Taking Action in Uncertain Times

05/01/20 • 8 min

In this short episode, Careers Consultants for Researchers at King's College London (KCL) discuss what action can be taken in these uncertain times and share with listeners how to access support through new online careers lounges for PhDs and Research Staff at KCL and this new series of the podcast. Online appointments and webinars are being offered as normal. Find out more about our support for researchers here: https://keats.kcl.ac.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=2932966

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Women Working in Technology - Part 2

Today’s joint episode with Researc/hers Code, is the second part of a conversation we had at the end of 2019, with Ella Fitzsimmons, Charlotte Fereday and Chloe Tartan, who each have PhDs in different backgrounds (religious studies, language and linguistics and photonics respectively!) and are now working in tech roles. In this episode, they talk to Victoria Carr from Researc/hers Code about their thoughts on diversity in the tech sector, barriers they faced, factors which attracted them to the sector and finally, top tips for researchers wanting to go into tech roles.

Please get in touch with us @kcldo1thing if you have ideas/thoughts about people we could interview for the podcast, or topics you would like us to cover.

Next Episode

Helping researchers reflect on what they have to offer with Dr Kate Daubney

In this episode we're joined by Dr. Kate Daubney, Head of Careers & Employability, King's College London (KCL). Kate tells us about her own research and her journey from PhD to heading up the careers team at KCL. She also shares her ideas about how researchers can go beyond the immediate knowledge content of their research to discover the skills and attributes they're developing along the way, and why now is an important time as any to start exploring all the brilliant things researchers have to offer.

In this episode Kate refers to a couple of resources which you may find helpful:

'What do I have to offer' module on KCL's Careers & Employability KEATS pages.
'Mindset', a book on positive approaches to learning by Carol Dweck, PhD [she also has a good TedTalk on this subject]
Book an appointment with a Careers Consultant for Researchers at KCL (scroll down to the bottom of this page)

Also you can find the "Women Working in Tech (part 2)" episode which we refer to, wherever you're listening to this episode of Careers in your Ears.