Useful resources for PhDs

These resources cover post-doc opportunities as well as general academic vacancies in the UK, Europe and worldwide.

highered360.com is a gateway to worldwide vacancy resources for academic jobs, you can search by country, position and discipline
academicjobseu.com advertises academic and research posts across Europe
Education Guardian Jobs in Higher Education
EURAXESS is a European researchers’ portal providing career opportunities, information and assistance for researchers in all subject areas and at all levels of study/career. You can search for career as well as fellowship and grant opportunities by research field, career stage and/or country
FindAPostDoc searchable database of post-doctoral research vacancies (UK based, primarily European vacancies)
HEAnet Ireland's National Education and Research Network
jobs.ac.uk is a specialist jobsite for Careers in Academic, Research, Science, and Related Professions (UK & International)
Knowedge Transfer Partnerships - jobs
postdocjobs.com is based in the US but advertises worldwide postdoctoral vacancies and fellowships
researchiscool.com recruitment and social networking site for researchers at all stages of their careers worldwide – networking, jobs, funding and upcoming events
ResearchGate is a site for scientific research jobs worldwide
Science Careers is dedicated to careers (academic and otherwise) in science, with information and advice on issues like funding and career planning as well as vacancies and opportunities for funding, postdoctoral research opportunities and jobs
THEunijobs Academic and University jobs in the UK
Nature Careers - connecting candidates to science jobs

Europe

Academic Transfer academic jobs website from the Netherlands
Academic Jobs EU.com advertises academic and research posts across Europe
HEAnet Ireland's National Education and Research Network
The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) is a federation of national associations of PhD candidates and young researchers
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) promotes excellence in the life sciences in Europe and has fellowships and career development resources for early career scientists

US & North America

Academia.edu is an American site to share and follow research, includes an international jobs board
After College advertises postdoctoral opportunities in the US and Canada
Chronicle Vitae US jobs
Higher Ed Jobs - US site but includes many international jobs

Worldwide

Association of Commonwealth Universities - links to universities in the Commonwealth
GoinGlobal is an extensive international jobs database (login on campus and then create a personal account). It contains a wealth of information where you can find international vacancies as well as country-specific application procedures, visa regulations, CV and interview guidelines as well as cultural and business information.
Prospects: Work Abroad provides in-depth country information including vacancy sources

You can find more information and tips on identifying and developing your skills as well as links to further training opportunities below.

Make sure you are familiar with and utilise the Researcher Development Programme.

AGCAS Career Development and Employability Resources PGRs (pdf)
Biotechnology Yes an innovative competition developed to raise awareness of the commercialisation of bioscience ideas among postgraduate students/postdoctoral scientists. The site includes links to relevant companies
Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers - collaborative online course (MOOC) produced and delivered by careers professionals at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sheffield
Shinton Consulting provides careers advice, information and professional development training to scientists, academic researchers, PhD students and academic staff
Strathclyde RKES portal (DS log-in required) an online 'space' which holds information relating to Research and Knowledge Exchange
UCAS Teacher Training processes all applications for the entry to Postgraduate and Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) courses
Vitae: The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers - September 2019
Vitae: Developing as a researcher is dedicated to postgrads with help and advice on the whole process of your PhD, from starting your research to finding a job

Babraham Institute biomedical research; offers post doctoral programme
Institute for Historical Research (IHR) has information on fellowships
Leverhulme Trust makes awards for the support of research and education and encompasses all subject areas
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) provides quality assurance in Higher Education by formulating academic standards and conducting reviews and audits. Benchmarks for different subject areas can be found here - these can be useful for measuring key subject-related skills
Social Research Association provides a comprehensive training programme to support the professional development of social researchers
SRA Scotland
Society for Research into Higher Education is an independent society that seeks to stimulate and co-ordinate research into all aspects of Higher Education
Universities UK wealth of information on HE sector issues (including politics, structure of HE sector, and nature of funding research)
University and College Union (UCU) is the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK
Vitae has a wealth of information for postgraduate research students and researchers

Your career plans may include working for yourself.

Careers Service: Self-employment
Vitae: Careers stories: doctoral entrepreneurs

Jobs.ac.uk blog Real-life experiences job-seeking, academic life and much more
National Postgraduate Committee site representing postgraduate student interests in Britain with separate Scotland information
Researchers' Survival Guide Downloadable publication from the University and College Union (UCU)
Shinton Consulting provides careers advice, information and professional development training to scientists, academic researchers, research students and academic staff
Strathclyde Researchers Portal (DS log-in required) a new online 'space' which holds information relating to Research and Knowledge Exchange

There are no job sites dedicated to the specific recruitment of PhDs but the ones below are where non academic jobs requiring a PhD are often advertised:

jobs.ac.uk – although this is the prime UK site for academic jobs, they also advertise jobs outside academia and you can search by type of job ie Professional / Managerial / Support Services
Findapostdoc.com – UK-based jobs board, mixture of academic and non-academic posts
ResearchGate – jobs board for a scientific researcher community site (they do keep encouraging you to sign up to their network, but you don’t need to do that to access the jobs they advertise)
Specialised resources for industry sectors can be found on our I want to work in pages

jobs.ac.uk The Immigration Toolkit for International PhD Students