching assistants and teaching fellows

This does not include academic staff on open-ended lecturing contracts.

Consultation appointments can help you, whatever your current stage. You may:

• have recently joined the University
• be coming to the end, or potential end, of a project or contract
• have been here a number of years and aim to develop a long term career in the University
• be actively looking to move in a new career direction

You will get much more from your career consultation if you take time to prepare beforehand. Find out what you can do in advance of the appointment.

Preparing for a career development consultation

1:1 consultation appointments are released on the first Monday of every month (e.g., July appointments will be made available on the first Monday of June, etc.)  

Step 1:

To book a 1:1 consultation appointment, please complete a career development consultation booking slot on the People and Money Learning app.

Research Staff Career Development Consultation 1:1 bookings in People and Money Learning app

Step 2: 

You will also need to submit any supporting documents (i.e. CVs, job descriptions and applications) you will receive an email explaining how to do this.

Note: 

The process of booking an appointment is confidential.