We offer a specialist service to fixed-term research staff interested in careers in the academic sector as well as a wide range of careers in other sectors. This includes confidential individual appointments, workshops, events and online resources. Access to Researcher-specific appointments and events depends on your status: 

Research Staff on Fixed Term Contracts

You can use this service if you are a member of staff on a fixed-term research contract.  This includes: all postdocs including JRFs, College Teaching Officers, Research Assistants (with or without a PhD), Research Associates, and holders of Research Fellowships. Please contact us at enquiries@careers.cam.ac.uk if you need clarification.

 This includes the following affiliated institutions:

• MRC LMB (Laboratory of Molecular Biology)        
• Sanger (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)            
• Babraham                                                                   
• EBI (European Bioinformatics Institute)                

Postdocs are not eligible to use the service once their contract has ended, unless you have a degree from Cambridge, in which case you can access an alumni (appointments outside term time only). 

Visiting researchers

If you are visiting Cambridge as a researcher within the university and are based in Cambridge for the period of your visit,  you are eligible to use the service.  Once you leave Cambridge or return to your home institution, you are no longer eligible. 

Permanent Staff and senior academics

Staff on a permanent contracts and senior academics are not eligible to one-to-one appointments but are welcome to make use of our online resources and book events via Handshake, using an @cam email address. 

Affiliated researchers

This status is given by some departments typically to researchers who are no longer on contract but have had a period of time working in the department.  These researchers (unless student alumni and registered as alumni) are not eligible.   

Please note that certain events, appointments, resources and vacancies are only available to current students, or to specific groups, departments, faculties or levels of study. Access is at the discretion of the Careers Service or host organisation and access criteria may apply.