Sheffield Hallam University is an organisational member of Vitae*, the global leader in the professional development of researchers. The Vitae website [www.vitae.ac.uk] has a wealth of resources and advice tailored specifically to you as a researcher, whether your ambition is to stay within or move outside academia. Planning ahead to manage your career is the current Vitae Focus on theme:
Vitae Focus on ‘Planning ahead to manage your career’
This theme is designed to support researchers’ thinking about their career options. It provides resources and activities to help researchers understand themselves and be focused and efficient in their approach to professional development and career planning.
From October 2016 to January 2017 Vitae have:
- a dedicated page collating our web resources on career management, professional development, mentoring for career development, Vitae RDF, and lots more
www.vitae.ac.uk/focus-on-current-theme - PDP ROC: Step-by-step guide to career planning for researchers www.vitae.ac.uk/pdproc
- NEW #vitaehangout (18 January) on career options, professional development and career management for researchers www.vitae.ac.uk/career-hangout
- a new podcast on career paths of researchers with Taylor & Francis Develop your Research Career Podcast
*Vitae is managed by CRAC, a not-for-profit organisation with 45 years’ experience in enhancing the skills and careers of researchers.
Local support
To complement this theme, the Careers and Employability Centre at Sheffield Hallam University are running a series of Career Management Skills workshops: