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• Committed to providing high quality HR researcher career support
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• Personal & Professional Development• Career Management Structure • Recruitment• Contract Management • Salary Administration
WHAT WE DO
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Good News For Researchers
• “the proportion of researchers employed in the business sector is insufficient to sustain Europe’s position as a global economic leader”
• Demand in Europe for highly qualified people is predicted to rise by almost 16 million in the period up to 2020
• It has been estimated that the EU will need at least one million new research jobs if it is to reach the R&D expenditure target of 3% of GDP
• The gender gap is closing more markedly among scientists than in the labour market in general.
Researcher’s Report 2014 – DG Research and Innovation
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•The primary responsibility for managing and pursuing your career is yours!
•We are here to help you and so is your Principal Investigator/Research Manager
•Research managers are required to participate in career development guidance
REGARDING PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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• Research is a very challenging career
• Pressure to succeed – publications, citations, collaborations, grant applications, funding…..
• Career planning ??? When do you get time to think about that?
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“We became aware of the importance of an early start when it comes to career planning, and also that we do not have to face this task on our own. There are services out there to support us along our professional journey.”
From What to do if you find yourself stuck in the postdoc trap, Research Fortnight, Sept 2014
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UCC recognises that you will need support to develop the communication and other professional skills to become both effective researchers and highly skilled professionals in whatever field you choose.
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• Professional Research Skills• Personal Effectiveness & Career Development• Teaching and Learning• Innovation and Commercialization
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Its all in the handout starting on page 6Timeline page 10
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Check out some UCC websites:
• VP Research Office
• Research Professional/ Research Fortnight
• Careers Office
• HR Research
• PRIME UCC
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• Career Structure for Researchers at UCC
• Post Doc • Senior Post Doc• Research Fellow• Senior Research Fellow
• Progression to each level is through open competition - definition of roles is on page 19
• Right now you may think that research is for you but you may feel differently in 3 years time!
Route ahead within UCC…
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2 out of 3 researchers go on to pursue non-academic professional careers
Remember:
The skills and achievements required to move on from a research position may not be the same skills you used to get your current position
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Professional Development Plan
Category Sub-categories Priority (L/M/H)
Agreed actions to acquire agreed priority skills
Timeline Sign OffPI and
Researcher
Completed(Date)
Professional research skills
Project management M
Workshop on project managementPresent Research plan using project mgt tools
Summer 2015
Applying for research grants
L (First year of Post doc)
Attendance at workshops by Office of VP for R&IParticipate on team preparing research proposal
Autumn 2015Ongoing
Lab Management H Learn ordering system for chemical supplies – liaison with Chief Technician
April 2015
Personal Effectiveness and Career Development
InductionCareer Planning
HM
½ day session provided by HR½ day session provided by Careers Service
April 2015July 2015
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UCC Research Skills Ladder
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Parting Message:
The primary responsibility for managing and pursuing your career is
yours!
Start now because…
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In Europe 27 on average, researchers are more likely than other employees to live in a couple and have children:
Researchers All Employed
In a couple: 74% 52%
With Children: 69% 46%
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