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8/8/2019 Hd Career Planning 08

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Career Planning

forHDR Students

Tony McAvaney

Careers Advisor

UniSA Career Services


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Seminar Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

Explain the benefits of having a career plan and identify resources to

assist you with this

Describe common employment destinations for HDR graduates

Identify job search strategies that are relevant to how theemployment market really operates

Describe some basic principles for self marketing including how toposition yourself in the marketplace


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What is your marketing message? A question often asked at commencement of interview is Tell us a

little about yourself

W

hat would you say in answer to this question?

Its a request for a positioning statement - give a strong, positiveoverview of:

Your career background & summary of career progression

Your key strengths skills, knowledge, attitude Some milestone career (not just academic) achievements

Your aims in going forward in your career (that would resonate with apotential employer)


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Todays career paradigm From lifetime employment, to lifetime employability

From job for life, to no guarantees employers owing their people lessand less

Nature of work is changing - less emphasis on secure job with regulartasks, pay, hours and place of work

Job role and advancement becoming more based on contribution, what youknow and your skills - not seniority/loyalty

More people opting for roles which offer autonomy and life style balance portfolio career

On the other hand skills shortages some organisations having to focuson staff retention


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So what? Organisations ultimately do what is expedient much less

paternalistic today

Individuals having to become more self reliant in managing theircareers

More career transitions for more people - (e.g. careers in future likely toinvolve 12-25 jobs in 5 different industries)

New career paradigm means individuals need to acquire skills forcareer planning and management

If it is to be - it is up to me!


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The Post Grad Employment Market


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The PhD

2007 GDS 88% in full time employment

7% work part time & seeking FT

5% not working, seeking FT

Traditionally a PhD seen as apprenticeship forresearch and teaching in academia

Approximately 50% of PhD candidates do notend up in academia


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Employment Sectors for HDR (2007 GDS)

Education 50%

Private 27%

Government 22%

NFP/other 1%


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Fields of employment (07 GDS)

Engineering and related 30%

Health 14%

Education 13%

Management, commerce 13%

Society and culture 12%

Natural and physical sciences 7%

Creative arts 4%

Information technology 4% Architecture and building 2%

Agriculture, environment 1%


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Private sector roles

46% in business/finance

21% in manufacturing

12% in private health

4% in private practice


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Government

Federal 18%

State 35%

Defence 21%

Public health 25%


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Occupations Employment Type:

13% - Managerial

77% - As a professional - specialty area

10% - Para professional

Roles: 36% - Uni lecturer, tutor

10% - Engineer

8% - IT professional

5% - Vocational teacher

14% - Other professional roles


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Career Planning


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What is a career plan?

A plan for the direction of your working life this shouldbe a lifelong activity

Consists of:An overarching vision for what you want to achieve in your

working life

Short, medium and longer term goals for your career progression

Matching your personality, values, beliefs, skills and interests towork which is rewarding to you


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Career planning - how?Essentially a three step process:

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elf awareness - where am I now and how did I gethere?

2. Options awareness - whats out there for me, wheream I going vision for the future?

3. Self marketing - how will I get there? action planningto achieve your goals


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Career planningSelf analysis

Thorough review of self should enable you to summarise

Your top 5:

Personality characteristics

Values

Skills

Areas of knowledge

Areas of career interest

These areas represent yourpoint of difference in the marketplace


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What skills do employers want?

In addition to professional/technical skills the following meta-competencies are commonly required:

oral and written communication skills

creative problem-solving skills initiative and enterprise skills

planning and organising skills

learning skills

technology skills

team working skills self management skills

emotional intelligence; interpersonal skills


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Job Ad Consultant; Research

THE ROLEIn this critical role the successful candidate will be part of a cutting edge team consisting of industry leadinganalysts and consultants.

Paramount to the Consultants role, is the sustainability of long-term business relationships gained through acomprehensive understanding of the client's business context and industry challenges involved in theresearch process.

THE APPLICANTA Consultant has the ability to identify and present the key findings of the research in a clear and persuasivemanner, with concise and actionable reports. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skillsare essential.

An enthusiastic, proactive, and confident approach to business is essential. The successful candidate willthrive on gaining trust, credibility and establishing rapport with Managers and will be used to working in a fastpaced, collegial work environment.

The successful candidates previous experience will include working in a corporate environment and/ormanaging projects in small to medium sized organisations, ideally by using quantitative and/or qualitativeresearch methods and drawing on keen analytical skills.

A strong academic background having completed a Masters Degree or PhD is highly desirable.


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Job Ad Process Dev. Mgr Multinational biotech company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization

of novel class drugs

Lead the Process Development team and be responsible for designing and setting up thelaboratory, managing technical and financial aspects of the projects and developing a strategicplan and tactical methodology for scaling up production of product candidates to support clinical

trials, and eventual commercialization and distribution to market.

