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Career Destinations

Career Destinations. Postgraduates and Work-Related Learning What Works in Work-Related Learning? A Networking Day for Humanities Careers Advisers University of Surrey. Richard Carruthers Work Based Development Co-ordinator University of Southampton 9 th July 2010. Career Destinations.

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Career Destinations

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  1. Career Destinations Postgraduates and Work-Related Learning What Works in Work-Related Learning? A Networking Day for Humanities Careers Advisers University of Surrey Richard Carruthers Work Based Development Co-ordinator University of Southampton 9th July 2010

  2. Career Destinations Contents: • Work Based Development Co-ordinator • Some Recent Developments • Career Destinations Centre • Bespoke WebPages for PGRs • Bespoke Training Courses • Bespoke Events • PGR Alumni Profiling • Skills Enhancement • Why do an Internship? • Risk • Risk Management • Marketing and Recruitment • The 5 Steps to Success

  3. Career Destinations Work Based Development Co-ordinator (PGR) Richard Carruthers R.J.Carruthers@soton.ac.uk (02380593736) PGR-Careers@soton.ac.uk • Deliver a bespoke service for our PGRs to assist in developing employability skills and self-reflection on career progression. • Engage with employers and external organisations to highlight PGR skills. • Working to source and secure bespoke placements, projects and internship opportunities for PGRs. • Maintaining PGRs within the Career Destinations employability agenda. http://www.soton.ac.uk/careers/pgr/contactus/index.html

  4. Career Destinations Work Based Development Co-ordinator (PGR) Graduate Centre Researchers Alumni Career Destinations Employers Academics Faculty Executives Visa Team Alumni National Organisations

  5. Career Destinations Some Recent Developments: • Career Destinations Centre • Bespoke WebPages for PGRs • Bespoke Training Courses • Bespoke Events • PGR Alumni Profiling Felixco Inc. – www.freedigitalphotos.net

  6. Career Destinations Career Destinations Centre Building 37, Highfield Campus Opened October 2009 by Vice Chancellor, Don Nutbeam Students, Alumni and staff are welcome to utilise our reference and loans materials. We also store publications which you are welcome to take and our staff will be happy to assist with specific enquiries. We have a bespoke section of PGR materials within the centre and we look to expand our resources in the coming months.

  7. Career Destinations Bespoke WebPages for PGRs Based on focus group feedback from our researchers we identified that our web resources were an area for improvement. As a response we have expand this provision by over 1500% since October 2009 with the launch of a bespoke PGR careers site: www.soton.ac.uk/careers/pgr Receiving over 150 unique visitors per week • The site includes information on: • Upcoming Events & Opportunities • Support & Resources For Researchers • PGR Alumni Career Stories • Job Searching

  8. Career Destinations Bespoke Training Courses • We run a range of courses throughout the year aimed at our research students: • Effective CVs and Job Applications • Interview Skills • Personality – a clue to your career • Prepare for the Fair - PGR • Volunteering and the PGR • Networking – internationalise your research • The Postdoctoral Job Search • Each course is marketed in collaboration with the Graduate Centre Further Details can be found at: www.soton.ac.uk/careers/pgr/events/upcoming

  9. Career Destinations Bespoke Events • PGR Careers Days • PGR Panel Presentations • PGR Employer Networking • PGR Employment Conference 23rd March, Humanities PGR Careers Day “I really hope that career day continues to be an annual event as it is extremely helpful to have a day specifically tailored to exploring the opportunities available to Humanities PhD students after they have completed their studies.” (Jennie Cobley, Final Year History PhD, March 2010). We encourage all of our students to “stand out from the crowd”

  10. Career Destinations PGR Alumni Profiling Some 2006-2009 destinations of doctoral graduates

  11. Career Destinations Skills Enhancement Volunteering There are many opportunities to engage in life outside of the research field while at University. We encourage PGRs to consider undertaking some extra curricular activities to establish an evidence base of skills and to gain a boarder perspective on life. Internships: Internships Historic Dockyards Mentoring Walk the Walls Gifford Teaching Music in the City Imaginatik www.ratemyplacement.co.uk

  12. Career Destinations Why do an internship? Career pathways are often complex and do not follow a linear route as demonstrated by our PGR alumni. Widen your Horizons Placement Opportunities Increasing breadth of opportunity… “the world is your oyster” Expanding horizons will have some risks… “fortune favours the brave” “The Unknown” “The Known”

  13. Career Destinations Risk Similar to mainstream placements, there are several issues surrounding postgraduate placement organisation: Research Relevance Interest & Uptake Time Constraints Funding Completion Rates Visa Issues Academic Buy-in

  14. Career Destinations Risk Management Ensure all stakeholders are fully informed: • Project Brief • Person Specification • Timeframe (including any negotiation) • Funding (including any UoS contributions) • Data Protection Disclaimer

  15. Career Destinations Marketing and Recruitment Marketing must be: • Timely • Clear & Concise • Informative • Motivational • Thought provoking • Inclusive of all stakeholders • Include person specifications

  16. Career Destinations The 5 Steps to Success: Francesco Marino – www.freedigitalphotos.net

  17. Career Destinations The 5 Steps to Success: • 1 Know your market • Identify areas of research excellence • Source areas of best practice • Identify barriers (financial/RCUK restrictions etc) • 2 Source easy wins (Rome wasn’t built in a day) • Locate amiable academics/researchers • Secure top-level support/sponsorship • Sell benefits to host organisations • Devise a marketing strategy (cost/benefits) • 4 Market opportunities appropriately • Motivate researchers and academics • Target marketing with your networks • 5 Monitor and collate feedback • Positive news breeds positive news • Resource the project appropriately

  18. Career Destinations Work Based Development Co-ordinator (PGR) Richard Carruthers R.J.Carruthers@soton.ac.uk (023 8059 3736) www.soton.ac.uk/careers/pgr PGR-Careers@soton.ac.uk Career Destinations Student Service Centre University of Southampton Highfield Campus Southampton SO17 1BJ 023 8059 3501 careers@soton.ac.uk

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