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🧐 I'm interested in an alternative academic career after my PhD, Isabelle. Is this a good idea? 🧐 Doing a PhD also helps you understand the pros and cons of the academic landscape. 🤔 What if you like academia, but you don't want to pursue a traditional career as a professor? Well, you can opt for an alternative academic career, or alt-ac for short! Research assistant, junior lecturer, outreach coordinator, working at the grant office, transfer technology office (TTO), grant administrator - all these roles are among the alt-ac positions you can find in academia. Curious about the pros and cons of some of the most common alt-ac positions? 👇 💝 Remember that your PhD programme is unlikely to adequately prepare you for a career in the alt-ac space. If you're a second-to-last or final year PhD student, I strongly encourage you to find out about these roles if this is something that interests you! 💝 Of course, this advice also applies to those interested in a career outside academia. (and since "pursuing an academic career is now the exception rather than the rule"*, this advice applies to the majority of early-career researchers) --- 👕 *yes, similar to Victoria Beckham and her t-shirt "My dad had a Rolls-Royce", I plan on wearing a t-shirt "Pursuing an academic career is now the exception rather than the rule" during the career workshops I give. --- 👋 Hi, I'm Isabelle, Captain at NextMinds, which provides tools to early-career scientists to help them navigate through #academia 💌 Interested in getting some of these tools every week directly in your inbox? Go to the "Featured" section of my profile and sign up for the NextMinds Newsletter!

Quoting Isabelle Kohler, ‘Take-home message: your PhD can be scary, but also cute and fluffy.’ Kajs Hadžić , ‘I mean at the end of the day as long as you don't feed your PhD with unrealistic expectations and working hours, it should remain cute and fluffy. Right? 😂’ I personally think that it would be amazing if the vast number of employed people who are in charge of the PhD candidate’s training would make sure that this is a reality. Which would directly feed into the PhD candidate’s wellbeing, creativity & ultimately productivity, success, innovative & original personal perspective brought on their research project. Their PhD project results would be a legacy to the (scientific) world so it is obvious, to me, that everyone’s efforts should concur towards the same outcome. If ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ it would make sense that the support & the influence of the broader research & administrative community from the institution(s) the PhD candidate is enrolled with, are commensurate to the PhD candidate’s actions & contributions to achieving success in their PhD project I.e. reaching (an) expected outcome or goal. Dr. Priya Srivastava ‘ I tried for project management roles , no one wants a phd they want experienced professional, management student, Prince2 qualified candidate, it’s hard to get into project manager roles after phd. Let me know if you have examples that states otherwise!’ Quoting you in here hoping that my #network and the #linkedincommunity of professionals would share their knowledge on those employers! Sadly some of the actual employers themselves, who they have once been enrolled on a PhD programme (could be even 20 years ago) are oblivious when it comes to the transferable skills of CURRENT PhD graduates. No comment on the attitudes of the ones that have not hear of what a PhD programme is all about. #knowledge=#power so celebrating those employers who think outside the box & show true leadership in recruitment. Being enrolled on a PhD programme nowadays ensures that the graduate is equipped with this set of skills BELOW, otherwise one would NOT complete their PhD training, NOT in the UK! This however may vary depending on the PhD field (non)STEMNET & the country as well as the decade one completed their postgraduate education in. Hence the #biases from not factoring these in when assessing a PhD candidate. How can one justify this & how can one even contemplate starting the conversation during the recruitment process ? https://lnkd.in/g_BcdztZ ‘RDF is a major new approach to researcher development, to enhance our capacity to build the UK workforce, develop world-class researchers and build our research base. The RDF is a professional development framework for planning, promoting and supporting the personal, professional and career development of researchers in higher education. It articulates the knowledge, behaviours and attributes of successful researchers and encourages them to realise their potential.’

This blogpost (https://lnkd.in/eQrQ-Tdd) should be mandatory reading material for all Master's and PhD students! Below is a summary, but the link above has even more options for non-academic careers 👀👀🎓

Getting researchers to engage with training and professional development opportunities can sometimes feel like an uphill struggle. You have all these great resources- so why are they not interacting with them? Today, Vitae hosted its second in the ‘Connections: Getting to Grips’ series of online workshops, aimed at engaging researchers with professional development. After a brief icebreaker, participants were invited to contribute to a Miro board around defining their problem of how to get researchers more engaged with training and professional development services. Questions such as ‘What have your experiences been with researcher engagement?’ stimulated thoughts and ideas.   After defining the problem, the next step posed was to understand the researchers- to get into their mindset. This was aided by an ‘Empathy Map’, consisting of ‘Think and feel?’, ‘See?’, ‘Hear?’, and ‘Say and do?’ as categories to add to when thinking about what contributes to a researcher’s mindset and subsequent actions. Further steps after these were ‘Identify Assumptions’ and ‘Define user needs and opportunities’, to enable subsequent discussion. Interactive activities were provided to stimulate solutions. The session was finished with a final reflection exercise, hopefully to start deciding actions to better engage with researchers. The next session of 'Connections: Getting to Grips' will be held online on Wednesday 29th May from 10.00-12.30 GMT+1 and will focus on leading and developing training.    If you are interested in participating in the next cohort of Getting to Grips, please contact [email protected] You can find out more information via the link in the comments.

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Innova Business and Investment Consulting Greetings! This is Innova Business and Investment Consulting, a leading provider of strategic advisory and consulting services. We are looking to expand our network of educational partnerships, and we would like to host an event to connect with schools and universities that align with our areas of expertise. The primary objective of this event is to identify potential collaboration opportunities, such as internships, guest lectures, research projects, and recruitment initiatives. As a rapidly growing business and investment consulting firm, we are keen to engage with top-tier academic institutions that can provide us access to talented students and faculty. We envision hosting an interactive information session and networking reception at our company headquarters. The agenda would include: 1. Company overview and introduction to our service offerings 2. Presentation on the benefits of partnering with Innova 3. Panel discussion with representatives from existing academic partners 4. Networking mixer with school administrators, career services, and relevant department heads We would like to invite key decision-makers and influencers from business, entrepreneurship, finance, and economics programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Our target institutions include regional universities, Ivy League schools, and other renowned centers of excellence. To ensure a successful turnout, we will leverage our existing network and marketing channels to promote the event widely. This includes email outreach, social media campaigns, and outreach to local academic associations and professional organizations. We believe this event presents a valuable opportunity to strengthen Innova's position as a trusted advisor and collaborator within the academic community. By fostering these institutional relationships, we can expand our reach, enhance our thought leadership, and identify promising talent for our growing team. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions or requirements as we begin planning this exciting initiative. We look forward to connecting with the best and brightest minds in business education.

Most of the students agree: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. And it's not just about meeting degree requirements. 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐈 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤. If I could go back to my Master’s days, one thing I’d definitely change is the number of papers I published. Looking back, I realize I was too focused on just meeting the degree requirements. But now, I see the value of publishing additional research, even beyond what was required. Here's why I’d aim to publish 2-3 extra papers: • 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨. • 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. • 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. • 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬. Students, if you want to make a positive impact... Don’t just aim for the minimum, and look for ways to share your ideas. Here's how: 1) 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. Look for areas that need more research. 2) 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬. Work together to produce quality papers. 3) 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. Present your work and get feedback. 4) 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. Find a mentor to guide your research. 5) 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. Explore topics beyond your thesis. 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. Contribute more broadly. You'll see your career grow stronger. If you resonate with my journey or have insights to share, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭! #GradSchoolAdvice #AcademicPublishing #IfIWereAMastersStudentAgain