Future Career Perspectives for Researchers

After finishing your doctorate, you can pursue a career in academia or alternatively on various sectors of the society. One option also is to establish and run your own business as an entrepreneur. By providing information and introducing perspectives of different career possibilities, we want to support researchers in acquiring the knowledge and contacts they might need when transitioning to job positions outside the academic world.
Career Development Toolkit
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Careers in academia

Academic Positions
Finnish Doctoral Training Network
Vitae - Careers in academia
The Vitae Researcher Development Framework
Working at the University

Careers beyond academia

Where to start?
Career planning
Skills and training
Networking and mentoring
Additional materials
Contact information

Join our upcoming mentoring events!

Mentors' Bar: Petri Kärki

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The first Mentors' Bar event will take place on May 28, at 15:00 in auditorium Kurten. As the first visiting keynote speaker, we welcome the university’s own doctoral alumni Petri Kärki, who now is responsible for Hitachi Energy’s energy systems and storage sales in Europe. After the keynote, there will be time for questions, discussion and networking. Refreshments will be served at the beginning of the event. The event is conducted in English.
Sign up for the event in Messi.

Mentors' Corner: Overview of Important Working Life Skills

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The first Mentors' Corner event will take place in Teams on June 4, at 15:00. In the event we get to hear an interesting keynote by Senior Specialist in Career Services Nina Nässlin on the theme “Overview of important working life skills”. After the keynote there will be time for questions and discussion. The event is recorded and conducted in English.

Sign up for the event in Messi.

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