Career Development Navigator
The Career Development Navigator is a comprehensive map that outlines the key steps you need to take on your journey towards successful career development. It serves as a guide, helping you navigate through the various stages and actions required to achieve your career goals. While there may be variations in every individual journey, here are some key actions typically needed to navigate career development or career change:
Reflect
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1What job would suit me?
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Skills auditGo to
Identify skills and gaps, practice recording evidence and better plan your development.…
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Define your valuesGo to
Understanding your values, skills, and motivations can help you to identify a career or role that meets your needs.…
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Workplace strengths and interestsGo to
Workplace strengths and interests are the unique abilities, talents, and passions that you bring to your work.…
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Personality traitsGo to
Learn about your personality traits and discover how they can influence which career is right for you.…
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2Is now the right time to make a change?
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Career auditGo to
A career audit helps you to look at significant points in your career and to compare your prior expectations, with the reality of the experience.…
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Influences on career opinionGo to
There are many different people, who may have shaped our attitudes towards careers.…
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Postdoc professional identity-makingGo to
Professional identity refers to the sense of self that is shaped by your professional roles, responsibilities, and experiences.…
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Personal job satisfactionGo to
Personal job satisfaction is the term for the combined positive and negative feelings and emotions that you view your work with.…
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Decision making: career choicesGo to
Making a career choice is one of the most important decisions that we make in our lives.…
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3Options and challenges
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Overcoming limiting beliefsGo to
Understand what unhelpful beliefs are, how they can impact your career and how to stop them.…
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Where and how to search for opportunitiesGo to
A piece on how to find job advertisements on different platforms and how to work with recruiters.…
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Building self-confidenceGo to
Discover the key elements of self-confidence and learn how to boost this to maximise your potential.…
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Tools for building self-awarenessGo to
Learn about tools that can help you manage your emotions, improve relationships and make better choices.…
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Explore
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4Discover what's out there
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Former Prosper pilot postdocs case studiesGo to
Postdocs from the Prosper pilots share their experiences and career pathways.…
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Career clustersGo to
This set of 12 career clusters, co-created with 75 employers, are intended to represent the key areas of the economy which stand to benefit most from the qualities and attributes that you can offer.…
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Employer insightsGo to
Video and written interviews with employers, with some initial insights into a variety of careers, useful tips and advice on the job application process and more.…
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Former postdoc case studiesGo to
Former postdocs from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds share their experiences…
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Pivoter profilesGo to
Find out how other postdocs coped with pivoting their career.…
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5Develop the right skills
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Learning and DevelopmentGo to
Find here practical development resources grouped together by skill or topic.…
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Skills auditGo to
Identify skills and gaps, practice recording evidence and better plan your development.…
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Growth mindsetGo to
Growth mindset is not so much a skill or aptitude, but rather an attitude or state of mind.…
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Commercial awarenessGo to
Develop your commercial awareness skills and your entrepreneurial thinking.…
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CreativityGo to
Use our creativity toolkit and get your next big idea.…
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6Tailor your career exploration and expand your network
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Mapping your warm networkGo to
A simple way to begin your independent career exploration is to map your existing network.…
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Conducting informational interviewsGo to
Conducting informational interviews can help you to explore careers in greater depth.…
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Using your networkGo to
Your personal and professional contacts can help you look for and find specific opportunities.…
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The power of networkingGo to
Networking is extremely powerful and the connections you make can take you a long way.…
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NetworkingGo to
Networking is an important skill wherever your career may take you.…
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Act
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7Find the right direction for you
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Where and how to search for opportunitiesGo to
A piece on how to find job advertisements on different platforms and how to work with recruiters.…
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How to set up your own businessGo to
A guidance through some of the things you might want to consider when starting your own business.…
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Personal brandingGo to
Develop a personal branding strategy to showcase yourself and refine your own goals.…
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Searching job boards by skillsGo to
Although job boards are typically used when applying for jobs, you can also use them for career exploration.…
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Using library resources to enhance your commercial awarenessGo to
How to expand your commercial awareness of the business and sector that you want to work in.…
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8Prepare for the next step
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Common pitfalls of job applicationsGo to
Understand and avoid the most common pitfalls of CVs and cover letters.…
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Application forms and supporting statementsGo to
Application forms are a great tool to showcase your experience.…
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Assessment centres (including virtual)Go to
Assessment centres are a great opportunity to get a close look into the employer.…
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Navigating job offer negotiationsGo to
How to align a job offer to your expectations, your values and needs.…
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Personal job satisfactionGo to
Personal job satisfaction is the term for the combined positive and negative feelings and emotions that you view your work with.…
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9Thrive wherever you are
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Keeping up momentumGo to
Some tips to keep up momentum in your career journey.…
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Managing failureGo to
How to change mindset around the concept of failure.…
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Ongoing learning and developmentGo to
Explore the significance of ongoing professional learning and development and read tips on accessing learning opportunities.…
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Making the most of your current roleGo to
Be present in your current role and capitalise the resources available to you.…
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Crafting a new career identityGo to
Learn seven strategies for reinventing yourself.…
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Workplace strengths and interestsGo to
Workplace strengths and interests are the unique abilities, talents, and passions that you bring to your work.…
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Skills auditGo to
Identify skills and gaps, practice recording evidence and better plan your development.…
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Define your valuesGo to
Understanding your values, skills, and motivations can help you to identify a career or role that meets your needs.…
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