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CareersMartin Coffey
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Why should I engage?When I have a PhD
I will automatically get a job My academic career will be assured I will be impervious to economic fluctuations I will have a job lined up My economic and personal circumstances mean that I will not
need to get a job My skills in communication, resilience, relationship building, team-
working, cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence etc… will be clear to employers
I will understand the employment market thoroughly
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Worth bearing in mindIn the UK, “at least half of PhD graduates
move out of academia after they finish their PhD degrees.”
Ref: Dr Janet Metcalfe & Dr Alexander Gray (2005).
“To stand out, (you need to) demonstrate your communication skills, motivation and ability to multi-task.”
Jason Beckwith (2009).
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Proportion employed in research occupations - 35% overallThis varies from 7% for theology to 71% for
some biological subjects.
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Numbers employed in the education sector- 49% overallThis varies from 28% for psychology doctoral
graduates to 79% of those in modern languages.
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Employed as research staff in higher education- 23%This varies from 6% for theology to 43% for
biology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics.
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HE lecturering and teaching 14%varies from less than 1% in physics,
chemistry, and microbiology to 56% in law.
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Occupations all disciplines
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What is Career Management?Lifelong, self-monitored process of
career planning that involves choosing and setting personal goals, and formulating strategies for achieving them.
Ref: Businessdictionary.com
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Some Difficult Interview QuestionsTell me about yourself.Why do you want to work for us?What can you do for us that someone else
can’t?Why should we hire you?What do you look for in a job? How long would you stay with us?
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Some Difficult Interview QuestionsWhat is your management style?Are you a good manager? (Examples)What are your long range goals?How successful have you been so far?
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Transferrable Skills/CompetencesCommunicationResilienceProject ManagementTime ManagementRelationship DevelopmentTeamworkThinking skills (Analytical, Critical etc...)
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3 great platitudesIf you don’t know where you are going you
will end up somewhere elseWhere you are right now is a result of every
decision you have ever madeExperience is not what happens to you it is
how you deal with what happens to you
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Martin Coffey
Career Management Skills DeveloperStudent Development ZoneUniversity of Leicester
www.le.ac.uk/pgcareers