1. Kickstart your PhD - Careers Bruce Woodcock Careers and Employability Service Slides for this talk are available at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

2. What skills do PhD researchers have?

3. What do PhDs do?  Source: HESA DLHE Surveys)

5. Start planning Early! Build your networks Investigate opportunities inside and outside universities Use the CES

6. Destinations of Kent PhD Students Career Help for Postgraduates and Contract Researchers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/PDWPgrad.htm Click on the “What do postgrads do?” tab to see destinations of Kent PhDs. Destinations of Kent grads and postgraduates 1999-present) www.kent.ac.uk/careers/fdrbases/destinations.htm

7. www.kent.ac.uk/careerswww.kent.ac.uk/careers Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: careerhelp@kent.ac.uk Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations Drop-in times (no appointment needed): 10.30 to 12.30 and 2 to 4 pm Help given for up to 3 years after graduation Weekly careers emails every Monday afternooncareerhelp@kent.ac.uk

8. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS TRAINING: EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE ACADEMIA Careers and Employability Service Slides for this talk are available at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

9. Need to network/make speculative applications  Create a LinkedIn profile www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/social-networking.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/social-networking.htm  Research Gate www.researchgate.netwww.researchgate.net  Creative Jobhunting www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/CJ.htmwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/CJ.htm Useful Links  Work Abroad www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesint.htmwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesint.htm  Study Abroad www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm#PGAbroad Includes international rankings for universities www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm#PGAbroad  International Student Careers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/InternationalStudents.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/InternationalStudents.htm

10. Sources of Further Information  Careers Help for Postgraduates and Contract Researchers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/PDWPgrad.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/PDWPgrad.htm  Postgraduate Career Planning Guide www.kent.ac.uk/careers/docs/PG%20career%20planning%20Guide%202014.pdf www.kent.ac.uk/careers/docs/PG%20career%20planning%20Guide%202014.pdf  Your PhD… what next? (AGCAS) www.prospects.ac.uk/links/yourphdwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/yourphd  Your Masters… what next? (AGCAS) www.prospects.ac.uk/links/yourmasterswww.prospects.ac.uk/links/yourmasters  What do PhDs do? www.vitae.ac.uk/CMS/files/1.UKGRAD-WDPD-full-report-Sep-2004.pdf www.vitae.ac.uk/CMS/files/1.UKGRAD-WDPD-full-report-Sep-2004.pdf  Beyond the PhD www.beyondthephd.co.ukwww.beyondthephd.co.uk  PhD Jobs Site www.phdjobs.comwww.phdjobs.com  CES Postgraduate Destination Survey www.kent.ac.uk/careers/fdrbases/destinations.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/fdrbases/destinations.htm  Academia.edu platform for academics to share research papers  RCUK Careers in Research. 75 research career case studies on the RCUK Careers in Research website, covering many disciplines including humanities, maths, biology, social sciences and physics. Highlight the opportunities research skills can give, not only in academia but also in business, industry and commerce.RCUK Careers in Research

11. Careers Employability Award on Moodle www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm