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LIV.DAT Advanced Researcher Career Skills School

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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.

Practical Information LIVDAT Advanced Researcher Skills School.pdf
Ayesha Kamarudin
  • Monday, 7 March
    • 1
      Welcome and Introduction
      Speaker: Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool)
    • 2
      Careers Perspective
      Speaker: Alexis Nolan-Webster
      Slides-Careers-Perspective-ANolan-Webster-AndersonYorke.pdf
    • 10:00
      Break
    • CV Writing & Interview Skills: CV writing part 1 (Incl. Breaks)

      Presenter: Jo van Osch

      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.

      Anderson Yorke - Liverpool PHd- CVs and Interviews - e-book - 08-03-22 SLIDES INC.pdf
    • 12:15
      Break
    • CV Writing & Interview Skills: CV writing part 2

      Presenter: Jo van Osch

      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.

      Anderson Yorke - Liverpool PHd- CVs and Interviews - e-book - 08-03-22 SLIDES INC.pdf
  • Tuesday, 8 March
    • 3
      Day Start
      Speaker: Constantinos Astreos (University of Liverpool)
    • CV Writing & Interview Skills: Interview Skills (inlc. Breaks)

      Presenter: Jo van Osch

      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.

      Anderson Yorke - Liverpool PHd- CVs and Interviews - e-book - 08-03-22 SLIDES INC.pdf
    • 12:15
      Break
    • 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 Welsch (University of Liverpool)
      Research Proposals CPWelsch LIVDAT 2022.pdf
    • 14:00
      Break
    • 4
      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: Mohammed Belal (STFC)
    • 5
      LinkedIn Masterclass

      LinkedIn Masterclass is a key subject for technical PhDs taking their careers forward. Such is their specialisms that the employers and recruiters will be using LinkedIn to search them out. The learnt techniques can then be applied to either build connections or to attract attention/generate interest from employers and can take their visibility to another level. In a world dominated by Social Media the ability to master LinkedIn will become ever more important.

      Speaker: Alexis Nolan-Webster
      Dominique - Networking LinkedIn.pdf
  • Wednesday, 9 March
    • 6
      Day Start
      Speaker: Constantinos Astreos (University of Liverpool)
    • Project Management

      Dr Ricardo Torres has been a project manager with the QUASAR Group for over seven years, where he has been in charge of several large European training networks. With a long career in research himself, Ricardo understands the challenges faced by PhD students and early stage researchers. In this course, we will learn the basic concepts of project management, from definition, through planning and execution, to close out, and we will provide some practical ideas to manage your PhD project efficiently.

      Convener: Ricardo Torres (University of Liverpool)
      Slides - Project Management Training Ricardo Torres.pdf
    • 12:15
      Break
    • 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

      Convener: Egidijus Kukstas (University of Liverpool)
      Egidijus - Computing Skills.pdf
  • Thursday, 10 March
    • 7
      Naimuri Ltd

      James Ramsden, Head of Data Science Capability, Naimuri Ltd

      Speaker: James Ramsden (Head of Data Science Capability, Naimuri Ltd)
      James Ramsden - Data in Industry.pdf
    • 8
      Materials Innovation Factory

      Stephen Leece, Operations & Innovation Partnerships Director, Materials Innovation Factory

      Speaker: Stephen Leece (Operations & Innovation Partnerships Director, Materials Innovation Factory)
    • 10:30
      Break
    • 9
      Deliveroo

      Kerry Parker, Data Scientist at Deliveroo

      Speaker: Kerry Parker (Data Scientist at Deliveroo)
      KParker_100322.pdf
    • 10
      The FA

      Alex Thomas, Data scientist at The FA

      Speaker: Alex Thomas
      Alex Thomas and Bikash Deb Slides - The FA.pdf
    • 12:15
      Break
    • 11
      First Light Fusion

      James Allison, Senior Data Scientist, and Thomas Ewards, Software Engineer at First Light Fusion

      Speakers: James Allison, Thomas Edwards
      James Allison and Thomas Edwards - First light fusion.pdf
    • 12
      National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)

      Nick Smith and Steve Graham, NNL Fellows

      Speakers: Nick Smith, Steve Graham
    • 13
      NSG R&D Organisation

      Mark McLachlan, Lead Engineer at NSG R&D Organisation

      Speaker: Mark McLachlan
      UoL Careers Development Day - NSG Group.pdf
    • 15:15
      Close
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