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Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students
Participants learn how to develop long term self-management skills for future career progressions. We will consider the current job market and landscape and provide advice on how to keep up to date with relevant labour market intelligence to support career progression. We’ll look at the hidden job market and how to use networking for successful job search. Participants will have an opportunity to think about their current skills and knowledge and how to develop them to progress in their chosen career.
This course will be in a blended learning format - you will be required to work through tasks online on your own in the morning and in the afternoon there will be a group workshop on Zoom. All materials and links will be sent in advance of the course.
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
- Individual Development Planning
- Options and career paths
- Self – development for career progression
- Hidden Job market, Job Search and using your network
- Developing a career plan for next steps
Delivered By: Careers Service
Prerequisites
Cancellation Policy If you are unable to attend a course please cancel your place as soon as possible, with at least 3 working days notice via the online booking system http://bookings.strath.ac.uk/mybookings.asp. Full details of booking conditions can be found at the link below:Useful Links
Find out about the opportunities available to you as an early career researcher:PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development
All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).
You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).
Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.