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Sarah Blackford

Schonungen, United Kingdom

About Me

Sarah Blackford is a qualified academic career specialist (Registered Career Development Professional; MA, Warwick University) and the author of Career Planning for Research Bioscientists. Her primary client group is Higher Education students and research staff. Having started her career in research and publishing, Sarah moved into careers advisory work over 20 years ago and has since been delivering specialised F2F and on-line career workshops and one-to-one guidance to researchers and PhD students in the UK and across mainland Europe. Much of her advice and resources are published on her blog www.biosciencecareers.org. Sarah is currently based in Germany but is happy to offer her services on-line or by telephone.

Method of delivery

  • Internet-based services
  • Telephone services

Client groups

  • School pupils
  • Employees
  • Employers
  • Graduates
  • International employees
  • Managers
  • Executives
  • Mature age employees
  • Retirees/semi retirees
  • Vocational education students
  • Women returners
  • Expatriates
  • International students

Services offered

  • Career coaching
  • Career guidance
  • Career development workshop facilitation
  • Career Transition
  • LinkedIn Coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Organisational consultancy
  • Using Social Media for Job Applications and career development
  • Writing on career topics
  • Supervision
  • Career Programme Design and Development
  • Research on career topics
  • Training of career development practitioners