Prospective candidates will have:

B. Sc. and PhD

Several years experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry

Training in GMP compliance

Experience in development of therapeutic protein product

Proven leadership skills Project management experience

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Experience in working with CMO to technology transfer process development and production ofclinical trial products


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Your career plus What are your strongest values, needs, motives

and goals for other aspects of your life:

Family

Relationships

Mental

Physical

Social Financial

Spiritual


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Self assessment resources http://www.windmillsprogramme2007.co.uk/frames.asp - tools to explore and audit

Me Pty Ltd

http://www.careerexplorer.net/aptitude.asp - a range of self assessment tools,including personality assessment

http://www.seek.com.au/if.asp?loc=direction free assessment of preferences andcompetencies

http://www.careers.qut.edu.au/courseplanning/selfassessment/ - basic tools values,skills, interests, working environment

http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp - a very good resource, step by stepapproach to career planning

http://www.careers.mq.edu.au/sub/students/PGRSWorkbook.pdf- Macquarie Uniworkbook for Post Grad research students


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Options awareness Decision making in relation to employment targeting is

difficult for some

A targeted approach generates better results than anyjob will do

OK to have several options

Start with big picture decisions and narrow choices downfrom there


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Develop a work target

Define the criteria for the work you want to do:

The nature and level of the work

Type of organisation and industry environment

Management environment

Remuneration and location


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Generating options

Which sector?: Public Federal, State, Local -

Private which industry sector or market niche, reach, size, NFP/NGO which sector/niche

Reach or market? - global, national, local, regional etc

Large bureaucracy/corporate, SME, self employment?


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Targeting options

Health

Care

Public Health Clinical Allied HealthNatural

Therapies

Health

Infrastructure

Health

Intervention

Health

Intelligence


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Create a target list

Final step - develop and maintain a data baseof your targeted list of potential employers

Directories search Yellow Pages

Online directories

http://www.dlook.com.au/ http://www.nationwide.com.au/

Google search


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Career planning - summary

Through structured self-analysis develop aconcise picture of what you have to offer, and

also your needs

Identify employment options that match yourcapabilities, interests and values

Next step your self marketing strategy


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Self marketing strategy


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What do employers want?

Landing a job involves selling a successful sale occurs whenthe buyers needs are met

Your sales pitch must address how you will meet theseemployer needs:

CAN you do the job your skills, professional/technical and meta-skills, knowledge (and qualifications)

WILL you do the job interest in the position, overall motivation to

perform the role, work ethic etc

FIT personality, values, communication style, likeability, personalpresentation


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The employment market

Did you know?

VISIBLE JOB MARKET

20 - 40% of jobs are advertised

HIDDEN JOB MARKET

60 - 80% of jobs are neveradvertised


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Job search strategy - balance Everyone looks at & applies for work through the

advertised market

Your job search stops if there are no advertisedpositions reactive vs proactive strategy

Few of your colleagues (competitors!) are likelyto be effectively networking


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The advertised market Newspapers, journals, newsletters etc

On-line register at least with seek.com and careerone

Industry associations, specialist job boards

Recruiters identify and work with 2 or 3, complete listat SA Central

Graduate recruitment UniSA careers website


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Explore the hidden market Accessed through networking

Job search networking means meeting people you knowpersonally, or on a referral basis to conduct informationinterviews:

Seek advice or guidance about how to find work in your chosenfield

Research the industry and job roles you have targeted

Research individual organisations their needs, recruitmentprocesses, decision makers/key people


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Referral based networking

Advantages

No cold calling strangers

Contacting people you know who provide easy access tothose you dont know

Target your contacts its about connections 6degrees of separation!

If your contact cant help, ask if they know someone whocan


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Other networking strategiesSome of the more obvious ways to expand and cultivate your network:

Join professional associations

Seek mentoring

Develop contacts in your discipline, involve people/organisations in yourresearch

Publish your work, write book reviews

Attend/help organise conferences, seminars, workshops

Cultivate referees, relationships with associates through your employment


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Positioning Develop a personal commercial

A strong, positive overview of:

Your career background & summary of career progression

What you are doing now, and why

Your key strengths skills, knowledge, attitude

Some milestone career (not just academic) achievements Your aims in going forward in your career (that would resonate

with a potential employer)


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SummaryIn this session we have:

Discussed the changing employment paradigm and its impact on careerplanning generally

Looked at some of the factors to be included in a career planning and selfassessment exercise

Identified job search strategies you can apply in both the visible and hiddenemployment market

Described the importance of positioning yourself in the marketplace beingable to articulate who you are, what you have to offer in terms of experienceand capability, and where you are wanting to go in your career

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