Around 35 PhDs and other Early Career Researchers from FLEET and partner organisation the MacDiarmid Institute took a chance last week to learn how to take control of their future in these uncertain times, and to gain a better understanding of the job market (both in academia and industry) with a targeted, one-hour workshop from “the thesis whisperer”.
A/Prof Inger Mewburn applies her ANU team’s research on the post-PhD job market to:
- Enhance understanding of the changed academic job market, analysing effects of hiring freezes and travel restrictions.
- Increase awareness of career opportunities in industry — which sectors are looking for research talent?
- Help ECRs and PhDs approach the non-academic job market with more confidence.
This was the first FLEET / MacDiarmid Institute trans-Tasman, double-bubble workshop. More workshops are planned.