graduate careers

In this episode, Dr. Andrew Keating, Senior Director for Industry and Customer Marketing at Qumulo, joined PhD Futures Now for a conversation about building a career in the tech sector with a humanities PhD. For full transcript of the audio and other information, please visit our website www.phdfuturesnow.org. 

In this episode, Dr. Derek Attig, Assistant Dean for Career & Professional Development at the University of Illinois, joins PhD Futures Now to discuss their role in graduate career advising and careers in higher ed administration. They also provide valuable resources and advice for PhD students seeking career diversity assistance. Please see the timestamps below for different sections of this episode.
Time Stamps:
Intro to Derek Attig & his work 02:00
PhD career diversity conversation 07:40
Examples of career diversity initiatives through universities 19:15
Career diversity resources for graduate students 27:34

Robert Booth, Trainee Solicitor at Ashurst speaks about why he wanted to pursue a career in law, his hopes and dreams for the future, the impact of Covid on his working experience and shares advice for someone applying to join a trainee programme.  

"If you can understand the firm's policies, their particular business interests, their focuses; I think that can really help, so you can really show in your application that you, one, are specific about the firm that you want to apply to, and two, can then translate that into why you want to work for them." says Robert.

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Employability is not just something you should think about in your final year of study. Check out this week's episode with Ben, Becki and special guest Aaron to find out about some of the ways you can build your employability at the University of Lincoln.

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