The outgoing phase is usually quite busy and do not leave much time for additional activities besides finishing up research projects, publications and other matters. Therefore, this phase only include resources for locating and applying for your next job.
Career opportunities and job searching skills
Many early career researchers have a too narrow view on their career opportunities outside of academia. To broaden your career perspectives, it is important to be able to map and describe your own competences. Here you find resources on how to map you own skills, how to write a/n (non-)academic CV and an application that stands out in the pile. There are also some tips on how to prepare for a job interview and how to manage the transition from your current position and into your new, that being a new position in academia or a different sector.
Resources
- The Career Services at UiO: practice your interview skills
- The Career Services: examples of organisations and employers (only in Norwegian)
- Map your skills with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) planner
Job portals
- Jobs at UiO
- Karrieresenterets samleside for jobbportaler (only in Norwegian)
- Karrieresenterets samleside for lønnet og frivillig arbeid i utlandet (only in Norwegian)
- Where to find job vacancies in Norway? (nav.no)
- Nature Careers: Science Jobs
- EURAXESS job portal
- EURES - The European Job Mobility Portal
Articles
- Science Careers: When applying for nonacademic jobs, think creatively about your transferable skills
- Nature Career: Eight career tips from Nobel Laureates
- Eurodoc report (2018): Identifying transferable skills and competences to enhance early-career- researchers employability and competitiveness
- Before applying for your dream science job, Google thyself