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Selling yourself in academia and beyond
Doing your PhD can be like building an ever-growing tower: on top of your thesis, there are papers to write, conferences to organise, seminars to teach, committees to sit on鈥� The amount of possibilities can seem overwhelming. And at the top of your tower future employment is gleaming as a distant goal. It can be tempting, or even seem necessary, to agree to every offer that comes your way, but this can lead to a heavy workload. Reaching the top isn鈥檛 about accumulating as many building blocks as possible, but about choosing the right ones.
In this workshop we will explore how to build a coherent profile for yourself, that says who you are and what you鈥檙e capable of. Using examples from our experience as PhD students, we will discover how to make the best use of all these opportunities, choosing the ones that will help you be ready for employment, either within or outside of academia. We will look into the value of the skills you have acquired, and how to frame those in the context of the job market.
Together, we will take a look at your current profile as a PhD student and help you use the experiences you have towards creating a story that clearly describes who you are, what you want, and what skills you have. Furthermore, we will develop a plan to work on any skills you might need to acquire to fit the profile of the job you鈥檙e aiming for.
By the end of the workshop, you should be able to:
- Articulate the value of your skills and extra-curricular activities (and sell yourself on the job market).
- Make considered decisions about which activities to pursue, that will help your employability.
All sessions are on line in Microsoft Teams. Please book as usual on Skills Forge. We will add you to the event, and it will appear in your Teams calendar the day before. On the day/ time, just click on the link and it will take you in
Please make yourself familiar with the new Researcher On Line Team and the resources there. If you are new to Microsoft Teams you will find under the 鈥楽tart Here鈥� channel information on how to navigate the system and hints.
Each session will begin with a reminder on basic Teams skills and on line security. Any questions please contact the RD tutor team in RDContacts@warwick.ac.uk