PhD Careers

Offers advice and resources for career progression.

Our PhD Careers programme covers all the career essentials, including making effective use of careers and employability support, marketing your PhD qualification, understanding how to discuss the skills and attributes you have developed, career planning and decision making, and understanding and navigating the job market, both within academia and beyond. 

Understand how to get started with career planning and navigating the support and resources available to help you.  


Explore a range of careers open to PhD students beyond academia, including careers linked to research, but outside an academic environment, and discuss strategies for generating and researching career ideas.


Find out about the experience and skills expected of early career academic staff in different job roles and discuss how to build relevant academic experience throughout your PhD.


Find out how to present your skills, experience and research effectively, and to tailor your CV for different roles within academia.


Understand how to market your PhD to employers and tailor your CV so you will be able to apply for non-academic roles with confidence. 


Find out what an academic CV looks like, discuss useful sections to include and get practical support to create or develop your academic CV while working in a shared, collaborative space. 


Develop or adapt your CV for non-academic roles, find out what sections to include, and get practical support to create your non-academic CV while working in a shared, collaborative space.  


Find out what questions and activities to expect at an academic job interview and understand how to prepare effectively and create a positive impression. 


Find out what questions and activities to expect at an interview for posts beyond academia and understand how to prepare effectively and create a positive impression.


Check details and times, and book your place, by searching for PhD Careers under ‘Events’ on MyCareerHub.

MyCareerHub (University of Edinburgh login required)

If you can't make our live sessions, you can watch recordings of our PhD Careers sessions through Media Hopper. If the playlist does not open, please login to Media Hopper using the user menu icon in the top right corner.

PhD Workshops - Media Hopper (University of Edinburgh login required)

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