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Explore
Welcome to Explore!
Here, we believe that a good awareness of possible sectors, valued skills and job roles are an important part of your career development. Getting inspiration of what you could go on to do can help you set personal goals and make informed career development choices.
In this section, we offer resources to help you broaden your knowledge of possible careers and highlight desirable skillsets. This includes case studies
from former postdocs, insights from employers and practical career exploration strategies.
Where can your postdoc take you?
Broaden your knowledge of sectors and roles in the wider economy
Learn about the career paths of some of the postdocs from the Prosper pilots
Discover different pathways to pursuing a career in academia
Check out a range of former postdoc case studies for career inspiration
Find out what a career in an organisation with an ethical or altruistic mission looks like
In demand skills
Learn how to hone and develop your communication skills
Find out how to expand your leadership skills
Discover what it means to be creative in any area of your career
Find inspiration from panel sessions with a range of different employers
Identify and grow your project management skills
Recognise and develop your commercial awareness skills
Cultivate the right attitude and mindset for enabling success
Career exploration
Look at who you know, what they do and enhance those connections
Learn a strategy for researching organisations that interest you
Discover new careers by focussing on your skills and strengths
Reaching out
Find out why interacting with others is so effective
Reflect on what might be stopping you from engaging with others
Understand more about a career by meeting people and asking questions
Learning & Development
Here we provide practical tools and resources you can try out to enhance your creative thinking and idea generation.…
It’s tough to aspire to a career, sector or role that you don’t know about, the resources in this section aim to address…
Growth mindset is not so much a skill or aptitude, but rather an attitude or state of mind.…
Prosper employer panel - recruitment, November 2022.…
Networking is extremely powerful and the connections you make can take you a long way.…
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