Career Platform Survey

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* 1. Which of these profiles do you most closely associate with?

Student (graduate, post-graduate)

Doctoral or post-doctoral researcher (PhD, post-doctoral research fellow)

Academic professional (professor, department head, etc)

Corporate researcher (researcher with a pharma company, etc)

Private researcher (own lab, private research lab, etc)

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* 2. How many papers have you published so far?

0-5

5-10

10-20

>20

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* 3. Which country do you live in?

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* 4. What is your area of research?

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* 5. Do you think the currently available job/career platforms are suitable for careers in science/research/academia?

Yes

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* 6. Which platform(s) do you mostly use?

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* 7. What do you think are the issues with current platforms?

Poor quality of recommendations

Not tailored to prospects/types of jobs in this field

Does not allow for communication necessary for prospects in such fields

Not enough listings of relevant jobs/prospects

Expensive to use

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* 8. An ideal platform for such jobs/prospects should focus on what areas, according to you?

Tools to highlight research profile of the researcher

Curated high-quality job listings

Tools to network with prospective employers

Communicating research objective and directions of the employers

Facilitating communication/discussions between researchers working in the same research area

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How often do you usually look for a job prospect?

Once a year

More than once a year

Once in 3 years or longer

Rarely

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* 10. What kind of job profiles are you usually interested in?

Researcher with private research labs

Researcher in government agencies/labs

Contractual research consultant for specific projects

Academic profile with research possibilities

Research jobs with small labs

Short-term academic or research jobs

Corporate jobs

Other (please specify)

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* 11. How do you currently search for jobs/prospects?

I use currently available job search platforms

I use social media

Mostly through colleagues/friends

I rely on web search (Google, Bing, etc)

I directly check on company websites

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* 12. Please specify which social sites

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* 13. Please specify which platforms

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* 14. What are your greatest challenges in applying for jobs?

Writing a resume

Finding a suitable job is difficult

Applying for a job is difficult

Other (please specify)

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* 15. What part of resume writing is difficult?

Resume writing in English language is difficult

Organizing a resume is difficult

Highlight research achievements is difficult

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* 16. What part of finding a job is difficult?

Most companies do not present a clear research direction

Most companies do not present a clear job role

Relevant job listings are not available easily

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* 17. What part of applying for a job you find difficult?

Tailoring research profile/application to the job

Navigating through job portals

Understanding profile and job match is difficult