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What can you do with a PhD?

What can you do with a PhD?. Sarah Allbeson Career Development Centre. Career Development Centre. Where? 3A1, Cottrell Building Contact Details Monday to Friday 9-5, Thursday 10-5 www.careers.stir.ac.uk 01786 467070 and careers@stir.ac.uk. What can we offer?. Career Guidance

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What can you do with a PhD?

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  1. What can you do with a PhD? Sarah Allbeson Career Development Centre

  2. Career Development Centre Where? • 3A1, Cottrell Building Contact Details • Monday to Friday 9-5, Thursday 10-5 • www.careers.stir.ac.uk • 01786 467070 and careers@stir.ac.uk

  3. What can we offer? • Career Guidance • No appointment required for drop-in: Monday to Thursday 11am-3pm • Guidance appointments • CV and Application feedback • Mock interviews • Information Room • Workshops and employer presentations

  4. For research students… • SGRS Careers Seminar Programme: • Exploring Career Opportunities with a PhD • Myers Brigg Type Indicator • Effective CVs & Applications • Successful Interview Techniques • Job Hunting Strategies for Research Students

  5. What Do PhDs Do? • 80% of UK-domiciled PhD grads entered the workplace • Few were in stopgap jobs • 3.6% unemployed six months after graduating • Half (50%) employed in education sector (22% in teaching and 22% in postdoc research) • 14% took up research careers outside academia (Source: Your PhD…what next? AGCAS/Prospects using statistics from the 2005 UKGrad Programme research, What do PhDs do?)

  6. What Do PhDs Do? ‘The report demonstrates that a PhD can take graduates beyond academia and research, with PhD holders transferring their high level skills into a wide range of sectors’. (Source: Your PhD…what next? AGCAS/Prospects using statistics from the 2005 UKGrad Programme research, What do PhDs do?)

  7. SUBJECT RELATED CAREER Engin/Science - Lab Manager - Chartered Engineer Humanities - Publishing - Archive Work Business - Consultancy - Accountancy ACADEMIC CAREER Contract Research Lecture Post  Other Research Professional Tutors Teaching in FE or Schools ANY DISCIPLINE CAREER *NEW DIRECTION* Any business area including: Finance, Retail, School Teaching RESEARCH-RELATED CAREER Research & Development Project Research Research Consultancy Spin out companies THE PhD QUALIFIED POSTGRAD Your Options

  8. Where researchers are employed • Universities • Research Councils and institutes • Central/local government and NGOs • Social and market research • Public health laboratories • National Health Service • Business and industrial research

  9. Business • Survey of 80 major graduate employers in 2001. • Over 95% happy to receive applications from postgraduates • Over 90% did not specifically advertise for postgraduates Examples • PhDs in Physics and Engineering recruited into Management Consultancy • PhD Educationalist working as a senior research policy officer for a charity • PhD Music who is a publications officer

  10. What Employers say… • “…we look for…new ideas and the ability to think about problems in novel ways – lateral thinkers. We’ve found that PhD graduates offer all of these things. They are enthusiastic and rise to any challenge – they just want to get stuck in and to solve problems or improve things that could be better…’ Albion Colours • "We like PhDs in our business sector – they never take anything at face value. That is a real bonus in a business compliance function. Their philosophical training and critical judgement have direct application in business services, whatever the topic of their research." Head of Graduate Recruitment, 'Big 4’ Accountancy firm (Source: What do PhD graduates offer the labour market? From What do PhDs do? By UKGrad and available at www.grad.ac.uk/wdpd)

  11. Considering your options • Is a PhD right for you? • Evaluate your career aims and ideas • Research possible career options: • Entry requirements • Employers • Training • Speak to a Career Development Adviser

  12. Career Research • Career Development Centre • University departments • Employers’ websites and job adverts • Professional bodies/associations • Professional journals & periodicals • Business and recruitment directories • www.prospects.ac.uk

  13. Labour Market Information • www.vitae.ac.uk – Researchers’ portal • www.grad.ac.uk – UK Grad • What Do PhDs Do? www.grad.ac.uk/wdpd • Scottish Enterprise Publications • www.futureskillsscotland.org.uk • Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) • HESA First Destinations (DLHE) • Press and business reports

  14. Career Development Centre Where? • 3A1, Cottrell Building Contact Details • Monday to Friday 9-5, Thursday 10-5 • www.careers.stir.ac.uk • 01786 467070 • careers@stir.ac.uk

  15. What can we offer? • Career Guidance • No appointment required for drop-in: Monday to Thursday 11am-3pm • Guidance appointments • SGRS Careers Seminar Programme • CV and Application feedback • Mock interviews • Information Room • Workshops and employer presentations

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