Welcome from the Careers Service Lorna Dargan and Jenny Brady

Why should PGRs think about their career? Brain on a stick? The picture jokes that this is how supervisors often see their students, but during a PhD, this can often be how they see themselves. Students can develop tunnel vision about the thesis, and lose sight of the bigger picture. Why do they need to see the bigger picture? Because successful and satisfying careers rarely happen on their own. They require some thought and input from the individual, and from the people around them. Without this, PGRs have a tendency to drift in their careers. To prevent this happening, we want to encourage PhD students to put some thought into their career planning, and to make use of the strong support structures in place through the university, starting locally you – the supervisors. You can have a huge impact on the approach to career management.

Academic careers Career returners The wider world Can be an amazing, multi-faceted job Need to have an enterprising skillset to be successful PhD as minimum entry criteria – what else have they got? They will need to do things beyond their thesis… Studying a PhD because you want something to be different? What value will they have added from the PhD experience? What new skills will they have developed? They will need to do things beyond their thesis… Full of amazing, multi-faceted jobs Need to have an enterprising skillset to be successful Important to demonstrate your skills – can they prove their worth? They will need to do things beyond their thesis… So, looking at some example careers in more depth, why do PGRs need to think about their careers?

How do people make career choices? What questions should PGRs ask themselves? Self-awareness What do I want? What do I want to avoid? What does my career need to give me? How will my career fit into my life (or vice versa)? What can I offer? What strengths, skills, and experience do I have? Where am I at in relation to where I want to be? What am I prepared to do in order to move forwards? Opportunity awareness What options are out there for me? What kinds of skills and experiences are required for those roles? Transition skills How will I get to where I want to be? What steps to I need to take? When? How can I persuade someone to give me the opportunities that I want? The Careers Service can support you at all stages

What can students do beyond their thesis? Graduate school workshops Reading groups and seminars Conferences and networking Write for industry publications Engage in university life Outreach and engagement Start and develop own business Creative and cultural collaborations.

What do you think we do for PGRs and supervisors? What do you need us to do for PGRs and supervisors? What do we need you to do as PGRs and supervisors? What do you think we do for PGRs and supervisors?

What do we actually do? 60+ experienced, trained and qualified staff Individualised information, advice and guidance Workshops specifically for PGRs Plan, manage and make decisions about careers Help students to understand, develop and pitch their skills Finding opportunities that suit their needs and wants Transition skills – how to make things happen Networking opportunities: online and face-to-face Making effective applications Support for IP and developing business ideas

Have you ever thought about making a job instead of taking a job? Are you keen to stand out from the crowd when applying for your dream job? Have you ever thought about making a job instead of taking a job? Do you want to turn your passions, interests and skills into a career? If the answer to ANY of these questions is YES – Rise Up can help!

enterprise Entrepreneurship vs Enterprise is a behaviour made up of many skills that can be applied in all areas of life. Entrepreneurship is often related to starting a business venture from scratch, seeing things through and making venture related activities happen. We actively work with researchers, employers, academics and industry experts to foster a culture of innovation by developing skills, nurturing talents and expanding commercial awareness, to establish innovation advocates across the Newcastle Researcher Community.

How can Rise Up help you? Rise Up exists to help PGR students and recent graduates: use enterprising skills and experiences to get your chosen job create their own graduate level job by working freelance, self-employed or by starting their own business Develop work experience and employment opportunities for others by growing their businesses Rise Up is at the core of Newcastle University’s enterprise and entrepreneurship support provision for all PGRs in each of the faculties. Rise Up exists to enable you to develop your ability and aptitude to become an enterprising researcher, explore your entrepreneurial curiosity and even successfully commercialise your research.

133 start up companies in operation (62 survived 3+ years) 319 full time positions created £14.8m generated in turnover £2.1m in external investment

What is Rise Up? Rise Up is a growing community of students, graduates, societies and staff using enterprise to enhance employability and turn ideas into action Rise Up offers: Delivered by expert advisers, peers and professionals online resources modules workshops Designed to help PGR students and graduates turn their curiosity about enterprise into a career support programmes workspace competitions socials networking events coaching support Becoming a researcher demonstrates the capacity for independent thought and therefore enterprise and that there are a great many contexts that this will be seen as highly valuable.    The University is all about the impact and translation of research to solve issues in society and that there are a lot of opportunities to develop skills in enterprise and engagement that support that - through the careers service and the Research student development programme.

Online Resources Webpages COBRA Find out more about Rise Up: www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/riseup Business opportunities, information and market research: http://ncl.cobwebinfo.com

Graduate school programme Careers Outside Academia How to succeed a interview How to write an effective CV Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI) Enterprising Researchers’ Programme …and more

What do medical science PGRs think of us? Allowed me to decide my own next steps without influencing me one way or another. Highly recommend for anyone else in need of careers advice. They were really helpful in making me see what the employer wanted RiseUp helped me to logically evaluate my idea and predict potential pitfalls. It has helped develop useful contacts in the industry and explore routes for funding. Most importantly it was a brilliant first step for my idea as it helped organise my idea. A wealth of information when it comes to careers and provides excellent tailored advice. I always feel like my CV and job search is stronger after meeting with them. On top of that they are nice and a pleasure to meet with! They were great at listening to what I was saying and drawing out elements about myself, my career and future that I hadn't really thought about. It went beyond my career and helped me think about the person behind the career!

Workshops via the Graduate School training programme How to connect with us Careers Service Level 1 of King’s Gate Drop-in: 11-4:30 Lorna Dargan: Careers Adviser lorna.dargan@ncl.ac.uk @LornaDargan Jenny Brady: Enterprise Adviser jenny.brady@ncl.ac.uk @NCLRiseUP facebook.com/nclcareers @ncl_careers Workshops via the Graduate School training programme