LIV.DAT Advanced Researcher Career Skills School

22 Mar 2021, 09:00 → 25 Mar 2021, 16:00 Europe/London

The transition from a PhD to the next job is a challenging prospect in an ever more competitive job market. The LIV.DAT Advanced Researcher Career Skills School will provide you with a broad training program targeting the next phase of your careers.

The school will focus on CV writing, interview skills and grant applications

A dedicated careers workshop will round up the event covering career prospects in academia, industry and research centres. This workshop is expected to help in long term career planning.

 

Information Practical_Information_LIVDAT_Advanced_Researcher_Skills_School-Indico.pdf

Monday, 22 March

09:00 → 09:20 Welcome and Introduction

Speakers: Carsten P. Welsch, Theun van Veen

Welcome_CPW.pdf

09:20 → 10:00 Careers Perspective

Speaker: Alexis Nolan-Webster (Careers & Employability, University of Liverpool)

Careers_Perspective_ANW.pdf

Personal Values Assessment:

10:00 → 10:15 Break

10:15 → 12:15 CV Writing & Interview Skills: CV Writing Part I (incl. Breaks)

Anderson Yorke is a specialist career management consultancy supporting both private and public sector organisations and employers throughout the UK. We focus on helping experienced individuals manage and navigate their careers through periods of change. We are delighted to have been asked to share our knowledge and experience of contemporary job search methods and techniques.

In our two interactive sessions we will focus on:

• High quality CVs
• Defining transferable skills
• Pinpointing and capturing achievements – S T A R
• CV formats – Reverse Chronological, Functional, Hybrid
• The skills employers look for
• Writing style
• Academic CV’s - personal statement and cover letters
• Private Sector CV’s
• Covering letters – tailoring each CV
• Preparing for interviews - personal preparation and company research
• Researching organisations and employers (Dunn & Bradstreet, LinkedIn, Glass Door etc.)
• Managing first impressions - projecting an upbeat and ‘can do’ attitude (Self-knowledge, Organisational & Occupational Knowledge)
• Different types of interviews, including competency or criteria based
• Difficult interview questions and how to answer them
• Additional selection techniques – Assessment Centres, Psychometrics, aptitude tests etc.

The presenter – Clare Tweedy:

Clare has 15 years plus experience of HR consultancy and has worked extensively across both public and private sectors. She has a Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching through the ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) and is Myers Briggs accredited. With several years’ experience coaching graduates from Durham University she has a depth of knowledge from successfully guiding higher level graduates into their early stage careers. In the private sector,

Clare has worked with senior level individuals from numerous disciplines across a diverse range of sectors including Chemicals, Financial, Service and IT sectors. Within the public sector she has worked with Durham and Sunderland Universities, Newcastle and Gateshead PCTs and various government and ex-government organisations such as the Audit Commission, DEFRA and OPRA.

12:15 → 13:00 Break

13:00 → 14:00 CV Writing & Interview Skills: CV Writing Part II

Anderson Yorke is a specialist career management consultancy supporting both private and public sector organisations and employers throughout the UK. We focus on helping experienced individuals manage and navigate their careers through periods of change. We are delighted to have been asked to share our knowledge and experience of contemporary job search methods and techniques.

In our two interactive sessions we will focus on:

• High quality CVs
• Defining transferable skills
• Pinpointing and capturing achievements – S T A R
• CV formats – Reverse Chronological, Functional, Hybrid
• The skills employers look for
• Writing style
• Academic CV’s - personal statement and cover letters
• Private Sector CV’s
• Covering letters – tailoring each CV
• Preparing for interviews - personal preparation and company research
• Researching organisations and employers (Dunn & Bradstreet, LinkedIn, Glass Door etc.)
• Managing first impressions - projecting an upbeat and ‘can do’ attitude (Self-knowledge, Organisational & Occupational Knowledge)
• Different types of interviews, including competency or criteria based
• Difficult interview questions and how to answer them
• Additional selection techniques – Assessment Centres, Psychometrics, aptitude tests etc.

The presenter – Clare Tweedy:

Clare has 15 years plus experience of HR consultancy and has worked extensively across both public and private sectors. She has a Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching through the ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) and is Myers Briggs accredited. With several years’ experience coaching graduates from Durham University she has a depth of knowledge from successfully guiding higher level graduates into their early stage careers. In the private sector,

Clare has worked with senior level individuals from numerous disciplines across a diverse range of sectors including Chemicals, Financial, Service and IT sectors. Within the public sector she has worked with Durham and Sunderland Universities, Newcastle and Gateshead PCTs and various government and ex-government organisations such as the Audit Commission, DEFRA and OPRA.

