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The Vitae Researcher Development Framework articulates the knowledge, behaviours and attributes that researchers (postgraduate and reseach staff) develop during their doctorate.
This framework enables employers to consider a pool of experienced professionals, and the technical expertise and high level skills they can bring to an organisation.
"The Researcher Development Framework provides researchers with a tool to use to help identify their transferable skills, strengths and capabilities and how to develop them. All of which are relevant to a range of careers and extremely valued by employers."
Jackie Wilbraham, R&D Science Policy Director, Astrazeneca
The 'Employability lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework for careers outside of academia' highlights the transferable skills typically developed by researchers that are most frequently desired by employers.
"Employers who simply encourage researchers to apply on the same basis as other graduate recruits are not usually successful in recruiting doctoral graduates".
'Recruiting researchers: survey of employer practice 2009', Vitae 2010
The employability lens can help employers to: