Decision Making - Career Choices
Practical information
- Audience: Postdocs and Research Staff
- Date and time: Wednesday 2 April 2025, 09:30 - 13:00
- Length: 3.5 h
- Place: R&E Seminar Room, First Floor, 63 University Road
- Organised by: Postdoctoral Development Centre (QUB) and Ulster University
Content
Making a career choice is one of the most important decisions that we make in our lives. Choosing the right career path can be challenging, and many postdocs struggle to make a decision that feels right for them.
This new half-day workshop will provide you with the tools and knowledge needed to make confident and informed career choices.
Join us and take the first step towards finding a career that truly fits you!
Programme Objectives
This half-day workshop will guide you through essential aspects of making career choices, including:
- Increasing self-awareness and understanding how your personality affects job fit
- Core values, passion and exploring your emotions
- Researching potential careers and career exploration strategies
- Making a decision matrix
- Informational interviews
This course has been organised as part of the Research Culture NI project, generously funded by Wellcome.
If you want to be notified of future events, please email pdc@qub.ac.uk.
Registration
Register for the 'Decision Making - Career Choices' Workshop
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Facilitator
Jill Wright | Research Careers and Employability Officer, QUB
Jill is Research Careers and Employability Officer within the Research Culture team at Queen's University Belfast, as part of the Wellcome-funded Research Culture NI project. Her role involves preparing postdocs across both Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University for future career transitions through delivering a suite of training and development opportunities to enhance skills and helping postdocs explore alternate career paths outside of academia, supporting them with job applications and interview preparation. Her role also involves engaging with employers across NI who are employers of postdocs and those that are new to the conversation to promote the talent pool of postdocs that we have in Northern Ireland across our two universities.
Before joining the Research Culture team in June 2024, Jill worked in the private sector and brings with her extensive experience in early career development as well as running employability programmes in partnership with government bodies and local higher education institutions. Jill has established relationships with Queens and Ulster as a previous key graduate employer.