"Career Development at the University of Vienna" - Lucas Zinner

"Career Development at the University of Vienna" - Lucas Zinner

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  Career development atthe University of Vienna
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  • What arewe aiming at? • How did we start? • What are we doing? • What do we know about the careers? • What is ahead of us? 2 Career development at the University of Vienna Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  Supporting Career Development Our visionis to enable researchers at all career levels, but especially non-permanent researchers, to discover and pursue a path to a fulfilling career, and to establish support for this as a self-evident task of our university. We see career and professional development as a process, and our mission is to support researchers as they explore and further understand themselves and their career options, to ensure that they gain valuable experience, develop as professionals and launch their career plans. It is our specific responsibility as research service and career development department to advocate within the university to ensure that sufficient resources and attention are given to career development, whether a career is pursued within or outside the academic sector.Source: http://www.englishstudents.ch/ Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  • In 2008,the Rectorate mandated us to establish a central office to deal with the affairs of doctoral candidates. • We set up a project for this purpose and developed a concept involving all stakeholders. • We have been operational since October 2009. • Our core tasks are ◦ to advise doctoral candidates, supervisors and other stakeholders, ◦ to establish and continuously develop a training programme in the area of transferable skills, ◦ to participate in the strategic development of the doctoral studies, ◦ to bundle and coordinate activities related to the doctorate. 4 How did we start? Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  Raising Awareness: Preparingfor careers The time as doctoral candidate: a progressively specializing process for a singular career path, or a program of research, teaching, scholarship in which you develop a broad skill set that can qualify you for a wide variety of career paths. ! 5Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  • Providing abroad variety of events & trainings for PhDs and Postdocs • Regular coordination with other actors in the university environment, e.g. Alumni Association, Department of Human Resources Development, Center for Teaching and Learning, Quality Assurance Office, Spin-off incubator • For research-related activities we follow a one-stop shop approach. • We try to work evidence-based. 6 What are we doing? https://forschung.univie.ac.at/en/services/events-trainings/doctoral-candida Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  What do weknow about the careers?  Tracking candidates using register data to better understand the employment status  We use scientific literature to improve our services, e.g. to counter the mismatch between academic skills and those that are in demand "outside".  We try to keep in touch with our graduates through various measures, e.g. via our alumni association or through career days, in order to be able to communicate first-hand information about the demands of the working world to current doctoral candidates. 7Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  • University ofVienna uses administrative data to track careers of graduates resident in Austria after they left an Austrian HEI; since 2005; level of institution/study programme • Different data sources, from universities and public registers are used. • Register-based analysis of labour market entry, employment and income opportunities in the first five years after graduation/drop out; for all public universities, Statistics Austria aggregates and processes in anonymous form • https://doktorat.univie.ac.at/analyses/graduate-tracking/hrsm-project/ 8 Career tracking using administrative and register data • Pros: efficient, complete national coverage, information at study programme level • Cons: no cross- border data, no qualitative information about employment and career Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  9 Key results arepublished Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  Labour market participation ofdoctorate holders “[T]here is no evidence to suggest that the growth in the number of individuals at the highest level of qualification has resulted in some form of excess supply that the labour market struggles to accommodate.” “The average unemployment rate for total graduates at the doctorate level is roughly three percentage points lower than that for other tertiary level graduates aged 25 to 64…” “Most indicators point to a sustained, if not increasing premium on doctorate skills, which is consistent with rising demand for individuals with such skills.” - Careers of Doctorate Holders, OECD Science, Technology and Industry, Working Papers 10Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  Top 5 ofvalued skills for doctoral candidates and employers De Grande, Hannelore, et al. "The skills mismatch: What doctoral candidates and employers consider important." Unpublished manuscript (2011). 11Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  • to intensifythe individual coaching for doctoral candidates and the overall services postdocs; • to embed career planning in the general topic of competence development for researchers; • to ensure that career planning is understood as an integral part of the job and is not reduced to the nice to have add-on; • to pay even more attention to the topic of entrepreneurship; • to link the topic of individual career planning with the overarching role of the university in and for society. 12 What is ahead of us? Webinar, March 18, 2020
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  13 Contact Dr. Lucas Zinner Headof Research Services and Career Development University of Vienna E: [email protected] W: http://doktorat.univie.ac.at in: at.linkedin.com/in/lucaszinner/ Chair of the Board PRIDE Network Association for Professionals in Doctoral Education W: http://www.pride-network.eu/ All the best and good health, stay tuned! Webinar, March 18, 2020