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Doctoral College Webinar – ‘Preparing for Life After Your PhD: Career Planning and Transition Strategies'

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The highly competitive academic job market often leads PhD graduates to precarious positions, despite their aspirations for tenure-track roles (OECD, 2021; Schafer, 2022).

Consequently, many graduates are pursuing alternative career paths in the public and private sectors, either by choice or necessity (Germain-Alamartine et al., 2021; Hancock, 2021). Despite this, much of the literature in this area indicates that a substantial number of PhD candidates still harbour strong ambitions for academic careers, even amidst evolving job market realities (Hauss et al., 2015; Spronken-Smith et al., 2023).

In this webinar we will look at ways to enhance your future career by preparing for life beyond your PhD.

We will examine the following issues (and more!):

• Common Post-PhD Career Paths
• Academia: Realities and Approaches
• Building a Career Portfolio
• Networking Beyond Academia
• Job Search Plans