OPD - February 26 2020 - Career options with your PhD
Notes: "Change favours the prepared mind" "Planned Happenstance" theory. Creating opportunities out of aspirations that you would like to pursue in your career. Put yourself out there and when opportunity arises, you're prepared Update CV. LinkedIn and Orchid Successful Career Management - self-knowledge, knowledge of opportunities, positive marketing. www.authentichappiness.com is a strength assessment tool Career anchors. When are you at your best? What motivates you? What values are important to you? "I want a career where...." Hold the ideal and compare to reality Spin out. IP of uni and taken into business. Look at Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow unis. Info and case studies www,prospects.ac.uk www.vitae.ac.uk LinkedIn for careers outside academia Portfolio Career - conferences research participants beforehand and looked at opportunities