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Careers in Industry And how to get them January 2016 Kevin Parker KKI Associates Limited

Learn about various career paths in the industry and the skills needed to succeed. Discover the importance of problem-solving, teamwork, communication, and curiosity in becoming employable. Gain insights from successful professionals and participate in interactive activities to enhance your employability.

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Careers in Industry And how to get them January 2016 Kevin Parker KKI Associates Limited

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  1. Careers in Industry And how to get them January 2016 Kevin Parker KKI Associates Limited kevin@kkitech.com

  2. My Background • B.Sc Chemistry Edinburgh, Ph.D Cambridge • BP R&D, various commercial roles • ‘Portfolio’ with own company, think-tanks, HEI’s – KT/KE, impact, employability • Voluntary work with Scouting, Princes Trust

  3. Working in R&D • Fundamental Research - performance related • Technical Service • ‘We’ve run out of hydraulic fluid, can we use gearbox oil instead?’ • Trouble-shooting/problem-solving • ‘We are being sued - a customer’s engine has blown up’

  4. Working in R&D • Fundamental Research - performance related • Technical Service • ‘We’ve run out of hydraulic fluid, can we use gearbox oil instead?’ • Trouble-shooting/problem-solving • ‘We are being sued - a customer’s engine has blown up’ Key Skill(s) – problem-solving, curiosity

  5. Product Development Key Skill(s) – team working, knowledge sharing

  6. Technical Sales Key Skills: technical & financial awareness, patience, persistence, negotiation

  7. Technical Sales Key Skills: willingness to fly a lot

  8. Technology Management - HSE Key Skill(s) – attention to detail, working with people

  9. Technology Strategy and Planning Key Skill(s) – analytical, influencing

  10. Technico-economic Studies • Trade Bodies, Governments, NGOs

  11. Market Research for Bioscience Key Skill(s) – curiosity, communication, commercial awareness

  12. Business Development • ‘Selling Slovenia to Slough’ Key Skill(s) – curiosity, communication, persistence, commercial awareness

  13. Project Management Key Skill(s) – problem-solving, team-working, communication

  14. This all sounds great… what do I do?

  15. What Makes for Employability? • KKI Associates and the University of Edinburgh asked 6 major employers of chemistry, physics and life science graduates what they looked in their recruits • Key findings – potential recruits need to be good at • Innovation • Working in team based activities • Problem solving • Working through formal project/process systems • Integrating their specialist knowledge with others • Communication Skills

  16. We interview hundreds of potential ‘strategic recruits’ each year. Most fail their technical interviews, not because they don’t know their science but because they are not good at applying what they know to problems we might ask about What Makes for Employability? • Key findings – potential recruits need to be good at • Innovation • Working in team based activities • Problem solving • Working through formal project/process systems • Integrating their specialist knowledge with others’ • Communication Skills We use games, activities, and problem solving exercises in our recruitment and management assessment processes and students should experience these Can they identify technical targets and challenges 2, 5, or 10 years away, and the route to getting where we want to be? If they are the only chemist on the team, they’ve got to convince the rest of the team that they know what they are talking about

  17. Making yourself Employable • Know how things work • Contextualise • Know some basic finance • Curiosity and problem-solving • Co-ordination and facilitation skills • Presentation and interpersonal skills • Likeability

  18. Successful Academics … Good at Problem-solving Want to work on big problems Communication skills Good with people, team-work Can put research into context Christine Ortiz Dean for Graduate Education MIT

  19. What do you need to be an entrepreneur… Determination Communication skills Good with people, team-work Good at Problem-solving

  20. Environment YES and Biotechnology YES • Competition for Post-grad students • Teams 4-6 • ‘Pretend technical idea’ • Real business plan presentation to ‘real dragons’ • Learn about operations, markets, finance • 3 days in Holiday Inn in November • Winners get 2 days in London in Dec • £1000 top prize

  21. Why Should I do this? Prof. Andy Porter, Fonder Remedios, Haptogen, Grampian Biopartners Hosea Handoyo, H2020 expert Erfurt Germany • Fun! • Free to students • No IP issues • Nice Hotel(s) • Prizes • Networking • It builds your skills and its life-changing! James Lapworth, Head Life Science Commercialisation Univ. Leicester Deborah O’Neil Founder CEO Novabiotics £25m+ VC Funding £20+ Pharma dealflow

  22. Some Successes! Sheffield Team BioYES finalists 2013 HW/Edinburgh Team Environment YES national runners up 2011

  23. Some Successes! Sheffield Team BioYES finalists 2014 HW/Edinburgh Team Environment YES national runners up 2011

  24. ‘Three Minute Thesis’

  25. Job Search and being unemployed • Job searching is ‘your job’ – do it 9 to 5 • Get out and meet people, don’t just stay at home answering adverts • Learn how to do networking and informational interviews • Build your skills doing voluntary work • TAKE LOTS OF EXERCISE • be and look healthy

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