Postgraduate students

The Career Development and Employability Services (CDES) team is here to help all postgraduate students (including doctoral candidates).

We offer tailored events, workshops, resources, and advice to help you transition from postgraduate and doctoral studies into the world of work, whether you're aiming for a role in academia, research, entrepreneurship, consultancy, government, or the private sector.

On this page, we have listed some of the tailored events and resources that we have created for postgraduate students.

You can find an overview of our general services (which are available to you and you may find useful) on our 'How we support you' webpage. This includes links to our Canvas modules (where you can learn about CVs, cover letters, and interview preparation), and information about accessing our drop-in sessions and booking one to one appointments with our career consultants.

We warmly welcome you to attend any of our workshops, recruitment events or career expos, which you will find listed on our Events webpage.

We also offer tailored workshops and events for postgraduate students, which we are currently reviewing for 2025. To get a taste of what you can expect, take a look at the series we ran for postgraduate students in 2024: 'Career Development for Doctoral Candidates'.

This one-day intensive workshop is for students at the masters and doctoral level to prepare for your future (or present) job search. Current students and alumni are welcome. Career Consultants Brendan and Miura will help you expand your awareness of what is possible for you.

You will:

• Reflect on your career progression and future goals
• Organise an employer-focused job search step-by-step
• Use LinkedIn to get a sense of what counts as 'qualified' for your jobs of interest
• Give and receive CV / resume feedback
• Practice interviewing with peers
• Learn from a panel of professionals in and out of academia
  

We know that looking for a job after a postgraduate degree can pose some different challenges to a graduate job search. We have collated the following resources specifically for postgraduate students.

Prospects - UK

Useful career information relevant for postgraduates including example CVs – a skills based, a traditional and an academic CV. 

Vitae

Vitae's mission is to lead world class career and professional development of researchers. This UK website has sections such as:

• Creating an effective academic CV
• Planning your career development
• Understanding yourself
• Improving your employment opportunities

Medicinoxy

The global academic job website for researchers specialising in medicine, pharmacy and biomedical sciences.