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 click the 'Book now' button to find out more and register.
20 November 2024How to find a job using recruitment agencies
Find out more about how to find a job using recruitment agencies in this ChemCareers webinar.
12:30-13:30 pm
Our webinars for winter 2024 - 2025 will be announced at the end of this year.
Our webinars for spring 2025 will be announced at the end of this year.
Our webinars for summer 2025 will be announced at the end of this year.
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.
One of our career and professional development advisers will be running one-to-one consultations at the following events this year:
- JPAG Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Awards & Careers Symposium 2024, 12 November
- Materials chemistry poster symposium, 29 November
- Faraday Community poster symposium 2024, 6 December
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
