A research staff career development consultation is a one-to-one appointment with a professional careers adviser. You can have as many consultations as you need and they are available all year round. One to one specialist adviceYou can use this 45-minute appointment for many purposes, including:discussing your career options, pathways and planning strategiespractical advice on preparing a targeted CV or application form.undertaking a mock job interview for an upcoming role you have applied forgeneral advice and discussion on any career issue relevant to you or your current situationWho is eligible?The IAD Research Staff Careers Consultant is able to provide career development support for:academic research-only staff on fixed term contracts e.g. research assistants and associates, post-docs, and research fellows;academic staff on open ended contracts with review dates (OERD)academic teaching staff on fixed term contracts, e.g. teaching assistants and teaching fellows.This does not include academic staff on open-ended lecturing contracts.Consultation appointments can help you, whatever your current stage. You may:have recently joined the University.be coming to the end, or potential end, of a project or contract.have been here a number of years and aim to develop a long term career in the Universitybe actively looking to move in a new career direction.How to bookStep 1:To book a consultation appointment, please complete a career development consultation booking slot on the People and Money Learning app.Research Staff Career Development Consultation 1:1 bookings in People and Money Learning appStep 2: You will also need to submit any supporting documents (i.e. CVs, Job descriptions and Applications) you will receive an email explaining how to do thisNote: Advice is available via email if you have a quick query or perhaps have an approaching application deadline. We will endeavour to respond as soon as possible but please be aware that the Careers Consultant works on a part-time basis so please email requests in enough time to allow us to respond (ideally 10 working days in advance of a deadline).The process of booking an appointment is confidential. Document Privacy statement career development consultations (35.91 KB / DOCX) This article was published on 2024-02-26