Career Planning for Research Bioscientists -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author's note -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Who is this book for? -- The process of career planning -- Helping you with your career planning -- Content of the book -- How to use this book -- References -- Chapter 2 Planning your career -- The importance of career planning -- What is career planning? -- Career planning in action -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Self-awareness -- What is self-awareness? -- Knowledge and interests -- Skills -- Personality -- Values -- Other contributing factors -- Practical ways to analyse your 'self' and increase self-awareness -- 1 Skills audit -- 2 Personality assessment -- 3 Values analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 The job market -- Career sectors -- Academic career path -- Bioscience- or science-related careers -- Careers outside science -- Examples of job advertisements -- (a) Postdoctoral posts -- (b) Tenured academic posts -- (c) Research in industry -- (d) Science-related jobs in industry -- (e) Science publishing and writing -- (f) Administration -- (g) Management programmes -- Analysis of job advertisements -- Research (academia) -- Research and technical (industry) -- Science communication -- Administration -- General management -- Self-employment -- Where are the jobs? -- Accessing the 'visible' job market -- Accessing the 'hidden' job market -- Making the most of your network -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Enhancing your employability -- The changing nature of work -- Taking responsibility -- Taking a proactive approach -- Planned happenstance -- Personal and professional development -- Practise making funding applications -- Attend conferences and meetings -- Collaborate -- Join/set up a group -- Join professional organisations -- Engage with social media -- Mentoring -- Teaching.

Supervision -- Entrepreneurship -- Science communication -- Voluntary work -- Get support -- Record your progress -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Making applications -- Employer perspective -- Presenting a professional image -- Methods of application -- Curriculum vitae -- Application forms -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Chapter 7 Successful interview technique -- Types of interviews -- One-to-one interviews -- Telephone interviews -- Skype interviews -- Panel interviews -- Presentations -- Interview tasks -- Assessment centres and psychometric testing -- Interview content: what questions will you be asked? -- Junior postdoctoral interviews -- Senior postdoctoral researcher/group leader -- Non-research posts -- Answering the questions -- Tackling the 'weaknesses' question -- Thinking of questions to ask the interviewer -- Preparation -- If you are offered the job -- If you are not offered the job -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Chapter 8 Decision making and action planning -- Careers in research -- Other career options -- Decision making -- Decision-making styles -- Taking action -- Turning decisions into action -- Writing a plan of action -- Conclusion -- References -- Afterword -- Appendix 1 Career narratives -- Summarised list of career narratives -- Academia -- Industry -- Science communication -- Specialist and technical administration -- Non-science -- 1. Michel: professor, US university -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 2. Teresa: research fellow, Austrian university -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 3. John: lecturer, UK university -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 4. Andrew: lead scientist, protein design team, large agribiotechnology company -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary: think 'skills' not research discipline.

5. John: scientific team leader, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics ( DMPK), global contract research organisation -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 6. Joanna: product and R&D manager, small biotech company -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 7. Petra: scientific adviser, protein interaction services company -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 8. Ann: president and chief executive officer, small immunoreagent company -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 9. Yfke: senior medical writer, medical communications agency -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 10. Carol: freelance science editor, writer and training consultant -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 11. Mary: features editor, Teaching Tools in Plant Biology (learned journal) -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 12. Linda: teacher training co-ordinator, public research institute -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 13. Ruth: freelance science journalist -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 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 -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 15. Edward: clinical trial co-ordinator, university cancer trial centre -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 16. Miguel: patent examiner, European Patent Office -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 17. Florent: scientific officer, Marie Curie Actions, European Commission -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 18. John: healthcare analyst, self-employed partnership -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- 19. Annie: technology consultant, international technology consultancy -- Career facts.

Career factors -- Commentary -- 20. Ian: sound engineer, production services provider -- Career facts -- Career factors -- Commentary -- Conclusion -- Appendix 2 Social media -- Blogs -- Free/cheap images -- Twitter -- Facebook -- LinkedIn -- Social media snippets -- Newspaper article -- Article about securing a teaching post linked from www.jobs.phds.org and advertised on LinkedIn (Postdoc Forum group) -- Event advertised on LinkedIn (Postdoc Forum group) -- Blog about postdocs, with associated Tweet advertising it to Twitter followers -- Blog about a science communication event, with associated Tweet -- General scientific interest -- Using social media: a personal perspective from Dr Anne Osterrieder, Oxford-Brookes University -- Appendix 3 Example CVs -- Example Job advertisements -- Job 1. Postdoctoral research scientist (research institute) -- Job 2. Scientific officer (research institute) -- Job 3. Communications manager (European science organisation) -- Job 4. Trainee chartered accountant (international accounting firm) -- Job 5. Assistant professor, nutrition department (university) -- Job 6. Principal nutrition scientist (nutrition company) -- Example CVs -- CV 1 (chronological - academic) -- CV 2 (targeted - technical research post) -- CV 3 (targeted/skills based - science communication) -- CV 4 (skills based - non-scientific role) -- CV 5 (chronological - academic) -- CV 6 (targeted - industry) -- Analysis and explanation of CVs -- Analysis A (CVs 1, 2, 3 and 4) -- Analysis B (CVs 5 and 6) -- Analysis summary -- Covering letter -- Appendix 4 Support and resources -- Doctoral and postdoctoral support organisations -- Women in Science support -- Web resources -- Science jobs and funding -- Funding -- Science-related jobs -- Learned societies (membership, grants and careers) -- Applications and personal development -- Social media.

Further reading -- General careers -- Academic careers -- Career planning -- Personal and professional development -- Applications and interviews -- Communication -- Peer review -- Index.