Career Resources

On these pages we have curated a range of resources, blogs and interviews to help those both wanting to start a career in think tanks or policy or who are already working in the sector but would like to develop their knowledge and expertise.

Think Tank FAQs

We answer some of the most commonly asked questions about think tanks including what they are, what ...

How to write a policy CV

From understanding the basics of how to produce a winning CV to how to tailor it for the policy sect...

How to improve your writing

Improving your writing skills will help increase your chances of securing an interview and also as y...

Interview with a Civil Servant

Caroline Cooke is a domestic policy maker who started her career working on affordable housing policy. She also worked across Local Government policy and finance, mortgage finance and Preventing Viole ...

Interview with a Think Tank Director

Anand Menon is Director of the UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London. He has written widely on many aspects of EU politics and polic ...

Interview with a Policy Specialist

Imogen Watson has spent many years working in Parliament, both in the Parliamentary Research Service as well as for MPs. She has covered a range of different policy areas and currently focuses on the ...

Demystifying think tanks: common misconceptions about the sector

Think tanks can be mysterious organisations. Even the name doesn’t give much of a clue as to what think tanks really do – are people being paid to just think all day? This failure by think tanks t ...

Interview with a Public Affairs Partner

Jonathan Simons has worked in the policy sector in a variety of roles starting in the Civil Service through to the private sector, think tanks and charitable foundations. He is a Partner at Public Fir ...

Interview with a Managing Director – Think Tank

Emily Duncan is the Managing Director of centre-Right think tank the Centre for Policy Studies. Following graduation, she worked as cabin crew at British Airways before starting a varied career in thi ...

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