As you pursue your academic goals, you develop experience, knowledge and skills that are required in a variety of professions, opening the door to a wide range of career opportunities in both academia and the private sector.
Career support program
The career support program is based around individual sessions with a careers advisor and group workshops on specific topics, so that you can:
- Clarify your interests, values, strengths, skills and challenges;
- Build a career plan in line with your ambitions;
- Develop your professional network;
- Prepare your profile (CV, cover letter and LinkedIn profile);
- Receive guidance to prepare for job interviews and academic recruitment processes.
The Career Development Service for Scientists is a European Commission-accredited Career Development Center. It is an active member of Euraxess, which works to improve researcher mobility in Europe.
Reviews of the career support program:
Careers events
All year round, the Career Development Service for Scientists organizes a range of careers events to give all Master's and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, engineers and scientists the opportunity to develop their network, boost their employability and discover new opportunities.
The events focus on a variety of topics:
- Opportunities to meet professionals from different fields in academia and the private sector and to learn about professions, fields of work and possible career pathways, in France and abroad;
- Events to help you prepare for academic recruitment processes (CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur, etc.).
Key figures – annual averages:
Postdoc Office
There are nearly 480 postdoctoral fellows on the Institut Pasteur campus.
To guide them in their personal and professional development, the Institut Pasteur has a dedicated office to help them settle in on campus, support them in their training and encourage well-being in the workplace.
The Postdoc Office works closely with representatives of postdoctoral fellows to help develop a postdoctoral community and meet their needs as effectively as possible.
Are you interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institut Pasteur? Click here
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Improving working conditions for scientists
The Career Development Service for Scientists assists the Institut Pasteur as it seeks to develop a diverse, fair and inclusive environment and to improve working conditions for scientists on an ongoing basis. Two policies have been adopted to this end:
- The policy for equality in the workplace, as transposed in the Gender Equality Plan;
- The EU's Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).
To find out more about the Institut Pasteur's commitments in terms of diversity, equality and inclusion, click here.
Contacts
Surtitre
Mariana MESEL LEMOINE
Head of Career development service for scientists
