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How do you see your career path? Like a confusing maze with too many choices and conflicting directions? Or steep and rocky, with lots of opportunities to trip up? In any case, you needn´t panic. Our U.K. CareerDoctor will guide you through the career maze with an advice-packed column tailored to meet your needs. How can we tell? Because you will be asking the questions! So, why wait, ask the CareerDoctor for advice today!

The UK CareerDoctor Index of Columns

Career Doctor
United Kingdom
13 September 2002

Where Do I Fit in the British Academic System?
16 September 2005
Our CareerDoctor advises a British student who would like to come back to the UK once her PhD in the US is over. A clear understanding of where one fits in a new academic system is key.

Getting to the End of Your PhD
26 August 2005
The final year of a PhD may be the most challenging of all. Those who finish their PhD on schedule (and on funding) are few; this requires some serious planning and motivation, and the CareerDoctor gives you just that.

Getting Essential Core Skills, with Tenure at Stake
15 July 2005
Our CareerDoctor advises an assistant professor who, after three years and a half, feels that all her precious time is going into committee meetings and classes -- leaving her in the impossibility to work on her own research, let alone think about it.

On the Road to Health and Safety
17 June 2005
The CareerDoctor spells out health and safety acronyms to a research assistant in search of a way in, and advises her whether she should go for additional training or direct employment.

Time to Change Lab
27 May 2005
The CareerDoctor addresses two big issues in academic career development - how long may you stay in the same lab before it becomes damaging to your career, and how should you start looking for independence.

Don't Let a Bad Reference Stall your Career
22 April 2005
You've got the feeling this job interview went really well ... But, weeks later, still no sign from the employer. Could it be that you were given a bad reference?

Surviving the "Blues" Year in your PhD
18 March 2005
The CareerDoctor advises a PhD student in physics who is half-way through his PhD time, and is considering giving it all a day.

Making a Comeback
11 February 2005
Is it possible to come back to academia once you have turned your back to it? The CareerDoctor advises a chemist currently working in industry on the barriers between him and an academic post, and gives him practical advice on how he may make himself a stronger candidate.

Making a Fresh Start
14 January 2005
If your career hasn't always been going the way you intended, before you realise it you might find yourself sucked into dwelling on "what might have been". The CareerDoctor helps you put this behind you and make a new start for the year ahead.

Christmas Wrap-Up
10 December 2004

Starting Your Ph.D. on the Right Track, Part 2
12 November 2004

Choosing the Right Postdoc
8 October 2004

Starting Your PhD on the Right Track, Part 1
10 September 2004

Breaking-up with Academia
13 August 2004

How to Avoid the Postdoc Trap
9 July 2004

Academic Careers Demystified
11 June 2004

Destination Europe
14 May 2004

Transfer Yourself From the Academic to the Commercial World
9 April 2004

Escape to Industry, Part II
26 March 2004

Master's and PhDs
12 March 2004

Preparing for Assessment Centres
27 February 2004