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Leaving AcademiaWelcome to your Leaving Academia Toolkit

The only person who will prioritise your career is you. Here are 12 worksheets for before, during and after your job move.

You go from peak to peak, so feel free to circle back to earlier exercises every time you move.

Tick-tock: time-related boosts

Your timeline

How did you get here? Map your route so far.

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5-minute micro tasks

Small career boosts for the gaps in your day.

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15-minute mini tasks

A coffee break's worth of career progress.

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45-minute medio tasks

For when you can block out a proper chunk of time.

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Before you move

Your golden thread: values

Setting a firm foundation.

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Your steel thread: strengths

Building you up.

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Your purple thread: courage

Helping you leap.

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Moving roles

Starting your job search

Where and how to look.

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CVs for PhDs

Stop looking like a postdoc on paper.

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Job score card

Weigh up a role against what matters to you.

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Once in your new role

Your tripwire

Set a point to check in, so you don't drift.

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Your shopping list

Looking to the future: identify your list.

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