Where Do I Go From Here?

1. Where Do I Go From Here? June Kay Careers Development Consultant Careers Advisory Service 49 New Elvet www.durham.ac.uk/careers-advice/

2. Content • Transferable skills • Individual Skills Evaluation • Temperament • Career Motivation Exercise • Corporate Culture • What Next?

3. Willingness to learn Commitment Reliability Self-motivation Team work Communication skills (oral) Co-operation Communication skills (written) Drive / energy Self-management Desire to achieve Problem-solving University of Central England What Skills do Employers Want?

4. Complete Graduate Requires…. • Self-awareness • Self-promotion • Exploring opportunities • Action planning • Networking • Decision Making • Negotiating • Political awareness • Coping with uncertainty • Development focus • Transferable skills • Self-confidence Association of Graduate Recruiters

5. Transferable skills gained from PhD research • lateral and creative thinking • adaptable / flexible approach to work and research • ability to absorb, analyse and interpret detailed data and information • advanced computer literacy • able to challenge premises, question procedures, interpret meaning, offer alternatives • capacity to access information from a wide range of resources and sources • self discipline and motivation when working in isolation

6. Transferable skills gained from PhD research • perseverance – able to overcome difficulties • priority setting – time management • report writing • oral communication when undertaking presentations, lectures and delivering papers at conferences • team working / collaboration – undertaking research with academic colleagues on similar areas of interest • others?

7. Your Individual Skills Audit

8. Roles...of your ideal job • Managing • Communicating • Innovating • Promoting • Developing • Organising • Producing • Inspecting • Maintaining Advising

9. Temperament

10. Personality • Myers-Brigg Type Indicator • My Potential • Type Dynamics Workshop

11. Basic Job Satisfaction Salary Job Security Working Conditions Supervision Policy & administration Interpersonal relations Fuller Job Satisfaction Sense of achievement Recognition Responsibility Nature of work & fit to aspirations Personal growth & achievement Hertzberg (Oxford Uni) Career Motivation

12. Values • Autonomy • Altruism • Security • Leadership • Variety • Salary • Advancement • Intellectual challenge • Collaboration

13. Some specific factors for PGRs • Ideal V Realistic • Security V Satisfaction • Progression V Intellectual Challenge • Control V Variety • Risks V Benefits Loughborough

14. Corporate Culture • Style of Management • Company Values • Norms & Expectations • Performance Measurement Methods • Family-friendly Policies

15. Organisation • Voluntary / Not-for-profit • Community Based • Public sector • Commercial • Industrial • Manufacturing • Service • Multinational

16. Potential Advantages Early responsibility Chance to make significant impact Positive role models Forced to become self-reliant Growth in new job opportunities Risks Lack of structured support & training Different kind of career progression Potential insecurity Low public image Fewer potential colleagues for socialising Size Does Matter……Small

17. Potential Advantages Structured training & development Clearer career progression Ready made support networks Competitive salary Potentially higher level of security High public awareness & credibility Risks Small cog in large wheel Lower levels of overall influence & impact on business Less immediate task variety Potential to get stuck in a rut More impersonal Higher chances of being underemployed Size Does Matter……Large

18. Environment

19. What Now????? • Prospects Planner • www.prospects.ac.uk • My Potential • Guidance Interview • Career Folders • Alumni Contacts • Careers Fair • Vacancy search & application