Using stakeholder insights to enhance engagement in PhD professional development.

ABSTRACT: There is increasing awareness of the need for pre- and post-doctoral professional development and career guidance, however many academic institutions are only beginning to build out these functional roles. As a graduate career educator, accessing vast silos and resources at a university and with industry-partners can be daunting, yet collaboration and network development are crucial to the success of any career and professional development office. To better inform and direct these efforts, forty-five stakeholders external and internal to academic institutions were identified and interviewed to gather perspectives on topics critical to career development offices. Using a stakeholder engagement visualization tool developed by the authors, strengths and weaknesses can be assessed. General the

SUBMITTER: Ramadoss D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8794081 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature