Moving on in Your Career: A Guide for Academics and Postgraduates

Shows researchers what is required to make a continuing career in academic research or lecturing and gives advice on taking alternative career paths. Outlines various options in which researchers can use skills developed at university, and gives advice on sources of advertised and unadvertised vacancies and how to use methods such as speculative applications and the Internet. Includes exercises and ideas to enhance job-search and self-presentation skills. Ali is senior careers adviser at Edinburgh University.