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📣 We've got a great session coming up for postdocs/researchers this December 3rd at 12pm - 'Demystifying the recruitment process, your questions, answered' One of the #1 things we hear from postdocs is a desire for more info about recruitment practices and pathways when it comes to role beyond academia This half-hour webinar is a chance to get the inside track from 3 experienced recruitment professionals (Prosper's Kerry McElroy, Kadeem Houson of Kea Consultants and Sarah Hodgkinson of Robert Walters) - and ask any burning questions you may have! You can get more info and register here, or via the QR code below: https://shorturl.at/PerjT Researcher developers - please advertise to your networks! :) #researchcareers #postdocs #researchtoindustry #jobsearch UK Research and Innovation

📣 NEW SESSION ALERT - Demystifying the recruitment process – your questions, answered. Even as a former recruiter, I can easily see how the world of recruitment can be a complex one to navigate, and this is something we often hear from postdoctoral researchers. 🔎 We're therefore excited to announce this exclusive opportunity for all UK-based researchers to have their recruitment questions answered by three experienced recruitment professionals during this webinar session on 3rd December at 12pm GMT. 🎟️ Follow this link to reserve your place and find out more about the speakers and format: https://lnkd.in/e9nPthd8 Researcher developers - please do share with your networks as this promises to be an insightful session! Prosper Kadeem Houson Sarah Hodgkinson #researchcareers #postdocs #researchtoindustry #jobsearch

Is it time to reflect, map and plan your career? Do you need some guidance for this but don't want to talk to someone? You can start with an online tool dedicated to postdoctoral researchers! Prosper was developed by a team at the University of Liverpool, and it's free: https://lnkd.in/dDruAAmg With Prosper you can: 🧠 Figure out what you want from your career 🧠 Create a personalised career action plan 🧠 Learn about opportunities beyond academia 🧠 Develop skills for your whole career, wherever it takes you ...and much more! It's built in three sections: 🔎 Reflect: ...tools to help you develop your self-awareness and identify your career goals, including articles, assessments, and exercises 🔎 Explore: ...resources to help you broaden your knowledge of possible careers and highlight desirable skillsets, like case studies from former postdocs, insights from employers and practical strategies 🔎 Act: ...practical resources to empower you to get where you want to go, with knowledge and advice from multiple stakeholders to guide you through the process of taking that next step Enjoy! (Prosper are also on LinkedIn but we can't tag them for some reason https://lnkd.in/dvGc6NDt) Stefania Silvestri, PhD #phdcareers #careerdevelopment #academia #careerplanning

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) just released their 'one year on' update to their Researcher Mobility Taskforce report - documenting the myriad activity underway to promote researcher career mobility between academia and the wider economy. It's well worth a read (https://lnkd.in/eG66MxgE), and we're delighted to be included as a case study highlighting the sectorwide rollout of our Portal, our efforts to broaden postdoc career horizons, and our focus on bringing more employer voices from beyond academia into the mix. The report was launched via an excellent panel session including UK Research and Innovation's Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Cranfield University's Karen Holford, and Arup Fellow Florence Lam. Some points from the discussion that really resonated with us and our work at Prosper: 💡 too often in the past the approach to talent in academia has had the 'traditional' academic career path embedded as an assumption, inadvertently corralling people into it – a better approach to truly creating diversity and unlocking the human capital is to recognise and embed a more broader, non-linear career landscape for researchers to inhabit and move around 💡 this integration and collaboration between academia and other sectors must be founded on a 'generosity of spirit' rather than a purely transactional frame, with the long-term understanding that a more porous landscape benefits all 💡 it's not just about getting academics into business/industry/other sectors, but also bringing employer voices into academia more (in part so that researchers can better understand the sheer range of options open to them, first-hand) 💡 The (good!) shift towards more collaboration, mobility, talent development has in turn created a new challenge in that it places extraordinary pressure on PIs, so we need to ensure they have the support they need to adapt to and embrace their bigger roles (this very much connects to our work with the PI Network and our recent wonkhe piece: https://lnkd.in/gdF8nSKb) 💡 there are practical considerations to do with risk, caring responsibilities etc. that inhibit career mobility in unproductive ways (e.g. short-term contracts vs permanent positions), more needs to be done on a structural level to 'de-risk' certain career movements to encourage sectoral integration at all career and life stages Much food for thought! Many thanks to our friends at The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) for pulling together such a great panel, and for the wider work they're doing on this vital issue (as well as our friends at Developing Business-Aware Academics, whose work is also featured in the report).

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB)'s Mobility Taskforce report was a great deep dive into the importance of empowering researchers to forge mobile careers between academia and beyond. This Thursday they're releasing the 'one year on' update - and we're delighted that Prosper's rollout is included as an example of initiatives underway to broaden postdoc career horizons. Well worth joining the below panel session for the launch:

Tgif! 😎 Reminder that we have a PI Network session in a few weeks on the 22nd Oct, led by the fabulous Curie Scott at University of Southampton - free and open to anyone who manages researchers. To get more info and register, follow the link or QR code below: https://shorturl.at/OfI2w

We hope to see some of you online at REDS '24 tomorrow! FYI, Prosper's Fiona McBride and Stefania Silvestri, PhD will be presenting between 11.20-40am, with a talk entitled No-one is an Island: enable Current and Future Leaders of Researchers - all about how the sector can create collaborative networks to support PIs in their people management responsibility, drawing on our work with the PI Network.

Calling all #Postdocs from the University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield and University of York. Join our Prosper Cohort, a programme specifically designed for postdocs ready to take control of their career development. Through a series of three fully-funded workshops, we will empower you with the skills and knowledge to shape your future in academia or beyond. The programme will be facilitated by Emma Williams PhD and Karen Hinxman. Explore the Prosper programme and apply to take part here: https://lnkd.in/ecUMk2dB

Reminder that this session is tomorrow at 12pm - and open to researchers anywhere!

📣 Queen's University Belfast is running a great session (open to all!) on October 8th at 12pm (online): https://shorturl.at/EGDU0 In the first of a series of new career exploration sessions, Dr Lawrence Eagling will provide his insight as a former postdoctoral researcher at Queen's University Belfast and discuss how he navigated a significant career transition out of academia after a love of research. The session will provide attendees with the opportunity to hear from a former postdoc on his career journey from academia, to following a personal passion and setting up his own business, Swimming Head Productions. Follow the link for more info and to register