IV Jornades doctorials à Catalunya - 2/4/04- ABG/MGS How to help PhDs to enter a company: some...

IV Jornades doctorials à Catalunya - 2/4/04- ABG/MGS

How to help PhDs to enter a company:some examples of French actions

¿Cómo ayudar a los doctores a incorporarse a una empresa?Algunos ejemplos en Francia

Marie-Gabrielle SchweighoferHead of ABG

Graduate studies in France

ABG/MGS-mentors 17/2/04

Evolutions in graduate studies in France

1980: foundation of the Association Bernard Gregory1982: CIFRE : supervised by an academic researcher, realized in a company1984: the thesis is shorted to 3 years1989-1997: of the number of theses ( X 2 )1994: Doctoriales®1995: slowing down in enrolments of PhD students1992-2000: creation & development of the « Écoles doctorales »1998: « Chartes des thèses » (PhD Charter)2003: beginning of the BMD (3-5-8) process

growing attention in the PhD student and his/her professional integration


Number of theses (per year)

All disciplines

7 198

8 585

9 297

10 598 10 970

9 661

11 073 10 582

10 241

6 782

5 963

5 000

6 000

7 000

8 000

9 000

10 000

11 000

12 000

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999


PhD students PhD graduates/year

10 00064 000

13%

Maths.informatique

Physique et SPI

Chimie

Terre & Univers

Biologie santé

Scienceshumaines

Sciencessociales

18%

37%45%

62%

• ABG/MGS-mentors 17/2/04

26 %

Écoles doctorales

Each PhD student is registered in a Graduate School.

Their main actions are:

317 graduate schools

develpment of PhD community

scientific support for PhD students

preparation of PhDs integration in both

public and private sectors

follow-up of the PhDs after the thesis

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The PhD Charter

The thesis as a step in the professional project Topic and feasibility of the thesis The thesis supervision and follow-up The thesis duration To publish and exploit the thesis Mediation process

It is a joint commitment. The agreement is signed by the PhD student, the supervisor, the heads of the laboratory and of the doctoral school.

Decree of September 3rd, 1998


Professional integration in the private sector:some problems of French PhDs

specific problem brought on by the highschools of engineers: French companies know them better than university education

thesis supervisors first care about scientific results

the academic and companies worlds have different cultures

most PhD students want to become researchers in the public sector (70%)

still work to do - by PhD students- by supervisors- for companies to be

informed

In spite of these actions, French PhDs still have obstacles to get over if they wish to join companies:

PhDs employment:some figures


0

5

10

15

20

25

%

After a PhD (1999-2000) all disciplines

3320answers

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35%

Ministère délégué Recherche et nouvelles technologies ENQUËTE 2001

After a PhD (1999-2000) In Biology, Medical Sciences, Health

617 answers

05

10152025303540%

Ministère délégué Recherche et nouvelles technologies ENQUËTE 2001

After a PhD (1999-2000) In Humanities

573 answers

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

%

After a PhD (1999-2000) In Physics and Engineering

Ministère délégué recherche technologies nouvelles

825 answers

Employment in companies


Researchers staff in companies

source OST - 2002

79%

20%

9%

20%51%

<250

250-500

500-2000

>2000

1980 1998

28 00072 000

Total company staff:

As early as 2004, a growing number of managers will retire

0

20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

100 000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Source : Apec 2002

PhD career in compagniesAdministration et

direction générale

Marketing

Informatique

Études socio-économiques

Études techniques

Recherche

Logistique

Production

Ten years later

First position

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

• SOURCE : CIFRE A NRT 2001

%

PhDs skills experts in a technical specialization, but also « multi-skills »

able to express complex problems with rational terms,

to suggest solutions, and

to apply them in a project process

experience of research within an international and competitive framework

scientific rigor and creative spirit

capacities for innovation and change, flexibility

autonomy

…

To emphasize towards the companies and the PhDs ABG/M-GS/2002



From PhD to employment in a company: ABG

ABG

:

To facilitate PhDs integration into companies

Association Bernard Gregory (ABG) mission


PhD Companies

Association Bernard Gregory

founded in 1980 by the physicist Bernard GREGORY

a non profit association

funded by public and private members

staff: 10 people in Parisa network of local volunteers

partners: universities, European associations, companies, research organizations, régions, agency for employment...


