How do group leaders recruit postdocs?
This post summarizes the results of a survey we ran on how group leaders recruit postdocs.
Want to spend time on your career planning, and don’t know where to start?
This post provides a short guide to things you can do to get started in planning your career. It was written at the start of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in March 2020 but is relevant at any time.
Career profile: Laura Cortesi, Senior Operational Study Manager
Laura Cortesi talked to us about her career path, passion and motivation for clinical research management, and how parenthood prepared her to work in a role that requires coordination of tight timelines, different needs and unexpected events.
Career profile: Radhika Patnala, Founder and Director of Sci-Illustrate
Radhika Patnala shares her experience as an entrepreneur in scientific illustration
Career profile: Vicente Tur, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Asphalion, Spain
Vicente Tur tells us about his career in regulatory affairs, one of many non-research professions tightly linked with pharma and biotech industries.
Career profile: Aidan Budd, Node Coordinator, ELIXIR-UK
Aidan Budd tells us about his career path, and how roles related to the scientific community provide a rewarding career for people with some organisational abilities, good communication skills, and a strong interest in people and organisations.
Career profile: Ioannis Legouras – Vice Head, Department Strategic Cooperations and Research Funding; Head of International Programs, Max Delbrück Centre
Ioannis Legouras, an EMBL alumnus working in the area of strategic cooperation and research funding, shared his experience of moving into this career area along with his tips to those interested in following a similar path.
What to include in your CV – an international perspective
Following a twitter debate on whether photos should be included in CVs, the EMBL Fellows' Career Service started a survey to provide evidence-based guidance for life scientists. This post summarizes the results from that survey.
Career profile: Sandra Caldeira – Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
Sandra Caldeira talked to us about her role at the EC's Joint Research Centre, and how she ended up supporting European policy making after completing a PhD and postdoc in molecular biology and working for several years as a journal editor.
Using LinkedIn for careers research
In this post, we show how LinkedIn can be used to get career inspiration and to research different career options.
