Doctoral Careers Focus

• 17 October: Campus to Career: Sharpen your Interview Skills (City Campus)
• 22 October: Doctoral Morning Tea: Coffee, Careers and Conversations (City Campus)
• 24 October: Campus to Career: Research Your Opportunities (City Campus)
• 28 October: Campus to Career: Get Connected (City Campus)
• 10 November: ECR Career Planning Workshop Part 1 (City Campus)
• 17 November: ECR Career Planning Workshop Part 2 (City Campus)
• 24 November: One-Day Career Boot Camp for Doctoral Students (City Campus)

• 17 October: Academic Career Perspectives: Teaching (online)
• 24 October: Academic Career Perspectives: Research and Publishing (online)
• 31 October: Academic Career Perspectives: Service (online)

• 21 October: Start-Up Fireside Chats (City Campus)
• 21 October: Newmarket Innovation Precinct Innovation Showcase (Newmarket)
• 4 November: From PhD / Researcher to Entrepreneur (City Campus)
• 4-5 November: Collaboration and Translation Workshop for EMCRs (Auckland)
• 6 November: Health Technology Innovation (Grafton Campus)

Note: Links to SGS events will take you to Wahapū booking pages. If you are a doctoral candidate who does not have access to Wahapū, you can book by completing the Doctoral Event Registration Form.

• Career Development and Employability Services (CDES)
• CDES Canvas Course on career planning 
• CDES resources for all doctoral students
• CDES resources for international doctoral students
• Career Planning for Researchers resources on the ResearchHub
• Narrative CV Writing resources on the ResearchHub
• Newmarket Innovation Precinct: explore opportunities
• Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
• UniServices
• Business School Executive and Professional Development

It's never too early to start planning for life after your doctorate. Whether you have your sights on a career in academia, industry, entrepreneurship or public good, we have a wealth of workshops, year-long programmes, and resources to help you prepare for the career you want. 

It's crucial to carefully structure your training, development and networking journey according to the specific outcome you want, but there is so much on offer that it can feel overwhelming, and it might be difficult to know which are the right opportunities for you.

The good news is you don't have to navigate this on your own. All you have to do is visit the Doctoral Opportunities web page, where you can find links to resources from the School of Graduate Studies that will help you to identify where you want to end up, and guide you through the process of getting there:

• Doctoral Development Framework: a guide that helps you structure your professional development planning
• Doctoral Training and Development Needs Analysis: the cornerstone of every doctoral student's development plan
• Academic Career Development Pathway: recommended opportunities for doctoral students who want to become academics
• Entrepreneurial Career Development Pathway: recommended opportunities for doctoral students who want to commercialise their research, launch their own ventures, or work in industry