Resourses on the European Euraxess Portal
Find more information, different research career tools and traning resources at the European Euraxess Portal - but first, see the short video presenting the contents of the section, including the tools available there.
Contact your EURAXESS Centre regarding career development services. Click on the link and choose Expertise to see if career service is available.
If you would like more information on any of the topics on this page, contact EURAXESS Sweden.
Success stories Career in Sweden
In the video to the right, you will get to know Yiwen Jiang and her research as a doctoral student at Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Find out what she enjoys most about living and working in Sweden.
Career outside academia digital programme spring 2025
During Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025 EURAXESS Sweden offeredr a fully digital Career Outside Academia Programme, where early stage researchers could deepen their understanding of possible future career moves outside academia in Sweden.
The outline of the programme:
- Session 1: Welcome to your future! - Meet two international PhD who stepped outside academia to a job and starting a business.
- Session 2: Transitioning from academia to industry - How to handle the mental shift going from academia to the industry and translating your academic and research skills to match what the industry is looking for.
- Session 3: Market yourself to possible employers - Write a selling application and CV.
- Session 4: The power of networking - How do you expand your network and how can you use it finding and landing a position.
- Session 5: The Swedish job market and its employers - EURES will explain the Swedish job market and you will meet a panel of employers and representatives from the business sector.
- Session 6: Stepping into your own future - What kind of support is out there for your after this programme? Meet representatives from the unions and find out what other support you can find.
Staying within academia or leaving for a career outside of academia
- SULF, the Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers has put together a guide to support you when you are thinking about your academic career choices and what to consider when changing jobs. You can also read their 4-step tips if risking unemployemtb, which is the case with temporary employments such as PhD and postdoc. Read more at sulf.se
- The State Job Transition Agreement is valid if you are employed by:
- a state-sector higher education institution (most universities in Sweden) or a state agency in Sweden,
- Jönköping University, Chalmers University of Technology and certain other non-governmental organisations that are members of the Swedish Agency for Government Employers.
- You will find career service for students and graduates at many Swedish universities and higher educational institutions. See an overview of Swedish Higher Education and Researchs. Once you have found your HEI, search for career services on their website.
- On the website of The Swedish Public Employment Agency you can find a Do-it yourself-guidance to find your career path.