TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yakhmi,Jatinder Vir
ED  - Institute of Physics (Great Britain),
TI  - Employability for PhD students in STEM
T2  - [IOP release $release]
SN  - 9780750355421
AV  - Q181 .Y354 2024eb
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
PB  - IOP Publishing
KW  - Science
KW  - Vocational guidance
KW  - Technology
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Graduate students in science
KW  - Employment
KW  - Graduate students in engineering
KW  - Careers guidance
KW  - bicssc
KW  - EDUCATION / Counseling / Career Development
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - "Version: 20241101"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references; 1. Learning science : a passion for STEM subjects : why do a PhD? -- 1.1. Scientific literacy -- 1.2. Passion for science and STEM subjects -- 1.3. Benefits of science education -- 1.4. STEM education -- 1.5. STEM is the future -- 1.6. Why do a PhD? -- 1.7. Catch them young for STEM -- 1.8. A PhD degree is a well-trodden path for employment -- 1.9. PhD makes a difference -- 1.10. Passion for STEM--the lure of a PhD in STEM -- 1.11. Why do a STEM PhD? -- 1.12. Employment after a STEM PhD -- 1.13. Conclusion; 2. Sailing through PhD work successfully -- 2.1. Introduction : doing a PhD in STEM for entry into exciting careers -- 2.2. Essential requirements for smooth sailing during doctoral work -- 2.3. Other relevant points to be followed for unhindered PhD work -- 2.4. A PhD degree should lead to careers and jobs; 3. Using PhD final year and just after to master useful skills--writing and public speaking -- 3.1. Role of effective communication in science is crucial for a STEM PhD; 4. Acquiring multidisciplinary skills to beat the 'single-subject cocoon' trap and ability to stay ahead of exponential technologies -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Influence of AI on jobs -- 4.3. Beating the 'single-subject cocoon' trap for enhanced employment opportunities -- 4.4. For continued employability STEM PhDs should upskill their job skills regularly -- 4.5. New jobs to be created by AI -- 4.6. Typical examples of new emerging job opportunities for STEM PhDs -- 4.7. Societal benefits : improving the quality of life for masses -- 4.8. Conclusions; 5. Mentoring, innovations, patents, entrepreneurships, and jobs -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is an innovation? -- 5.3. Patents -- 5.4. Prototypes -- 5.5. Entrepreneurship -- 5.6. Ideas for entrepreneurships and start-ups by STEM PhDs -- 5.7. Jobs -- 5.8. Innovations by STEM PhDs towards SDGs for techno-entrepreneurships and jobs -- 5.9. New opportunities in STEM jobs by solving existential challenges -- 5.10. Opportunities for new jobs in the electrical vehicles sector -- 5.11. The new scenario under the emergence of AI and ChatGPT -- 5.12. A case study of Unilever -- 5.13. Job security; 6. Models adopted to upend education for supporting growth of graduate jobs -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Jobs crisis post-PhD, and how to fix it -- 6.3. Country-wide efforts -- 6.4. Enhancing employability of STEM graduates and PhDs -- 6.5. New doors/opportunities for STEM graduates, including those with disabilities -- 6.6. Skills for employability in industry -- 6.7. Apprenticeships and training in industry, for facilitating employment; 7. Overcoming disruptions against career growth -- 7.1. Employment and career options for STEM PhDs -- 7.2. Disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, or other disasters : disaster-proofing -- 7.3. Lay-offs, quiet hiring -- 7.4. Disabled -- 7.5. Debt ceiling -- 7.6. Bias towards gender, black, Asian, candidates coming under adult education -- 7.7. Quiet quitting, working from home, job-switching, great resignation -- 7.8. Plagiarism versus integrity; fake online reviews; publication charges; patent manipulation; citation multiplication; prolific authors, paper mills; fraudsters -- 7.9. Positivity in job search; networking benefits; workplace visibility; avoiding getting scooped; brain breaks; follow your passion; learning AI and ML skills -- 7.10. Keeping the edge in employability -- 7.11. A job in industry for STEM PhDs, or even a postdoc in industry -- 7.12. Concluding remarks; 8. Growing to be a leader and staying on top -- 8.1. Working towards a leadership role in a STEM job -- 8.2. Consolidating the leadership role to grow further, and to stay on top; Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers; PhD students and graduates in STEM subjects; Also available in print
N2  - One may have a degree qualification, even a PhD, moreover a PhD in a STEM subject, but might still be struggling to get a job. We discuss 'WHY' that happens, and how to get over it. We discuss three most crucial skills required by STEM PhDs: communicating ably through technical writing; impactful public speaking before peer-audiences, or mixed audiences; and avoiding the trap of a 'single-subject cocoon' by gaining expertise in at least two, if not more, non-overlapping subjects. Besides, a STEM PhD should also stay ahead of the emerging digital technologies by learning to work comfortably with AI and related high-tech tools like big data, machine learning and chatbots
UR  - https://iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-0-7503-5542-1
ER  -