What Every Postdoc Needs To Know

Thinking of starting a postdoc?

Want to know how to move on from a postdoc?

Or do you simply want to make the best of your postdoc years?

Being a postdoc is not a career...but it can be the pivotal point in the making of one. This friendly, practical, and occasionally humorous guide to all things postdoc combines the three authors’ vast experience of postdoc careers and personal development.

So this is your guide to developing and advancing your career. As you work through exercises, learn from the experience of others (including the trials and tribulations of the authors) and find new information you can maximise your postdoc to create success on your own terms.

Inside you will explore:

• Choosing the right postdoc for you
• Maximising your postdoc contract for personal and professional goals
• Selecting and attaining your next career step (academic or otherwise)

Your postdoc is part of the journey towards a range of career destinations; from an industrial R&D specialist to politician, from lecturer to spin-out Chief Executive. Use this book to help you get there!

Wherever you are from, this guide will give you indispensable advice on UK-based postdocs. Especially relevant if you are making exciting transitions or simply want to take your postdoc up a gear.