By Charlesworth Author Services on February 16, 2021
Career Planning and Job Hunting for Academics – A Quest for a New Life or a Frustrating Odyssey?
It is no secret that academia has become a more and more challenging career choice and the academic sector is far from the secure employer it was for some decades ago. Careers are shortening, competition over positions is toughening, and the number of researchers who never appear as the first author of a publication is on the rise, according to a paper written by Milojević, Radicchi, and Walsh (2018). Whether you decide to play the game of academia or are on the lookout for a non-university job, you are heading for a quest of learning to package and market your skills and make some well-planned choices.