Doctoral Careers 29 November 2017
Housekeeping
Doctoral Careers - Outline for today 10:00 Welcome and introductions Elizabeth Scanlon 10:15 What Do Researchers Do? Julie Bhagat and Helen Armitage, Careers and Employability 11:15 Break 11:30 Career Stories Elizabeth Scanlon and Nicola Palmer, Doctoral School 12:30 Networking lunch (provided) 13:30 Planning Kent Roach, Careers and Employability 14:30 Break 14:45 Network building and profile-raising Nicola Palmer, Doctoral School 15:45 Wrap Up / Close
1. What Do Researchers Do?
Doctoral Careers Day 2017 What do researchers do? Julie Bhagat and Helen Armitage Employability Advisers Careers and Employability
Introductions • Your name • Area of research • Why decided to do the doctorate • What you want from the session....
Current thoughts?
Arts and Humanities and Social Science doctoral grads: • Part-time Fixed-term contracts • • Portfolio working
Destinations: Arts and Humanities doctoral holders
Destinations: social science doctoral holders
Move from academia: Why? Challenges Difficulty securing academic identity sense of position (initial better long failure decision) term prospects Job security what to (Fixed-term do?/oppourtuni contracts ties Better salary and working multi- environment culture tasking/short deadlines
Move from academia: Roles What helped: Prof role in Research HE broadening outside networking experience HE Research transferable policy/admin support Teaching skills from new colleagues Public Being engagement expecting it Writing/ open- /science to take time publishing minded communication
72% fixed-term contracts 1 in 5 on multiple short- term contracts 60% expect long-term academic post
10 Career Paths (jobs.ac.uk) 1. Industrial research and development 2. Pharmaceutical industry 3. Engineering industry 4. Central government 5. Research councils 6. Research roles within the NHS 7. Medical communications 8. Charity and voluntary sector 9. Finance 10. Consultancy
2. Career Stories
https://www.vitae.ac.uk/researcher-careers Vitae - Researcher Careers Researcher career stories 150+ narratives from • individual researchers insight into the lives and • career decisions of contributors
The University of Sheffield - Think Ahead Blog #sheffvista https://thinkaheadsheffield.wordpress.com/category/v-i-s-t-a-profile/ Careers beyond the academy - new vista profile each Friday
Newcastle University Researcher Career Stories
The University of Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/careers/postgrad/phd/options/academic- career/academic-career-journeys-at-edinburgh
The University of Manchester http://www.academiccareer.manchester.ac.uk/
Discussion prompts Which elements of any of these stories resonate with • you? What have other people in your discipline done? • Where have your supervisors' previous students • gone? Who can you ask about their experience of moving on • from the doctorate?
3. Planning
Doctoral Careers Day 29 th November 2017 Career Planning Tactics Careers and Employability Service Careers and Employability Centre City Campus Telephone: 0114 225 3752 E-mail: careers@shu.ac.uk
Careers & Employability Service Careers and Employability Centre Phone 0114 225 3752 or email: careers@shu.ac.uk UniHub unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events Careers Central careerscentral.shu.ac.uk shupace University Life Commercial Awareness l Team Work
Today's Aims... The doctorate is the start of your research journey, not the end…So what happens next and how can you take an active role in navigating your employment and life choices post-doctorate? This session will help you: • Recognise your approach to employability and career planning • Increase your awareness of career opportunities and vacancy sources after your PhD/Masters by research • Know where to go for further Careers support, guidance and self-help resources
Be aware of your Skills ....and continue building them Initiative Problem Commercial Creativity Solving Awareness Planning / Commercial Awareness Organisation Leadership Time l Customer Management Presentation Service Team Adaptability Work
Which picture resonates?....
One to One Advice & Guidance Jobs Grad/Prof Experiential roles How can Support Work while the Careers you study Service help? Workshops Employer such as Events & LinkedIn, Mock Fairs Interviews
Book an appointment... Tel: 0114 225 3752 Web: http://careerscentral.shu.ac.uk Email: careers@shu.ac.uk @SHUCareers Careers and Employability Centre Careers @ Student Services, City Campus Heart of the Campus, Collegiate
‘W hen the wind blows our working lives are shaped by many forces. What matters is how we react to them ’ Dr Peter Hawkins The Art of Building Windmills • Some build walls to resist the opportunities which come their way. Others build windmills taking control and • turning those opportunities to their own advantage The world of work is changing all the time and this quote lies at the heart of career management We have to be aware of and respond to these changes and work them to our advantage in order to remain employable .
What is Employability?
EMPLOYABILITY: a definition ‘Employability is having a set of skills, knowledge, understanding and personal attributes that make a person more likely to choose and secure occupations in which they can be satisfied and successful.’ ( Dacre Pool & Sewell, 2007) 34
What is 'career management'?
What is Career Management? • Implies taking charge of your future • In reality a highly interactive process between an individual and their environment/employer – can be difficult to feel in control of your own destiny • Good career managers therefore need: To understand what they want from life Be knowledgeable about careers, routes into them and career prospects An understanding of the wider economic, political, social and technological climate
DOTS Well informed career decisions are made when a person has: • a sense of S elf: understands strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes • knowledge of career O pportunities and routes into career opportunities • understood influences on D ecision making and consequences of decisions • the skills to T ransfer into opportunities e.g. CV, interviews, tests Bill Law & Tony Watts NICEC
Sometimes aimed towards getting you a new role or career Career Management... Sometimes geared to developing you in your A continuous process current role throughout your lifetime which will change according to your personal circumstances Sometimes focussed on preparing you for promotion
Self Awareness building Yourself Reflect on Research experience & and online talk to people tools Review Careers progress The Taking wider action picture The wider Take action picture
Issues...? In small groups discuss: • What do you feel are the main issues facing you as you plan the next stage of your career? • What barriers do you face? • What could you do to overcome these?
Some of the issues you may face... How to progress Awareness of Need to assess a career in options other strengths and academia than academia weaknesses Where to look Personal How to tailor my for expectations CV/Portfolio opportunities too harsh? How do generic employers view PhD holders?
Career Planning: Your Steps You: very important to know your ideas, values, skills, experience... Research: know what's out there and what can help Reality check: do I have what I need for this path...? Test it out: get experience, test options, reflect on experience Action Plan: what are you going to do next?
Career Planning Cycle How can I Where am keep I now? improving ? Career planning where do you start? What Where do I support do want to I need? be? How do I get there? Courtesy of The Art of Building Windmills by Dr Peter Hawkins
Career planning tactics • Start by assessing your current situation – motivation – skills – experience • The key is to step back and take an objective look at yourself
Think about yourself... Your Career ideas? what would you like to do? Your 'dream job'? Skills What are my skills Your likes, dislikes and values? What and abilities (actual are you already good at? and potential)? Are you self aware? Motivation 'Occupational Awareness' Personality What am I what could you do? How do I interact interested in with my doing? environment and What do I enjoy What choices have you already circumstances ? and find made? important? what steps do you need to take to get there?
Information http://careerscentral.shu.ac.uk/
Skills Analysis Prospects Planner http://www.prospects.ac.uk/myprospects_planner_login.htm Profiling for Success http://www.profilingforsuccess.com/take-an-assessment.php client code: tflhe access code: shu password: shu041012 Graduates First http://careerscentral.shu.ac.uk/assessment-centres/psychometric-tests
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