Phds in human sciences: promote your skills outside of academia

Summary

PhD candidates in graduates in Social Sciences and Humanities often struggle to envision a career outside academia due to a lack of familiarity with the expectations and codes of the socio-economic world. Yet their skills in analysis, communication, project management, creativity, and change management are highly valuable to many public, private, and nonprofit organizations. This training aims to help participants identify professional environments where their expertise can be leveraged, learn to present themselves with confidence, and develop a clear and compelling communication strategy to effectively engage with recruiters beyond the academic sphere.

The main objectives of this training are to enable participants to:

• Explore the diversity of sectors and professions accessible to PhD holders in SSH
• Identify, articulate, and promote their transferable skills
• Develop an effective positioning and communication strategy

Program

Module 1: Identifying the variety of careers and professional environments to better projecting

• Understand the variety of activity sectors and their evolution in a knowledge-based society
• Understand the challenges, codes, and entrepreneurial culture
• Understand the organization, services, and professions within a company
• Gain a broader visibility of the job market for PhDs (types of positions, sectors, career paths by discipline)
• Learn to explore opportunities through job descriptions specific to PhD holders in AHSS

Module 2: Solving entrepreneurial issues and translating them into implemented skills

• Solve a real business problem as a group, leveraging skills developed during the PhD
• Present the solution to the group and highlight the skills used
• Translate required actions and mobilized skills into a job description

Module 3: Reaching out your skills with a Portfolio

• Identify your skills
• Identify your appetences & motivations

Module 4: Building and presenting your offer of services/competencies

• How to communicate with a recruiter?
• Valuing one’s PhD with a recruiter
• Pitching your value proposal to a recruiter
• Review and follow-up

Trainers

Jeanne Boisselier, PhD – Researcher and Trainer

Eric Bonetto, PhD – Researcher and Trainer

Sophie Bouccara, PhD – Researcher, Consultant, and Trainer

Alexandre Bran, PhD – Deputy Head of LID and Trainer

Catherine Roudé, PhD – Training Manager and Trainer

Eva Soteras, PhD – esearch Valorisation Officer and Trainer

Informations

• Email (training contact) : formation@adoc-tm.com
• Provisional dates : 24 & 25/03/2026
• Location : On site
• Duration : 2 days (14 hours)