{"id":3231,"date":"2014-05-13T18:31:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2014-05-14T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T11:12:56","slug":"what-do-research-staff-do-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2014\/05\/13\/what-do-research-staff-do-next\/","title":{"rendered":"What do research staff do next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this\u00a0Naturejobs<\/em>\u00a0blog we’ve looked at quite a few things on moving from academia to industry: we spoke to\u00a0Nessa Carey<\/a>\u00a0from Pfizer on her transition from academia to industry, we’ve written about\u00a0transferable skills<\/a>\u00a0that are needed, we’ve been through our archives to find you some great reads on our\u00a0Windback Wednesday round-up: From academia to industry<\/a>. We’ve even looked at how to\u00a0find your path when leaving the academic track<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But however much information we give you, or stories we bring you from those who have left academia to go on to do other things, we would like to know what YOU are doing now. How have you taken your transferable skills and used them in your new position? Why did you decide to leave academia?\u00a0We want to understand why you leave, what tipping point led you to take the plunge? Was leaving academia a good or bad decision? All these insights could help future scientists who are currently trying to make this decision right now.<\/p>\n

To figure this out,\u00a0Naturejobs<\/em>\u00a0have joined forces with Vitae to try and find out what academic staff (postdocs, assistant professors etc) do when they leave the higher education sector.<\/p>\n

By sharing your stories, adventures and experiences with us, you could help thousands of others in academia who are looking for advice on what to do next, and what options are available to them.<\/p>\n

Some really exciting and diverse stories are already being shared:<\/p>\n

@Vitae_news<\/a> Where do I start?! My #postacstory<\/a>‘s an odd one: Forensic Sci > Whisky Flavour Sci > Farmers’ Market > Street Food – lots of Fs!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Em B\u00c1NH M\u00cc BOOTHroyd (@Market_DrEm) May 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although this is a rather unique career path, you might find some inspiration from it. You can get involved with the discussions around this survey by following the\u00a0#postacstory<\/a>\u00a0hash tag on Twitter.<\/p>\n

To take part in the survey, just follow\u00a0this link<\/a>. If you know anyone who has left an academic career behind for one in industry, please consider passing this survey on to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On this\u00a0Naturejobs\u00a0blog we\u2019ve looked at quite a few things on moving from academia to industry: we spoke to\u00a0Nessa Carey\u00a0from Pfizer on her transition from academia to industry, we\u2019ve written about\u00a0transferable skills\u00a0that are needed, we\u2019ve been through our archives to find you some great reads on our\u00a0Windback Wednesday round-up: From academia to industry. We\u2019ve even looked at how to\u00a0find your path when leaving the academic track.  Read more<\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,323,198,199],"tags":[337,219,347,59],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia-2","category-career-paths","category-postgraduate-2","category-research-2","tag-career-paths-2","tag-survey","tag-transferable-skills","tag-vitae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}