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Let your CV show your potential

jobs.ac.uk careers - February 27, 2019

When your CV reaches a prospective employer it needs to stand out against the competition to make it through the first round of rejections.  Errors such as spelling mistakes, bad…

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How to create a stand-out academic CV

Kirsty Qualtrough - June 19, 2018

Applying for a job is competitive business, especially within the academic arena. Your CV is often the first interaction you have with a potential employer and for this reason it’s…

Do I stay or do I go? leaving academia post-PhD.

Emily Garside - October 21, 2015

I’ll let you all into a secret, as much as I am passionate about my PhD as something I wanted and needed to write, I’m not that excited about academic…

Voices of Authority

Jenny Walklate - July 24, 2015

I’ve often figured that, given my education, I should be able to sort things out on my own. That I should know – just, instinctively, know – how to do…

Life after a PhD

Emma Monaghan - July 23, 2015

Hi, I’m Emma and I’m a PhD survivor! It’s crazy to think that I submitted my PhD thesis nearly 10 months ago now. Let me take you through my post-PhD…

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Careers Resolutions: plans for 2011

Catherine Armstrong - January 4, 2011

A new year often leads us to make plans to change or develop aspects of our lives and career planning should be no exception. Now is a good time to…

Create a Graduate CV

Getting your CV out there!

Catherine Armstrong - November 15, 2010

As jobseekers we all know the importance of having a good CV and this site is full of useful advice on how to write one. But it’s also important to…

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Career building: set up your own networks

Catherine Armstrong - June 4, 2008

I was invited to give a talk last week in Liverpool about how to maximise your chances int he academic job market. Although I am not a trained careers adviser…

Curriculum Vitae

Is your CV a work of fiction?!

Catherine Armstrong - February 8, 2008

As I now spend many hours on the train each week doing my commute to work, I end up reading all sorts of those free papers that now litter our…

Curriculum Vitae

Career building while at the coal-face

Catherine Armstrong - October 12, 2007

I have just looked at my jobs.ac.uk wall-planner and realised that I’ve been in my new job for 6 weeks now! My feet have hardly touched the ground what with…

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