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Learning and Development
Here you’ll find development resources relating to a specific topic or skill we’ve handily grouped together. In each of the groups you’ll find practical guides, in the form of videos or written resources and workbooks. These grouped resources are designed to allow you to dip into whichever topic interests you and come away with an enhanced level of understanding of that skill and practical tips you can start to use right away.
Coaching Ourselves: Career Catalyst Toolkit
Our self-coaching resources offer a unique blend of expertise, practical strategies, and actionable insights to help you navigate the challenges, seize opportunities, and reach new heights in your personal and professional life. Whether you're looking to enhance your self-awareness, overcome self-limiting beliefs, or make a meaningful career transition, our resources are designed to empower you every step of the way.
These images show some of the slides featured in the self-coaching resources. The materials are designed to empower and support individuals in their personal growth journey.
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How to use the coaching resources
The Coaching Ourselves Career Catalyst toolkit is designed to be flexible and adaptable to the needs and goals of each individual and group. It can be used by anyone, regardless of their career goals or stage, to take control of their career development and achieve their professional objectives.
More details guidance on how to create a career development program with the coaching resources.
- Career audit
- Career timelines: chart your career
- Influences on career opinion
- Personality traits
- Workplace strengths and interests
- Define your values
- Mining skills example: HEA Award
- Skills audit
- Personal job satisfaction
- Decision making: career choices
- Overcoming limiting beliefs
- Pivoting: how to handle identity crisis
- Handling self-sabotage
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Pivoter profiles
- Crafting a new career identity
- Building self-confidence
- Tools for building self-awareness
- The Big Five: personality assessment
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator: personality sssessment
- myIDP and Imagine PhD
- SkillScan: skills assessment
- VIA Strengths: character strengths
- Career anchors: values and drivers assessment
- Strengths Profile: personality assessment
- Journaling to increase self-awareness
- Postdoc professional identity-making
- Career clusters
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Former postdoc case studies
- Dr Al Mathers
- Dr Bryony Parsons
- Dr Carlos Peña-Monferrer
- Dr Chris Humphrey
- Dr Christina Chan
- Dr Cristina Melero
- Dr David Amienyo
- Dr Dotun Olowoporoku
- Dr Edward Latter
- Dr Geoffrey Belknap
- Dr Georgina Key
- Dr Hannah Roberts
- Dr John Miles
- Dr Kate Whelan
- Dr Lan Hoang
- Dr Laura-Jayne Gardiner
- Dr Matt Crooks
- Dr Meera Vijayaraghavan
- Dr Shona Jones
- Former postdoc panel session June 2021
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Former Prosper pilot postdocs case studies
- Dr Alejandra Zarate-Potes
- Dr Alex James
- Dr Ali Ehsan
- Dr Anthony Evans
- Dr Ashley Gluchowski
- Dr Briony Banks
- Dr Caroline Redhead
- Dr Catherine Hayer
- Dr Christina Picken
- Dr David Ashmore
- Dr Dominic Chiwenga
- Dr Efthymios Gavriil
- Dr Frances Sherratt
- Dr Marieke van der Zande
- Dr Marcos del Cueto
- Dr Priyanka Raina
- Dr Revathy Krishnamurthi
- Dr Zohra Butt
- Academia
- Policy
- Communication
- Project management
- Leadership
- Commercial awareness
- Creativity
- Growth mindset
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Employer insights
- Employer interview - Andy Chaloner
- Employer interview - Anna Wells and Zoe Gilling
- Employer interview - Emma Thompson
- Employer interview - Joe de Sousa
- Employer interview - Kate Whelan
- Employer interview - Lindsey Fryer
- Employer interview - Martyn Bottomley
- Employer interview - Martyn Spink
- Employer interview - Stephanie Donaldson
- Employer panel - 2021
- Employer panel - recruitment
- Employer panel - hear directly what skills employers want
- Mapping your warm network
- Expanding your knowledge of organisations
- Searching job boards by skills
- The power of networking
- Barriers to networking
- Conducting informational interviews
- Using library resources to enhance your commercial awareness
- Where and how to search for opportunities
- Personal branding
- Using your network
- How to set up your own business
- How to find support for your business
- Freelancing and consultancy
- University spin outs
- Speculative applications
- Cover letters
- Application forms and supporting statements
- CV showcasing your skills
- CV different types
- CV developing a skills-based CV
- Interview
- Video interviews
- Interview questions
- Assessment centres (including virtual)
- Psychometric tests
- Common pitfalls of job applications
- Navigating job offer negotiations
- Having successful career conversations
- Making the most of your current role
- Handling the first few weeks
- Keeping up momentum
- Managing failure
- Revisiting your identity
- Ongoing learning and development
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