Know yourself
- Ask yourself (and ask others)
- What kind of researcher are you? What are your strengths as a researcher?
- What other interests do you have?
- What are you good at? What would you like to be good at?
- What would you like to be known for? What is important to you about your career?
- Download the relevant skills audit to see the range of skills gained through higher degree research and reflect on your strengths and areas for development:
- The researcher career assessment tools (for STEM researchers) and (for Humanities, Arts and Social Science researchers) are excellent resources to start exploring your career possibilities.
- Reflect on your values, motivations, temperament, resilience and other individual factors that influence your career through the .
Know your options and build your network
- Ask your supervisor and colleagues in your research group or discipline for information (and connection to) previous research graduates
- Get an understanding of postdoctoral funding opportunities through the Research Services Office resources
- Use to search for research graduates, and connect with UOW graduates working in your career of interest
- Set up email alerts on recruitment sites with relevant keywords (topic, subject, discipline, “research” or other specific skills)
- Get an insight into research graduate careers online:
- Over 150 from researchers working in a range of sectors (Vitae – International Researchers’ Organisation)
- Typical careers that PhDs pursue across diverse sectors
- For more online resources download our ‘' career inspiration for HDR students.
More information
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