Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Principal Lecturer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Dr Vicki Elsey Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Associate Fellow BPS Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Principal Lecturer Vicki.elsey@Northumbria.ac.uk

• MSc Occupational • Recruitment • BSc Hons Psychology Consultancy Psychology 2000 2001 2001 (Admin Role) • MSc Thesis • Factory work with • Management • Office work management Consultancy • Bar work consultancy

4) Chartered Occupational 1) Business Support Role Psychologist Management Consultancy 3) Occupational Psychology 2) Research Consultant Consultant Role

Learning, training and development Leadership, Psychologica Research design, engagement advanced data l assessment and gathering and at work motivation analytical techniques Applying psychology to work and organisations Five core areas of OP (from BPS accreditation handbook) Work design, organization Wellbeing al changeand and work development

4) Chartered 1) Business Support Occupational Role Psychologist Management Consultancy 3) Occupational 2) Research Psychology Consultant Role 1. How a business works Consultant 2. Back to basics – literature, theory, research 3. Applying occupational psychology to the real world 4. Becoming a professional occupational psychologist (chartered)  Working in a small organisation gave me more opportunities than I would have had in a large organisation  You have to be prepared to make mistakes…they build your confidence (with support)

• MSc Occupational • Recruitment • BSc Hons Psychology Consultancy Psychology 2000 2001 2001 (Admin Role) • MSc Thesis • Factory work with • Management • Office work management Consultancy • Bar work consultancy

• University Start Lecturer Professional 2006 2010 2016 Awarded Doctorate in • MSc DOccPsych Occupational Programme Psychology Leader Things Had Got Had a 2009 2011 2016 another got Married child child messy! Back to Back to work 3 work 4 2012 2017 days days per per week week

 Practitioner becoming an academic!  Chartered Occupational Psychologist – that is my identity  Working with the next generation of Occupational Psychologists, while also being one myself  DOccPsych: The Career of an Occupational Psychology Graduate: Employment, Identity, Employability (2012-2016) (classed as Early Career Researcher)  Doing what I originally wanted to do 20 years ago – make a difference to the working lives of individuals  Variety, autonomy, development, challenge

 Research:  Wellbeing in the Police Force  The Motherhood Penalty  Values based recruitment tool for a hospice  Employee Silence  Practice:  Development of an approach to support leaders in the health service  Assessment centres for Heads of Service  Graduate coaching skills training and coaching  Supervision of Trainee Occupational Psychologists  Volunteering with the BPS

 Early career: the role – finding the right one, making the most of it, getting experience  Mid career: now about managing competing priorities, how to maintain a work identity while having a new identity as wife and mother  I love my subject and my profession!  Going back to my initial interests e.g. career, enjoying work  Adapt, adapt, adapt!

“the evolving sequence of a person’s work experiences over time” (Arthur, Hall and Lawrence, 1989) • What do you • Formal and want? informal • What is • At all levels important to you? Values and Education ambitions Participation Learning • Work, life, sports, • Through volunteering education, reflection, experience

 Career Construction Theory  “The process through which individuals construct themselves, impose direction in their vocational behaviour and make meaning of their careers” (Savickas, 2013, p.147)  Requires adaptability (4Cs) – CONCERN , CONTROL , CURIOSITY , CONFIDENCE  https://www.caba.org.uk/how-we-help/career-development/career-adaptability- tool-introduction  Happenstance  Indecision is a normal part of career, unplanned events foster learning (Krubmoltz, 1999)  Interactionist approach  Many theories apply in employability – it is a multifaceted construct

The Career of an Occupational Psychology Graduate: Employment, Employability and Identity (2016)  Job craft or career craft  What employees do to redesign their own jobs in ways that can foster job satisfaction, as well as engagement, resilience and thriving at work (Wrzesniewski & Dutton, 2001)  Craft for your role or professional identity  Self-efficacy  Confidence, has an influence on employability and career success (se also Abele & Spurk, 2009a)  Comes with experience – positive and negative  Profile raising  Sell your profession, joint responsibility, be proud to be a psychologist!  Destination data  You may be asked to participate in surveys from your university and from the professional body to understand what you have done post graduation – participation helps us to understand the employment market

HOURS IN A DAY Other Work Sleep

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Being a child Work Retirement Waiting for the weekend Having fun “getting through it” Having fun Watching the clock

Values and Education ambitions Participation Learning Past Present Future

 Make the most of opportunities – future success is about more than understanding theories at university! Experience grows confidence (self- efficacy)  Be prepared to adapt – what you want now might not match where you end up – openness and adaptability matter to employability…job craft  Develop an understanding of YOU – what do you enjoy, what makes you happy, how can you measure success…YOUR measure  Be interested – attend careers talks, network , learn about jobs and careers BE AUTHENTIC!

VICKI.ELSEY@NORTHUMBRIA.AC.UK Any questions?