What can you be with a PhD? Outi Tolonen, PhD, Project Manager Biocenter Oulu

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1 What can you be with a PhD? Outi Tolonen, PhD, Project Manager Biocenter Oulu

2 Outlines Finnish PhD career survey 2013 Career paths for a PhD Career planning My career (time permitting)

3 PhD Career Survey Academic career service network Represents 19 Finnish universities Services for academic job seekers and for employers Job Board PhD career follow-up survey in every 2 years

4 PhD Career Survey 2013 Survey 2013: PhDs who graduated from 11 Finnish universities (including Oulu) : 2824 PhDs graduated in those 11 universities (3171 in all Finnish universities) 1339 PhDs answered the survey (127 from Oulu)

5 PhD Career Survey 2013 Labour status Employed 85% On grant 4% Unemployed 3% Other 8% 85

6 PhD Career Survey Principal employer University 42% (2011: 36%) Public sector 33% Private sector 18% (2011: 22%) Other 33

7 Oulu Tohtorin tutkinnon tiedekunta Faculty PhD Career Survey N= % Humanities HuTK Education KTK Medicine LTK Science LuTK Technology TTK Economics TaTK

8 Oulu PhD Career Survey 2013 Permanent, Vakituinen full kokopäivätyö time Työmarkkinatilanne kyselyhetkellä N=124 Labour market status Short-term, Määräaikainen full kokopäivätyö time 44 % Permanent, Vakituinen part osa-aikatyö time 1 Short-term, Määräaikainen part osa-aikatyö time 0 Itsenäinen yrittäjä, Entrepreneur, ammatinharjoittaja freelancer tai 2 Working on Apurahatutkija grant 4 Internship Työllistetty tai työharjoittelu 0 Unemployed Työtön 2 Labour Työvoimakoulutus market tai training vastaava 0 Päätoiminen opiskelu (johtaa Full tutkintoon time student tai arvosanaan) 1 Family leave Perhevapaa (from(työstä) job) 4 Family Perhevapaa leave (ei (no työsuhdetta) job) 1 Other Muu tilanne 2

9 Oulu 80 Saanut lisää palkka tohtorin tutkinnon ansiosta Better salary after PhD degree N= % YES Kyllä NO Ei Do Ei osaa not sanoa know

10 Oulu Bruttopalkka huhtikuussa Better 2013 salary kokopäivätyössä/ after apurahatutkijana PhD degree olevilla säännölliset lisät, Net salary on April 2013 (working full-time) luontaisetujen verotusarvo ja ylityökorvaukset mukaan lukien 44 N= % Alle 3000 e e e e 6000 e -

11 Oulu PhD Career Survey Saanut vaativampia työtehtäviä tohtorin tutkinnon ansiosta More demanding responsibilities N= % YES Kyllä NO Ei Do Ei osaa not sanoa know

12 Oulu Pääasiallisin tehtävien luonne N=122 Labour Main responsibility market status PhD Career Survey 2013 Research Permanent, Tutkimus full time % Teaching Opetus tai kasvatus Short-term, full time Administration Hallintotehtävät 3 Permanent, part time Management Johto- ja esimiestehtävät 5 Short-term, part time Consulting Konsultointi tai koulutus 1 Entrepreneur, freelancer Customer Asiakastyö/ service potilastyö Working on grant Marketing, Markkinointi sales ja myynti 0 Planning, Suunnittelu- development tai kehitystehtävät Internship Communications Viestintä- Unemployed ja mediatyö 1 Other office Toimistotehtävät 1 Labour tasks market training Taiteellinen työ 0 Full time student Lainopillinen työ 0 Family leave (from job) Kirkollinen työ 0 Rahoituksen ja taloushallinnon Family tehtävät leave 0 (no job) Other Muu Other työn luonne

13 Oulu Saanut työpaikan uudella työnantajalla tohtorin tutkinnon ansiosta A new job, thanks to PhD degree PhD Career Survey N= % YES Kyllä NO Ei Do Ei osaa not sanoa know

14 Career paths for PhDs Academic (vertical) career: 4-tier research career 1. Early-stage researcher 2. Post-doc 3. Independent researcher, group leader, Academy Reseach Fellow 4. Professor, Academy Professor, Research Director

15 Career paths for PhDs Non-academic titles Key Account Manager Expert Counsellor Innovation Manager Coordinator Science Advisor Market Analyst Team leader Controller Science Journalist COO Quality Manager Consultant Product Specialist Editor Inspector Scientific Liaison Manager Managing Director Patent Attorney CSO Educator (Senior) Researcher Development Manager

16 Career paths for PhDs Non-academic jobs

17 Career planning - skills Why hire a PhD? It s about the skills, not the degree Data handling and analyzing Problem-solving Team-work & leadership experience Communication (writing, public speaking) Budget managing, funding Ability to work in international environment; language skills

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19 Career planning - skills Examples on transferable skills Business skills Project management Leadership IPR skills Communication & presentation skills Marketing skills Quality issues Skills in career management

20 Career planning

21 My Career

22 Pro gradu: Genetic characterization of influenza A virus escape mutants Univ. of Oulu, Dept. of Microbiology Kaleva

23 PhD 2006 Univ. of Oulu, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

24 08/2006

25 Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist

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27 Working Life and Business Skills for PhDs ESR-project

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