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© Naturvetarna 2015

Naturvetarna– det självklara valet för professionella naturvetare

Ann Lundström & Marita Teräs


Naturvetarnathe Swedish Association of Professional

Scientists

Politically independent association within Saco

Organizes scientists within: Biology, Chemistry,

Biomedicine, Physics, Mathematics, Geology etc.

Our members: 31 500

1 of 4 = PhD

4 %


Support in your career

Impact in society

Security in your employment• Collective agreements, contract of employment,

labour market legislation & negotiations• Salary advice• Income insurance

Naturvetarna - what we offer


Who am I…?

2004

2005

2011

2012/14


Is this a career?


Your Career– where are you heading and why?

Career

Competence

CV & cover letter

Labour market

After the PhD/postdoc…


What is a ”successful” career?

LinearExpert TransitorySpiral

Direction: Little movement Upword Lateral, related Lateral, unrelated

Time: Life Indeterminate 5 – 10 years 2 – 4 years

Aim: Expertise Power Personal growth Variety

Security Achievement Creativity Independence


How has it been so far?


Responsibility

Time

Method

Finding your own career path


10

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

4

6

12

12

13

24

Other

Communication

Laboratory work

Strategy

Inspection

Sales & Marketing

IT

Excecutive

Investigation

Administration

Project Management

Teaching

Production

Consulting

Development

Quality Assurance

Clinical work

Research


Steps towards a new job

Finding – Applying –

Securing a job

Take inventory Formulate Communicate


Take inventory

What do I want?

What do I know?

Where am I going?


What do I want?

Need to have

Nice to have

No no never

My priorities


What do I know?

Attitudes & values

Social skills

Knowledge & proficiencies

Experience & accomplishment

Motivation & drive

My skills


Transferable skills Problem solving, independence & creativity

Project management

Critical evaluation

Statistics

Combining & integrating different sources of info

Teamwork/collaboration (international?)

Communication

Teaching

Methodological skills

Ability to work hard under pressure


Where am I heading?

Can you find any underlaying theme?

What can you contribute with?

Where are your skills in demand?

Where else could they be in demand?

Compile your own requirementslist(dream ad)

My alternatives


Don’t fall in the trap!

Assumption Proof

Result Behaviour


Observe the heading

Read thoroughly

Unsolicited application

Check company website

Call the contactperson

Match against your requirementslist

Prepare…


New application for each new job

Contact info either in header/footer

Neutral e-mail

Social security number – never

Age – irrelevant

References – given on request

Salary request – interview

Pdf file

Time to formulate!


Cover letter

Attract employer’s attention!

Heading

Highlight strongest qualifications

Communicate skills, match profile and

exemplify

Employer wants to know:

Why are you applying for this job?

What can you contribute with?

Why should they hire you?


If you were the employer!

Appealing layout?

Is the introduction interesting enough?

Does the person really want the job?

Can you see what the person can contribute?

Are requirements and qualifications highlighted?

Too much or too little information?

Would you like to meet the person?


CV for academia, industry or database?

Maximum 2 pages

Relevant info for the position and employer

Reversed chronology

Attract the employer instantly!

Profile

Tailored CV - New for each application

CV

TIP: Make an ”all-inclusive” CV – use your inventory!


Appealing layout?

Can you find relevant information?

Besides knowledge, do you get information about the persons skills,

proficiencies and qualifications?

Is the CV aiming forward or is it a historical document?

Can the person manage the job?

Is it worth meeting the person?

If you were the employer!


“ If you are applying for a job for

which you are fully qualified,

you are applying for the wrong job.”


Before signing:

Terms of employment- Is there a collective agreement or not?

Salary

You’re

hired!

Contact our help desk – ombudsmen

Phone: 08-466 24 80

[email protected]


What is decisive when recruiting?

Analytical skills

Attitude

Managements skills

General skills

Practical skills

Theoretical skills

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%


How to be coveted in the labourmarket?

Suitable theoretical skills

Suitable practical skills

Generall skills

Suitable attitude

Suitable personality

Being able to convert theory to action

Understand how your own competence can be used

Being able to communicate your competence


Let people know you exist

Career day, trade fair etc. Which potential employers will

participate?

Prepare!!!

Elevator speech

Business card

LinkedIn

CV databases


Job market monitoring


Where physists work

County council

6%

Government

17%

Universities

30%

Municipality 3%

Life Science 4%

Other incl.

organisations 24%

65% higher

degree

IT 16%


Employers

SMHI

Försvarsmakten

MetroGroup Scandinavia

Foreca Sverige

Pöyry SwedPower

Sveriges Television

Försvarets Materielverk

Kjeller Vindteknik

Saab

Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut

Weather

forecasts,

power

companies,

consulting


Top positions

Scientist (Forskare)

PhD-student

Engineer (Ingenjör)

Associate Professor (Lektor)

Consultant (Konsult)

14%

manager


physics

science

analytical

programming

statistics

processes

PhD

math methods

problemsolving


Career start

0 20 40 60 80 100

Felt unprepared for work life

Felt prepared for work life

Are your education relevant for your work?

Yes

No, but I am content and have no plans to change

No, but this was the only position I could get

I don not know

30 %


Be preparedand increase your possibility to

Employment within 3 months

Secure employment

Qualified job

Relevant job


Networking

Personal networks

Organised networks

Competence based networks

Vitual networks


What is it all about?

Mutuality

Flexibility

Confidence

Informal

Voluntarity


The importance of networking

75-80% of all jobs are appointed

through contacts

Winner in reorganisations

What do you want from your

networking?

• What is missing?

Do you need a strategy?

• What is preventing your action?


What can we offer?

Personal Career Counselling

CV-coaching

Interview-coaching

Career Profile Analysis

Coaching for Salary Dialogues

LinkedIn-coaching

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