Developing your career

Waights, Verina (2006). Developing your career. In: Potter, Stephen ed. Doing Postgraduate research. UK: Sage publications, pp. 276–302.

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Abstract

Career planning is something that needs to be considered throughout your research degree studies, and this chapter particularly links into issues such as maintaining a skills portfolio and identifying and developing transferable skills that are now sought by employers. The second part of the chapter concentrates on the practicalities of job applications, the production of a good CV and preparing for interviews.

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  • 10785
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  • Book Section
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  • 1-4129-2405-7, 978-1-4129-2405-4
  • Keywords
  • career planning; transferable skills; personal developmemt planning; job applications; CVs; interviews; selection processes
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  • Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
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  • Verina Waights
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