Enhance your scientific knowledge and career skills with our range of talks, webinars and panel discussions.
Our career and professional development advisers can provide support through webinars and in-person events, to support you to make confident decisions about your career.
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ChemCareers webinars
Get your questions answered and receive practical advice and information from employers, career professionals and experienced chemical scientists. All RSC members can register for our ChemCareers lunchtime webinars, which are broadcast live, but with catch-up available to watch at a later date.
In a typical ChemCareers webinar, you will:
- learn about the career opportunities open to you as a chemical scientist
- get career management and professional development tips
- gain insights into marketing yourself in job applications and interviews and how to stand out as a candidate
- receive expert advice on dealing with career challenges
Click a tab to view the webinars in each season and then follow the links to the event pages to find out more and register.
1 March 2023, 12.30pm: Teacher scholars programme
Find out more about secondary chemistry teaching in the UK. This webinar will discuss the Royal Society of Chemistry’s teacher training scholarship.
9 March 2023, 12.30pm: Mental Health & Careers: Managing career setbacks and redefining success in your career
This is the fifth and final part of a series of webinars exploring topics related to mental health, job searching and career management. This webinar will focus on our relationship with failure and success and how this applies to our career goals and choices.
15 March 2023, 12.30pm: From laboratory to entrepreneur - building a company from your research
Find out more about building a company from your research in this webinar.
19 April 2023, 12.30pm: How to pick a postdoc
Find out more about how to pick a postdoc in this webinar.
26 April 2023, 12.30pm: Mental Health & Careers: What is burnout? What to do about it and how to avoid it
This is the fourth part of a series of webinars exploring topics related to mental health, job searching and career management. This webinar will focus on exploring what burnout is, and exploring our relationships with uncertainty, control and change and how to proactively manage them.
10 May 2023, 12.30pm: Moving out of a lab-based role
Find out more about moving out of a lab-based role in this webinar.
17 May 2023, 12.30pm: Managing workload
Find out more about managing workload in this webinar.
14 June 2023, 12.30pm: Getting back into the job market
Find out more about getting back into the job market in this webinar.
26 July 2023, 12.30pm: How to encourage professional development in your team
Find out more about how to encourage professional development in your team in this webinar.
2 August 2023, 12.30pm: Applying for Fellow
Find out more about applying for Fellow (FRSC) in this webinar.
16 August 2023, 12.30pm: Careers in knowledge transfer
Find out more about careers in knowledge transfer in this webinar.
13 September 2023, 12.30pm: Registered awards for technicians
Find out more about registered awards for technicians in this webinar.
27 September 2023, 12.30pm: Careers in biotech
Find out more about careers in biotech in this webinar.
11 October 2023, 12.30pm: How to grow professionally for CChem when working in regulated professions
Find out more about how to grow professionally for CChem when working in regulated professions in this webinar.
1 November 2023, 12.30pm: Get involved in science at the heart of government by applying for Government scientific bodies and parliamentary committees
Find out more about getting involved in science at the heart of government by applying for Government scientific bodies and parliamentary committees in this webinar.
15 November 2023, 12.30pm: Careers in Inclusion and Diversity
Find out more about careers in Inclusion and Diversity in this webinar.
6 December 2023, 12.30pm: Careers in medical writing
Find out more about careers in medical writing in this webinar.
Career talks at conferences and events
Our career and professional development advisers frequently speak at conferences and events, as well as provide one-to-one CV advice.
Enhance your scientific knowledge and career skills by registering for an event below.
Events for 2023 will be posted here.
View recordings of our previous webinars
Download and read our talks brochure to find out more about what you can expect.
Supporting your research career
We also organise the Joliot-Curie conference biennially. It is aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in academia who aspire to establish an independent career in research. Browse our accompanying programme of webinars available to watch in our Members' area.
Have some suggestions?
The ChemCareers webinar programme is a great way for our community to share practical experience of professional development, as well as experience of working in a sector or role. If you have a topic you would like to see covered, please get in touch with us.
A colleague and I gave a talk on patents to the ChemCareers group, and I’m delighted to say we had nearly 200 people attend.
Katy Pellow MRSC, Part-qualified Patent Attorney at Abel + Imray
