AcademicTransferPhDEvent

About the career perspective of a Ph.D. The Road to Succes Intermediair PhD Event 2008 Amsterdam, 22 april

The PhD in a global perspective
Student or Employee?
PhD and beyond
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Time to go to work
Where to find your dreamjob?

Ph.D. = Philosophiae Doctor
PhD = Please Hire Desperate
Middle Ages: Europe
19th century : Germany
USA
20th century: Canada
United Kingdom
21sth century: Around the World

Student / Fellow:
Bursary, Grant, Stipend, Scholarship
NL: “Bursalen” / “Beurspromovendi”
a.k.a. student research trainee

NL: Employee
Official term: “Promovendus”
(OIO, AIO, Jr Researcher, Research Assistent)
Collective Labour Agreement (CAO)
Salary Scale 10 (between 2 and 2,5 K € p/m)

Aim:
To conduct and publish scientific research, based on the department’s researchplan and in consultation with the doctoral thesis supervisor or his/her assitent, with the aim of contributing to the development of scientific knowledge and understanding in a particular field of research, proved by the conferral of a doctorate within a specified period.

Core Activities:
Research Proposal
Research Plan
Budget Proposal
Research
Supervising Research Support Staff
Publication of Research
Doctoral Thesis
Teaching
Supervising Students

Student or Employee
PhD’s outside of Academia:
TopTech Institutes:
TI Food & Nutrition
Wetsus
TI Pharma
Hogescholen (Universities of applied sciences)
Fontys

PhD and beyond Source: Bart Noordam http:// www.hetpnn.nl / index.php /promoveren/ PhD Postdoc Industry Industry Academia

PhD and beyond
Ask your self: What do I like?
Fundamental or Applied
Teamwork or Solo
Freedom or Dependency
Intravert or Extrovert

PhD and beyond
Academia
Post Doc
Tenure Track: to become a Professor

PhD and beyond
“ More than 50 % outside the realm of
academic research”
vs.
“ Only 20% find work in Universities”
(Research Institutions,Public Sector & NGO’s)

PhD and beyond
Where do PhDs end up?
33 % University
16 % Industry
14 % Business & Finance
12 % Research Institutions
10 % Government
5 % Health
3 % Education

PhD and beyond
Where do PhDs want to end up?

Time to go to work
Personal
Online
Print
To Find or to be Found?

Personal (IRL)
Network: Coworkers, Proffesors, Alumni
Organisations (PNN, LPP, )
Fair & Events

Personal (Online)
Social Networks:
LinkedIn, Academici, Nature Network,
Hyves?
Blogs, Publications

Online
General Job boards
Monster(board)
Stepstone
Totaljobs
Intermediair
Volkskrantbanen
Profile, Agents, RSS

Online
Niche Job boards
Postgraduatestudentships.co.uk
Jobs.ac.uk
ERA MORE
Academics.de
Nature Jobs
Science
AcademicTransfer.nl & AcademicTransfer.org

Online
Careersites
Werkenbij….
Careersat….
- www.?????.jobs
(Vertical) Searchengines
Indeed.com, Simplyhired.com, Jobrapido.nl

Print
Newspapers:
De Pers
Volkskrant
NRC
Magazines:
Intermediair
(Trade) Publications/Journals

Did you know?/ Shift happens
Karl Fish
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . .

By the age of 38.

According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .

The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.

We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .

Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .

In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

Remarks, Questions, Additions? Alex den Haan [email_address]

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