14:00 → 14:30 Social Activity

Tuesday, 23 March

09:00 → 09:15 Day Start

Activity in groups - Advanced Researcher Skills School

Speaker: Theun van Veen

09:15 → 12:15 CV Writing & Interview Skills: Interview Skills (incl. Breaks)

Anderson Yorke is a specialist career management consultancy supporting both private and public sector organisations and employers throughout the UK. We focus on helping experienced individuals manage and navigate their careers through periods of change. We are delighted to have been asked to share our knowledge and experience of contemporary job search methods and techniques.

In our two interactive sessions we will focus on:

• High quality CVs
• Defining transferable skills
• Pinpointing and capturing achievements – S T A R
• CV formats – Reverse Chronological, Functional, Hybrid
• The skills employers look for
• Writing style
• Academic CV’s - personal statement and cover letters
• Private Sector CV’s
• Covering letters – tailoring each CV
• Preparing for interviews - personal preparation and company research
• Researching organisations and employers (Dunn & Bradstreet, LinkedIn, Glass Door etc.)
• Managing first impressions - projecting an upbeat and ‘can do’ attitude (Self-knowledge, Organisational & Occupational Knowledge)
• Different types of interviews, including competency or criteria based
• Difficult interview questions and how to answer them
• Additional selection techniques – Assessment Centres, Psychometrics, aptitude tests etc.

The presenter – Clare Tweedy:

Clare has 15 years plus experience of HR consultancy and has worked extensively across both public and private sectors. She has a Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching through the ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) and is Myers Briggs accredited. With several years’ experience coaching graduates from Durham University she has a depth of knowledge from successfully guiding higher level graduates into their early stage careers. In the private sector,

Clare has worked with senior level individuals from numerous disciplines across a diverse range of sectors including Chemicals, Financial, Service and IT sectors. Within the public sector she has worked with Durham and Sunderland Universities, Newcastle and Gateshead PCTs and various government and ex-government organisations such as the Audit Commission, DEFRA and OPRA.

12:15 → 13:15 Break

13:15 → 14:00 Entrepreneurial Skills

Mohammed Belal is currently an Enterprise Fellow at STFC. Previously he was a Business Development Director and Co-Founder of Spin-Out Company MIRICO, a company that has developed a transformational technology for gas sensing.

He will share his experience on what is required to take an idea to market and setup a spin-out company on the basis of
setting up the company MIRICO.

Speaker: Mr Mohammed Belal (STFC)

EntrepeneurialSkills_MB.pdf

14:00 → 14:30 Social Activity

Wednesday, 24 March

09:00 → 09:15 Day Start

Activity in groups - LIV.DAT Placement

Speaker: Theun van Veen

09:15 → 10:30 Grant Writing

This session will focus on how to write competitive grant applications and funding opportunities:
-Why writing grants
-How to find grant writing opportunities
-Differences between grants and research papers

Convener: Carsten P. Welsch (University of Liverpool)

Research_Proposals_CPW.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 12:15 Project Management

Project_Management_Training_RT.pdf

12:15 → 13:00 Break

13:00 → 14:30 Computing Skills

Research scientists are known for their poor software development practices, be it due to lack of formal training or differing objectives. This session will focus on addressing some of these issues by looking at examples of good and bad practice. We will look at the types of computing skills that help increase productivity during one's research career in academia but are also appealing to employers in industry

Speaker: Egidijus Kukstas

Computing_Skills_EK.pdf

Thursday, 25 March

09:00 → 09:45 NSG Group

Speaker: Peter Lai

09:45 → 10:30 NVIDIA

Speaker: Paul Graham

P_Graham_NVIDIA.pdf

10:30 → 10:45 Break

10:45 → 11:30 Precision Medicine

Speaker: Kevin Garwood

11:30 → 12:15 LJMU UKRI FLF

Speaker: Sebastian Kamann

S_Kamann_FLF.pdf

12:15 → 13:00 Break

13:00 → 13:45 Procter & Gamble

Speaker: Androula Alekou

A_Alekou_PG.pdf

13:45 → 14:30 Security Services: MI5, MI6 and GCHQ

14:30 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 15:45 National Nuclear Laboratory

Speaker: Nick Smith

15:45 → 16:00 Close