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The career development process

From CV to resume – presenting your skills for non-academic jobs Dana and David Dornsife College Department of English February 22nd 4 pm Johannes V. Schmitt PhD Candidate – USC.

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The career development process

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  1. From CV to resume – presenting your skills for non-academic jobsDana and David Dornsife CollegeDepartment of EnglishFebruary 22nd4 pmJohannes V. SchmittPhD Candidate – USC

  2. Today’s Agenda:1. Career Development (transferable skills, personal branding, etc.)2. Short case study: Humanities Ph.D.s at Google3. CV vs. Resume4. Online Resources

  3. The career development process Discover your strengths Communicate these strengths to others (resume) Seek opportunities

  4. What have I learned during my years in grad school? ‘Philosophy has helped me become both a critical and a strategic thinker. It has helped me become a critical thinker because it shaped my ability to identify important questions and raise issues in organizational environments, issues that people with a more technical training are not always aware of, e.g. ‘Why do things have to be done this way?’ It has helped me become a strategic thinker because it has pushed me to think hard about how things could be done otherwise.’ ‘I have learned to be persistent – I have learned to deal with negative feedback and failure and not let it bring me down.’ ‘I have learned to be very effective – I can pull off a presentation on almost any area on a very short deadline.’ ‘I won’t have people fool me. I can tell if people know what they are talking about. Through constant interaction with students I have developed a very good sense of how committed someone is to a project or a goal.’

  5.  Transferable Skills  •  (Transferable) Skills that English Ph.D.s may have  • The ability to • present research to peers • speak in public • manage time (and other scarce resources) • reach and defend independent conclusions • communicate through writing • focus all energies on one project • cope with negative feedback • identify problems that have not been identified before • make novel contributions to research and discussion • effectively monitor others’ learning processes • Ability to work in a team Higher level skills can be acquired more easily Personal skills tend to be harder to change

  6. Developing a personal brand

  7. Developing a brand Get exposure ‘Stalk’ mentors Build networks

  8. Case study: What role can humanities Ph.D.s play in technology firms? http://youtu.be/RkLFtiY8MRs?t=16m45s

  9. CV vs. Resume

  10. Resume Bullets • Focus on Experience – experience trumps education • Bury your Ph.D. credentials unless they are clearly relevant • Find novel and exciting ways to describe your teaching activities • Use Action verbs and don’t repeat them • Focus on outcomes rather than processes • Remember your ‘brand proposition’ • ‘One page, two points, three sections’ (Guy Kamasake)

  11. Other Resources General: Versatile PhD The Sellout (Mark Johnson) Basalla and Debelius: ‘So what are you going to do with that?’ LinkedIn groups USC –specific resources: • CET Events • Career Center Resources • Classes at Annenberg, Marshall etc.

  12. Questions and Activities Take 5 minutes to create or re-create 2 resume bullets describing one of your recent achievements

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