john kirwan – chartered fcipd, careers adviser for postgraduate researchers dr tracy johnson –...
Post on 11-Jan-2016
219 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
John Kirwan – Chartered FCIPD, Careers Adviser for
Postgraduate Researchers
Dr Tracy Johnson – Careers Adviser
PhD? Added Value?Arts & Humanities
May 25th 2010
2
‘It is probably true that we spend more time planning our annual
holiday than we spend planning a career which matches our skills,
personality profile, and aspirations’
John Lees - Career Coach
3
• ‘Have not really thought about planning my career direction – it’s just evolved’
• ‘No idea what else I might do outside academia’• ‘Need to keep in with my supervisor – power of
patronage’• Isolation• ‘I’ve never had a formal job interview’• ‘No time for other courses’
Career observations - from Postgraduate Researchers…
4
Session Plan
• Context – labour market?• PhD destinations?• Where are you now?• Professional development & goal setting• Employability/career transition model• Selection processes – getting hired!• Career resources• Questions?
5 Context – labour market(s)?
• Is it all doom & gloom?
• Graduate vacancies 2009/10 – down 29%
(ONS 8/09) - AGR 9%
• Highly dependent on employment sector
• > Increased competition is a reality
• BUT… recruiters are still recruiting!
• AND - Postgraduates have consistently lower
unemployment rates than 1st degree
graduates
Unemployment % rates by degree levelSource: Vitae 2009, HESA
Believed Unemployed 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
PhD 3.2 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.1
Masters 3.7 4.8 4.2 3.5 3.7
Bachelors 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.5
6
7
• What % stay in education?
• Less than 50% of the whole cohort
So what do PhDs do?
Academic areas of study % entering education sector in 2007
All UK domiciled 49
Arts and Humanities 69
Biological Sciences 49
Biomedical Sciences 45
Physical Sciences and Engineering
43
Social Sciences 68
• What do Researchers do? – Vitae 2009
A8 So what do PhDs do?
• Postdoctoral researchers in HE?
Academic areas of study % working as postdoctoral researchers in 2007
All UK-domiciled 23
Arts and Humanities 11
Biological Sciences 36
Biomedical Sciences 24.5
Physical Sciences and Engineering
28
Social Sciences 17
• What do Researchers do? – Vitae, 2009
A9 So what do PhDs do?
• HE lecturers?
Academic areas of study % working as HE lecturers in 2007
All UK-domiciled 14
Arts and Humanities 27
Biological Sciences <5
Biomedical Sciences 14
Physical Sciences and Engineering
7
Social Sciences 33
• What do Researchers do? – Vitae 2009
Arts - Destinations 05/06 - 07/08
• Lecturers• Research Fellows• Translator • Writer• Historian• Conservation
Officer • Librarian • Head of Research
• Trainee Auditor Property Developer Lecturer ESOL Teacher Commissioning Editor Fundraising & Admin Officer
• Church Minister
10
11
Where are you right now & where might you be going?
… are you taking control of your career?
12
How do people make career decisions?
Rationally – logic & planning Irrationally – gut feelings Desperation! Pressure from others They don’t – just evolve! “Happenstance”…right:
place/time/people
13 Pathways…
What’s your path forward?
Academia/Research?
Research – Other?
AlternativeOptions?
Employability
• “a set of achievements – skills,
understanding and personal attributes – that
make graduates more likely to gain
employment and be successful in their
chosen occupations, which benefits
themselves, the workforce, the country and
the economy.”
Higher Education Academy
14
Career transition- employability
‘To be employed is to be at risk, to be
employable is to be secure.’
… employability attributes?
… competencies
16 RCUK Joint Skills Statement - 7 key researcher (base-line) competencies
Research skills & techniques
Research environment
Research management
Personal effectiveness
Communication skills
Networking & team working
Career management
17 Career Management Appreciate need for & show commitment to
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Take ownership & manage one’s own career, setting realistic & achievable goals, identifying & developing ways to improve employability
Demonstrate insight into transferable nature of research skills to other work environments & the range of career opportunities within & outside academia
Present one’s skills, personal attributes & experiences through effective CVs, applications & interviews
18 What do you want from a career – your motivators
• What’s important to you?o Using your PhD subject?o Salary?o Professional qualifications?o Career progression?o Location?o Job security?o Intrinsic value of the work undertaken?o Work/life balance?o Travel?o Other…?
So how do you move on? Using Personal Development Planning (PDP)
• Evaluate your current position/skills
• Seek out an experience (a course, advice)
• Record what happened briefly
• Review – what went well/not so well
• Set specific, clear goals for improvement
• Plan and take action
• Build a resource as you go
• Think of it as professional development
Why set goals?
• To get from where you are now to where you want to be
• To meet your deadlines
• Useful in any area of your life and work
• To help you break patterns and unhelpful habits
• To help you commit to making changes
• Research increasingly indicates the power of goal setting
• Agreeing goals with a supervisor will increase your chance of
success during the PhD
• Developing these skills now will enhance your professional
career management & development later
SMARTER goals
• Specific
• Measurable
• Agreed
• Realistic
• Timed
• Evaluated
• Reviewed
PDP is an opportunity…
• To become more self-aware
• To develop your meta-cognitive skillso Knowing what you doo Why you do it like thato The results these actions achieve for you
• To develop your professional skills
• To find out what motivates you
• To help you make important decisions
• To develop your employability
23 What attributes (competencies) do employers look for?
• Commitment and drive• Motivation and enthusiasm• Teamworking• Oral communication• Flexibility and adaptability• Customer focus• Problem solving• Managing and learning
re: career• Commercial awareness
• Planning and organisation• Time management• Leadership• Numeracy• Cultural sensitivity• Computer literacy• Project management• Report writing• Risk taking/enterprise
AGR survey of 236 employers, 2006 (in order of importance to their business)
Employer ranking of PhD skills
1. Data Analysis
2. Problem Solving
3. Drive and Motivation
4. Project Management
5. Interpersonal Skills
6. Leadership
7. Commercial Awareness
Recruiting Researchers employer survey – Vitae 2009
24
25Employers may ask you…
• Which of your achievements/ideas do you feel most proud of? What was your contribution?
• In terms of experience and or ability, what strengths are you bringing to this career?
• Give an example of when you have organized your thoughts on a matter of importance to you, effectively communicated these to others and obtained their agreement?
• When have you set yourself a demanding goal and overcome obstacles to achieve it?
• What do you contribute to a team?
26 The Selection Process – gathering EVIDENCE
VacancyAnalysis
jobrequirements
Job description & “Selection criteria”
Advertise?
Shortlist:Evidence againstSelection criteria
Interview/Assessments>> Evidence against
Selection criteria
Appointment Decision!
Getting hired?
• Work out what the employer’s selection criteria
are, then…
• Hit the criteria with evidence, at every
stage of the process:o CV/Applicationo Interviewo Assessments
27
28
www.beyondthephd.co.uk29
30 The Next Steps
• Identify your options
• Explore and evaluate them
• Talk to academic and careers staff
• Use the Careers Service resources
• Set your goals and develop your action plan
www.bristol.ac.uk/careers
Questions?
top related