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Pay it forward – your postgrad advice

Think back to those first few weeks of your Masters or PhD.

What do you wish you’d known then, which you know now?

Obviously, being a careers blog, anything related to careers or employability would be very relevant, but it might be just as useful to know where’s the best place to get a good cheap meal near campus, or the best place to sit in the library.

Either drop me a comment here or tweet me @ManPGCareers (what about a hashtag like #pgpayitforward ?).

If you tell me what you wish you’d known about careers, I’ll try to include it into my induction talks & resources.

And, if you’re a new postgrad, getting ready to start your programme:

Welcome to the University of Manchester Postgrad Careers Blog!
Tell us what you want to know, and we’ll try to find you an answer (or at least, point you in the right direction).

30/08/2013

2 responses to “Pay it forward – your postgrad advice”

Robbie

August 30, 2013 at 12:50 pm

I would like to have known at the start of my PhD about what academic employers look for when recruiting for post-doc positions.

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1. Elizabeth (Postgraduate Careers)
  
  August 30, 2013 at 12:54 pm
  
  Thanks Robbie
  
  I’ll make sure I highlight our website, An Academic Career, but I’m also going to a conference workshop next week on a survey which has just been carried out on … how to get your first academic job! Very timely – I’ll blog about it here when I get back.
  
  Cheers
  Elizabeth
  
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