Career Opportunities

• Published in: Research Methods for Postgraduates pp. 470 - 478
• Main Author: Shinton, Sara
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 08.09.2016
• Subjects: career decision making; career opportunities; careers material; commercial research organisations; doctoral job market; institute of physics; post doctoral research; research student
• ISBN: 1118341465; 9781118341469
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118763025.ch42

This chapter helps people to explore the opportunities that are open to them and provides practical advice on whatever they chosen career path. Reading reports will give people a great insight into their options and dispel any perception that non‐academic or non‐research options are unusual. The chapter helps in career decision‐making, pointing towards further help by trained advisers. The Institute of Physics is another of the many societies which use a careers specialist and produces careers material, often tailored for researchers and free to begin members. Post‐doctoral research is a transition between being a research student and becoming an academic, so people must aware of the clock ticking from the point in starting their contract. Commercial research organisations investigates and analyses data which related to business operations, customer behaviours and markets. Use the own skills to study and understand the doctoral job market and to find the best experts from student to professional.