Sector overview
Overview of the science and pharmaceuticals sector
Typical job profiles
Useful online resources
General sector advice
- MySciCareer - some examples of career paths for scientific research
- New Scientist Studentzone - a guide to careers in science, includes Graduate Careers Special magazine
- Science - careers & job search section
- Science Council - advice about working towards Registered Scientist status
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics - Thinking of a Career in Applied Mathematics?
- The Science Council - 10 types of scientist
Science/Medical Writing
- Associate Medical Writer - training programme information sheet
- FirstMedJobs
- theGIST - science communication organisation
Scientific sales
- VRS Recruitment - jobs board for scientific sales and marketing
Working in the Health Service
- NHS Education for Scotland - Management Training Scheme
- NHS England - find your health career
- NHS - Health Careers
- NHS Health Education England - National School of Healthcare Science
NHS Scotland Careers - NHS Education for Scotland - Management Training Scheme
- Public Health Scotland
Women in Science
- Ada Lovelace Day - celebrating women in STEM; includes careers fairs and other events
- Equate Scotland
- Stem Women
- Women into Science, Engineering, and Construction (WISE)
Job sites and specialist recruiters
- Beatson Institute Careers
- Biochemical Society Job Seekers
- British Antarctic Survey - careers information and jobs board
- Find A PhD -science vacancies
- Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) - recruitment process
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) - West of Scotland KTP Centre
- Jobs in Science
- Medpace
- New Scientist Jobs
- Innopharm - jobs directory
- STEM Graduates
- STEM Recruitment Solutions
Science-related summer internships, placements, and graduate programmes
- AstraZeneca
- GSK
- Pfizer
- Gradcracker - lists a comprehensive range of STEM-related opportunities