769th SUCS Meeting – 94th AGM and Presidential Address
769th SUCS Meeting – 94th AGM and Presidential Address
Friday November 24th, 11 am, Lecture Theatre 2
We will be recapping the year and voting in the new committee, followed by an address by the SUCS president.
Life after a PhD: The light you see at the end of the tunnel…
Yu Heng Lau
Finding employment after years of university study can be a daunting experience.
A PhD teaches you many of the skills you need in the workforce, but it can be challenging to learn how to communicate that to a recruiter. On top of that, there are so many potential but nebulous career options after a PhD in Chemistry that it can be hard to grasp where the next concrete steps lie for anything beyond a postdoc.
The 2023 SUCS seminar program was designed to feature five scientists who have graduated from a PhD in Australia to make an impact with their careers in divergent ways – government, communication, self-employment, creative design, alongside academic endeavours. Continuing this theme, I will discuss their career paths and other examples, as a step towards demystifying what the job market looks like for a freshly minted chemistry graduate.