phd? added value? arts & humanities may 25 th 2010
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John Kirwan – Chartered FCIPD, Careers Adviser for Postgraduate Researchers Dr Tracy Johnson – Careers Adviser. PhD? Added Value? Arts & Humanities May 25 th 2010. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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John Kirwan – Chartered FCIPD, Careers Adviser for
Postgraduate Researchers
Dr Tracy Johnson – Careers Adviser
PhD? Added Value?Arts & Humanities
May 25th 2010
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‘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
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• ‘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…
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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?
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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
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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
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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Where are you right now & where might you be going?
… are you taking control of your career?
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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
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13 Pathways…
What’s your path forward?
Academia/Research?
Research – Other?
AlternativeOptions?
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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
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Career transition- employability
‘To be employed is to be at risk, to be
employable is to be secure.’
… employability attributes?
… competencies
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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
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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
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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…?
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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
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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
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SMARTER goals
• Specific
• Measurable
• Agreed
• Realistic
• Timed
• Evaluated
• Reviewed
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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
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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)
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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
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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?
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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!
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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
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www.beyondthephd.co.uk29
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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
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Questions?