Course info

Career opportunities, career planning and transferable skills within and beyond academia (Online)

The abilities to make well-founded career decisions and to manage own career direction and professional profile – whether or not you choose to stay in academia – have become important career skills for PhD-students.

In this workshop, we will cover the following questions:

·       How to use your PhD period in the best possible way – careerwise?
·       What is career management skills and what does a PhD enable you to do?
·       Is career planning possible? And if so, how to find the right career pathway and set goals?
·       How to handle career crossroads and how to deal with our future work-life when much is uncertain and when we can’t know what the future holds.

You will get hands-on advice as well as an opportunity to reflect on your future career, how to handle transitions processes and your professional identity. We will alter between presentations, group discussions, individual tasks, experience sharing, reflective processes and Q&A in plenum.

Course date: 1 October 2021 

Time: 9.00 - 17.00 

Programme:
9.00 – 12.00

o   How to use your PhD period in the best possible way – careerwise?
o   Career skills and career crossroads

12.00-12.45 Lunch

12.45 – 15.45
o   Setting goals and planning a career

o   What does a PhD enable you to do?

15.45 – 17.00
o   Work after PhD – recent PhD graduates share their experiences

Preparatory work:
All Participants will receive a copy of the book "You and your PhD – Essential career advice for doctoral students (2021)". When you have signed up you will get further information about preparatory work before the course. 

The course leader: Monika Janfelt has a background as a researcher, is an experienced career coach with a long track record from the research and university sector. Her company Moveo Nordic™, specialises in career and talent development for researchers and leaders. Monika has published a considerable number of research articles, papers and books. You and your PhD – Essential career advice for doctoral students (2021) is her latest publications. Read more at www.moveonordic.com

Participant fee:
Please be aware of the participant fee of 2500 DKK for AAU PhD students who are not from the Doctoral School of Humanities or the Doctoral School of Social Sciences as well as non-AAU PhD Students.