Programme
DAY 1
9:30-13:00 - Job market and career development of doctorate holders beyond academia
Introduction
Overview and presentation of the career development programme
Building a group dynamics and agreeing on a common understanding of the programme objectives (icebreaking activity on career development)
Opportunities for PhDs beyond academia
Overview of the French and international job market for PhDs: statistics, examples of positions for PhDs
PhD career development beyond academia: examples of PhDs having left academia, career paths, recruiters' expectations
Tools and tips to explore the French and international job market
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-17:30- Career planning
Defining a career plan: why and how; in case of a return, how to prepare it
How to develop and use your network to define your career plan
Practice: based on a matrix provided by the trainers, analyzing your experience, identifying what you like, wish, your values
(individually then in small groups; feedback in plenum)
Practice: based on a matrix provided by the trainer, identifying positions/activities matching with the outcomes of the experience analysis (individually then in plenum)
DAY 2
9:30-13:00 - Optimising your communication for the recruitment process
Marketing your research experience
Presenting your PhD as a professional experience in project management
Marketing your mobility experience
Practice: based on a matrix provided by the trainer, analyzing the PhD experience as project management (individually then in small groups; feedback in plenum)
Marketing your skills
Transferable skills: which ones?
Convincing recruiters with storytelling: STAR method
Identifying and marketing your skills: using an online skills portfolio DocPro
www.mydocpro.org ; information from your network and from your PhD defense report
Practice: illustrating a skill by telling a story (individually then presentation in plenum)
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-17:30 Your profile on LinkedIn
Why and how
Practice: optimizing your profile (individually)
Your professional pitch
How to present yourself: content and best practice
Practice: preparation of a pitch of 2 minutes (individually)
DAY 3
9:30-13:00 Job applications outside of academia
Understanding the challenges of a recruitment process
Knowing the different steps of a recruitment and the different methods of recruitment
Understanding recruiters' expectations
Practice: identifying the differences in the communication between academia and industry and how this impacts the way you present yourself (in small groups and feedback in plenum)
Job applications beyond academia (CV and cover letter)
In the economic sector, in international organisations
In France and international
Practice: cross-reading of participants' CV (in groups of 2 and feedback in plenum)
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-17:30 Preparing for job interviews
Preparing for meeting recruiters: the different types of recruiters and their expectations, answering their questions
Practice: peer job interviews (in groups of 3 then feedback in plenum)
