Workshop: Non-Academic Careers for STS Scholars

本次研讨会将是2017年在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的科学社会研究学会（4S）会议的会前活动。它将帮助科学，技术和社会（STS）研究生考虑，申请和成功的非学术工作。传统上，研究生在学术界以外的职业生涯中很少得到指导，这次研讨会旨在扩大大学环境之外的指导机会。这个研讨会将使学生们接触到终身职位之外的其他职业。通过向STS研究生提供技能和策略，该研讨会将帮助STS扩大其毕业生进入工业，政府和非营利机构工作的途径，从而最大限度地发挥其社会影响。为期一天的研讨会将为STS研究生和教师提供与已成功过渡到非学术职业的STS学者互动和交流的机会。它将以一系列由来自政府、工业和非营利部门的发言人组成的小组为特色。演讲者将讨论非学术简历、面试、人际关系、工作机会以及成功的非学术职业所需的技能。研讨会将讨论STS学者如何过渡到学术界以外的职业，以及如何在工业、政府和非营利部门具有竞争力。研讨会参与者：毕业生、教师和非学者将有机会探讨当前STS课程如何支持/阻碍非学术职业，并提出改善非学术职业培训的策略。研讨会将在这三个小组之间建立一个共同学习的环境，以便编写一份反映STS学者当前和未来课程需求的报告。

This workshop will be a pre-conference event at the 2017 Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) meeting in Boston, MA. It will help prepare Science, Technology and Society (STS) graduate students to consider, apply and succeed in non-academic jobs. Traditionally, graduate students receive minimal mentoring for careers outside of academia and this workshop is designed to broaden the mentoring opportunities beyond the university environment. This workshop will expose students to alternative careers outside of tenure-track jobs. By providing skills and strategies to STS graduate students this workshop will help STS maximize its societal impact by expanding STS graduates pathways into work in industry, government and the nonprofit sector.The one day workshop will provide STS graduate students and faculty the opportunity to interact and network with STS scholars that have successfully transitioned into non-Academic careers. It will feature a series of panels with speakers from government, industry, and non-profit sectors. The speakers will discuss non-academic resumes, interviewing, networking, job opportunities and the skill sets necessary to have successful non-academic careers. The workshop will address how STS scholars have made the transition to careers outside of academia, and have become competitive in industry, government and non-profit sectors. Workshop participants: graduates students, faculty and non-academics will have the opportunity to explore how the current STS curriculum supports/hinders non-academic careers and suggest strategies to improve training for non-academic careers. The workshop will cultivate an environment of shared learning among these three groups in order to develop a report that reflects on the current and future curriculum needs of STS scholars.