How we can support your career
Supporting professional development and nurturing the next generation of researchers, technicians, innovators and inventors.
The Royal Society of Chemistry has advice, guidance and information available to support your professional development. We can help you understand how your interests and skills fit with the labour market, uncover the opportunities within your existing job and navigate career changes or times of uncertainty.
Career decisions
Practical tips and relevant information to help you with career transitions, be more effective in your chosen field and explore new directions.
Job seeking
We can help you find your next role, prepare for your application, make your CV stand out and ensure a strong interview.
Career consultations
One-to-one and tailored to you, discuss your situation in confidence with a career and professional development adviser.
Mentoring
Become a mentor and help a member improve their transferable skills, or become a mentee and achieve clarity around career goals.
Career toolkit
An easy-to-use resource to build and improve your professional profile and interview technique, as well as assess your strengths.
Career talks and events
Get insight and expert advice on career choices, standing out and transferable skills in our monthly online career talks. Or meet us at events.
Meet the career advice team
Our independent, qualified, careers specialists can help you with a confidential career consultation on any aspect of managing your career.
I studied psychology at Lancaster University with the original aim of becoming an educational psychologist.
After graduating I was offered a job recruiting police officers, which progressed into working in HR for the Lancashire Constabulary for some years. This was followed by further HR work in a rehabilitation centre before joining the HR department at the Royal Society of Chemistry.
My interest in professional development led me to move into careers work at the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011.
Professional qualifications
- Chartered CIPD
- Mental Health First Aider
Specialist in
- HR
- Recruitment processes
- Employment law
- Mentoring
- Career breaks
After an early career in marine biotechnology, I moved out of the lab to develop a career working with people rather than micro-organisms.
I have insight into a wide range of industries and types of companies, having worked for organisations ranging from large multinational pharma companies to small software houses.
My PhD and post-doc work has given me an insight into academic careers, and I also have extensive experience in sales and marketing roles.
I use this wide range of experience to help people find the right role for them.
Professional qualifications
- Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development with Open University
- Mentoring training
- Mental Health First Aider
Specialist in
- Academic careers
- Careers in industry
- Helping people with career changes, whatever the reason
My career started in Higher Education, where I began working as an associate lecturer whilst completing my PhD.
I then transitioned my career to work in careers guidance, which I have been doing since 2021 across Higher Education, delivering careers content for clients based across 91 countries. I have successfully twice delivered a teaching programme for PhD researchers, taught others working in careers how to review CVs, and undertaken HE recruitment. I also supported PGRs and ECRs working in cancer research.
I joined the RSC in 2024.
Professional qualifications
- University of Warwick, Career Development and Coaching Studies (in progress)
- AGCAS Introduction to Guidance Interviewing
- AGCAS Challenges of Career Work in HE
Specialist in
- Academic careers
- Career wellbeing
- Career change
- Pharma careers
- Global careers
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We're here to help. Get in touch with any questions about your chemistry career or the support we can provide.
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