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Know Your Skills Produce a Career (HSSER)

Know Your Skills Produce a Career (HSSER). Ruth Schemmer, PhD Assistant Dean for Career Development Graduate School 411 Kirkland. Know Your Skills Produce a Career (how to get from Point A to Point B) Final Thoughts. Overview. Know Your Skills.

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Know Your Skills Produce a Career (HSSER)

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  1. Know Your SkillsProduce a Career (HSSER) Ruth Schemmer, PhD Assistant Dean for Career Development Graduate School 411 Kirkland

  2. Know Your Skills • Produce a Career (how to get from Point A to Point B) • Final Thoughts Overview

  3. Know Your Skills What do you think of when I say competency? Required skills? Possible skills? What are some skills you have developed as a graduate student?

  4. Know Your Skills Skill Areas (some from Michigan State’s work: http://grad.msu.edu/prep/docs/planyourwork.pdf) Research, Scholarship, Creative Activities Leadership/Management Collaboration Communication Balance & Resilience

  5. Know Your Skills Research, Scholarship, Creative Activities Defined a problem and designed approach; came up with solutions Courses, independent research Ability to manage data/large amounts of information (both qualitative and quantitative) Additional training (e.g., digital humanities, statistical training) Improvements made in processes, outcomes, new knowledge

  6. Know Your Skills Leadership/Management Not necessarily elected or designated position Not everyone has same degree of leadership Campus/community activities; departmental responsibilities Teaching/Managing a classroom; Organizing entire semester Evaluating student performance Training newer TA’s Project management: taking multi-year project from initial question to be asked through to completion

  7. Know Your Skills Collaboration More difficult for isolated, individual researchers Must seek outside opportunities: organizational involvement CFT, Writing Studio, CASPAR TA collaborations; co-teaching

  8. Know Your Skills Communication Conference presentations/Journal articles Thesis/Dissertation Newsletter articles/website presence Successful proposals for funding—convincing someone to give you money! Ability to convey and explain complex concepts to undergraduates 3MT participation

  9. Know Your Skills Balance & Resilience Ability to learn something new; self-taught is fine Spend time outside study carrel; interact with others

  10. Know Your Skills Others??

  11. Produce a Career Consider Optional Paths: Alternate Academic (non-tenure track, higher education) Typical Positions: Academic Advisor; Program Coordinator; Development Assistant; Research Assistant/Associate; Content Specialist Potential settings: Writing Centers; Academic Departments; Teaching Centers; Development Offices, Research Institutes; Career Services; Libraries

  12. Produce a Career Non-academic: (business, government, non-profits) Typical Positions: Curator; Educational Liaison; Policy Analyst; Development Assistant; Analyst; Consultant; Educational Consultant Potential settings: Government Agencies; Museums; Health Care Organizations; Consulting Firms; Non-profits (e.g., arts, research, health, education); Think Tanks; K-12 Teaching

  13. Produce a Career Gain Experience Internships Volunteering at non-profits; Science outreach Grant-writing Interacting with undergraduates Campus/Community leadership Fellowships: pre- and post-doctoral

  14. Produce a Career Explore Options Network! ask for advice/suggestions/tips, not preferential treatment Lit review for your career: gather stories, informational interviews VUConnect.com: set up a profile, locate PhDs in interesting jobs Alumni from your undergraduate institution Alumni from your Department (ask professors for names) Campus Staff (alternate academic careers) LinkedIn (join groups for discussion; VU Alumni)

  15. Produce a Career Explore Options Chronicle of Higher Education: www.chronicle.com Chronicle of Philanthropy: www.philanthropy.com Versatile PhD: www.Versatilephd.com Career Panels, HSS forum, PhD Career Finder First access through Graduate School Career Development https://my.vanderbilt.edu/gradcareer/ Non-academic Careers  Exploring Options Indeed.com Web aggregator; read for skills in job descriptions

  16. Produce a Career Explore Options Career/Professional Development events & resources Graduate School Career Development: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/gradcareer/ GradLEAF: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/gradleaf/

  17. Final Thoughts A degree of serendipity/chaos in any career journey. You may start below your skill level, with commensurate pay. Volunteering time and services may be necessary to demonstrate evidence of skills. Knowing your skills and creating a resume containing them is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for job searching: networking is a must!

  18. Career Development ServicesGraduate School Ruth Schemmer; 411 Kirkland ruth.schemmer@vanderbilt.edu Twitter: @VUGradCareer Appts: Wednesdays, all day; Friday mornings Call 615-343-2727 for appt Walk-ins: Thursdays, 2:00 – 4:00 pm 15-minute short consultation (e.g., resume review)

  19. Thank You & Questions

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