Today ABG services

PhDs professionalism

actions

communication

help for recruitment

A European project :


Two proposed professionalism programmesduring the PhD

Years

PhD start 1

PhD defence

Doctoriales®

« New chapter in the thesis »

2

3

Scientific competences

• Well recognised

Professional and personal competences

• Useful for R&D jobs• Well marked by PhDs • Neither well identified nor

enhanced by PhDs themselves• Not well known by French companies

Enhanced in the Thesisdissertation

Enhanced in the “New Chapter in the Thesis”

• Useful for all public et private jobs

PhD competences


Final objective (at the end of the PhD):

to be able to introduce oneself as both

a good researcher and a highly-qualified executive

Thesis « A new chapter in

the thesis »

+ to be able to present one’s thesis as a first professional experience

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“A new chapter in the thesis”

How ?• By analysing a posteriori the PhD work from the perspective of a project• By identifying the professional and personal skills developed, and illustrating them by examples

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“A new chapter in the thesis”

general framework of the thesis,addressing to non-specialists project management and cost skills, know-how, qualities developed assessment of the deliverables

- prepared with a non-academic mentor, - expected to be a part of the PhD defense

The objective is to consider the thesis as a self-contained independent project. The review includes :

Today ABG services


actions

communication




ABG communication

Internet Web Site 280.000 visits each month www.abg.asso.fr

Magazine : Docteurs&Co 20 000 copieswww.docteurs-and-co.net

Guide From PhD to Employment 77 000 downloaded

Career fairs / Forums 100 participations

From PhD to Employment


From PhD to Employment

Useful information from preparing a PhD to employment in each European country

Topics:

1. PhD studies 2. Addresses of information providers 3. How to become a researcher in a public research organization or a teacher in university 4. Recruitment in the private sector

Available for 14 European Available for 14 European countriescountries

ABG and FEDORA

77,000 copies printed in 2003

Today ABG services


actions

communication




A network of 105 partner services (antennes)

France UK Belgium Japan USA Ireland Germany Switzerland MCFA

The ABG correspondents are employment professionals in Universities advising PhDs looking for a job in the private sectorThey advise them on an individual basis on their career planning, and job hunting

6

Recrutment Website : Abg - Jobs

PhD’s targeted companies job offers (630)

academic positions (1125)

a PhD’s CV data base, validated by the local correspondents , continuously updated(950 currently in the data base)

~ 1000 PhD’s proposals Extension toward Humanities and Social Sciences and toward a European labour market

In 2003 :

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

companies academic positions thesis

Job offers and thesis proposals52% SME42% in biology20% out of France86% permanent positions1420 visits/offer

mars 03/ MGS

meetings run by and for ABG member companies; PhDs

invited

examples of topics:

- a job in a start up

- PhDs in Humanities and Social Sciences and

companies

- why do companies hire PhDs on permanent

contracts?

- graduate schools as companies partners

summaries of the meetings are published on the ABG

website

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Today ABG services


actions

communication





Toward European activities: why?

The scientific labour market is international, at least EuropeanEuropean dimension for the offers increases the choices for PhDs and employersthe mobility of researchers in Europe appears as a key component in the development of European R&D

The objective of AMEDEE is

to build a common European platformfor the skills offered by PhDsand the employment's needs of companies


European labour market

Young PhDs ’Skills

AMEDEE :Access to the labour market of young PhDs on a European scale

Partner services network



Two years after... European extension of ABG network: fits local needs and structures Partner services in UK, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, MCFA Out of France 16% of the CVs

10% member companies20% job offers

The website is available in French and in English25% international information By this summer, a new information system adapted to international users,employers, PhDs, partner services ABG is a bridge head of the French mobility centres (EU programme)


Conclusion

The first results of the AMEDEE experience

show the interest and dynamism of young scientists

for intersectorial and geographic mobility.

Summary : how can ABG help PhDs ?

During the PhD: information

a website: www.abg.asso.fra magazine: Docteurs & Co

training: the Doctoriales, the project « a new chapter in the thesis, adding value to skills »

When the PhDs look for a job: individual help, by the antenne ABG (local correspondents)a website dedicated to employment, aiming at a European dimension: AbgJobsa guide to apply for a job anywhere in Europe: « From PhD to Employment »



In France 3 complementary actors for the PhDs professional integration

1) Graduate schools: - scientific guidance, - professional training, - follow up of PhDs

2) PhD associations: - informal meetings between companies and PhDs, - PhD directories, - defense of PhD students rights

3) ABG: - national and European framework and tools, national and European framework and tools, - individual help and advice by local correspondents, - individual help and advice by local correspondents, - close relationships with companies...- close relationships with companies...

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