Strategise your Career
Understanding what you want from life beyond your PhD / Postdoc helps you to reflect on what you really want from your next role in this interactive workshop for PhD researchers and postdocs. You’ll identify your strengths, clarify your priorities, and create a personal guide statement to help you move forward with confidence and direction.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar.
Exploring your career options as Research Professionals explores the many career options a research background opens for you. We then design a personalised career transition strategy for exploring, testing and finalising your career options over the next six to 12 months.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar.
Preparing proactively for life beyond your PhD is an interactive, group coaching-style workshop which helps you step back, get intentional, and make the most of the time you have left. You’ll explore what really matters to you, learn how to choose opportunities wisely, and take practical steps toward a future that fits.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar or 3-hour webinar.
Translating your skills for employers beyond academia helps you translate your experience into language that resonates beyond academia. You’ll learn what employers are really looking for and gain practical strategies to present your skills and achievements confidently in applications and interviews.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar or 2-hour in-person workshop.
Creating a strong and compelling LinkedIn profile (to be proud of) will show you how to build an authentic LinkedIn presence that attracts your ideal audience, showcases your expertise and contributions in an engaging way, and helps you build a strong community on LinkedIn.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar.
How to explore your career options beyond academia gives PhD researchers and postdocs a clear, structured starting point. You’ll turn uncertainty into focused questions and leave with a practical, realistic plan for investigating your options and moving forward with confidence.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar or 2-hour in-person workshop.
Strategies to help you get seen, heard and valued by hiring managers outside of academia is ideal for research staff who want to move into a new career direction but who struggle to showcase their expertise in a non-academic context. The session helps you describe your achievements eloquently and confidently, in a way that resonates with employers from different sectors and industries.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar.
Raising your visibility on LinkedIn (in a way that feels just right)helps you gain traction for your research and engage with your ideal audiences. This session will help you build confidence in communicating with your research community and show you simple ways to comment, share, and post your own contributions.
Format: this workshop is delivered as a 2-hour webinar.
N.B: this is a follow-on session from “Creating a strong and LinkedIn profile.”