Career Planning for Research Bioscientists

<p>Author s note ix</p>
<p>Acknowledgements xi</p>
<p>1. Introduction 1</p>
<p>Who is this book for? 1</p>
<p>The process of career planning 3</p>
<p>Helping you with your career planning 3</p>
<p>Content of the book 4</p>
<p>How to use this book 5</p>
<p>2. Planning your career 7</p>
<p>The importance of career planning 7</p>
<p>What is career planning? 8</p>
<p>Career planning in action 10</p>
<p>Conclusion 10</p>
<p>3. Self?]awareness 13</p>
<p>What is self–awareness? 13</p>
<p>Practical ways to analyse your self and increase self–awareness 15</p>
<p>Conclusion 29</p>
<p>4. The job market 31</p>
<p>Career sectors 32</p>
<p>Examples of job advertisements 34</p>
<p>Analysis of job advertisements 40</p>
<p>Self–employment 43</p>
<p>Where are the jobs? 44</p>
<p>Conclusion 51</p>
<p>5. Enhancing your employability 53</p>
<p>The changing nature of work 53</p>
<p>Taking responsibility 53</p>
<p>Taking a proactive approach 54</p>
<p>Planned happenstance 55</p>
<p>Personal and professional development 55</p>
<p>Conclusion 64</p>
<p>6. Making applications 67</p>
<p>Employer perspective 67</p>
<p>Presenting a professional image 68</p>
<p>Methods of application 69</p>
<p>Conclusion 82</p>
<p>7. Successful interview technique 83</p>
<p>Types of interviews 83</p>
<p>Interview content: what questions will you be asked? 87</p>
<p>Answering the questions 90</p>
<p>Thinking of questions to ask the interviewer 91</p>
<p>Preparation 91</p>
<p>If you are offered the job 92</p>
<p>If you are not offered the job 93</p>
<p>Conclusion 94</p>
<p>8. Decision making and action planning 95</p>
<p>Careers in research 95</p>
<p>Other career options 96</p>
<p>Decision making 97</p>
<p>Taking action 98</p>
<p>Turning decisions into action 99</p>
<p>Conclusion 102</p>
<p>Afterword 103</p>
<p>Appendix 1: Career narratives 105</p>
<p>Summaried list career narratives 105</p>
<p>1. Michel : professor, US university 106</p>
<p>2. Teresa : research fellow, Austrian university 109</p>
<p>3. John : lecturer, UK university 110</p>
<p>4. Andrew : lead scientist, protein design team, large agribiotechnology company 113</p>
<p>5. John : scientific team leader, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), global contract research organisation 114</p>
<p>6. Joanna : product and R&amp;D manager, small biotech company 116</p>
<p>7. Petra : scientific adviser, protein interaction services company 117</p>
<p>8. Ann : president and chief executive officer, small immunoreagent company 119</p>
<p>9. Yfke : senior medical writer, medical vii communications agency 120</p>
<p>10. Carol : freelance science editor, writer and training consultant 122</p>
<p>11. Mary : features editor, Teaching Tools in Plant Biology (learned journal) 124</p>
<p>12. Linda : teacher training co–ordinator, public research institute 126</p>
<p>13. Ruth : freelance science journalist 127</p>
<p>14. David : research associate, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences; Outreach Committee Co–chair, AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition 12915. Edward : clinical trial co–ordinator, university cancer trial centre 131</p>
<p>16. Miguel : patent examiner, European Patent Office 133</p>
<p>17. Florent : scientific officer, Marie Curie Actions, European Commission 135</p>
<p>18. John : healthcare analyst, self–employed partnership 136</p>
<p>19. Annie : technology consultant, international technology consultancy 138</p>
<p>20. Ian : sound engineer, production services provider 140</p>
<p>Appendix 2: Social media 143</p>
<p>Appendix 3: Example CVs 151</p>
<p>Appendix 4: Support and resources 167</p>
<p>Index 175</p>