Graduate to Professional: Career Conversations by Early Career Professionals to Support HFE Students. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Narasimha, Shraddhaa; Agnisarman, Sruthy; Cha, Jackie; Ponathil, Amal; Rogers, Hunter
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting. Volume 66:Part 1(2022)
• Page Start: 2119
• Page End: 2121
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: Human engineering -- Congresses; 620.8205
• DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661028
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1541-9312

Abstract

Career opportunities for students in HFE, and related fields are plentiful across academia, government, and industry, but a graduate student choosing a career has limited opportunities to understand what these careers involve, especially as an early career professional. This gap often results in students having to make a career choice with little information about what to expect in their new jobs. Early career professionals (here referring to those with <4 years of professional experience) who are experienced enough in their professional lives but close enough to remember their graduate school experiences are in a unique position to offer advice to graduate students about motivations/experiences in graduate school that shaped their career choices, and their current responsibilities. Additionally, with the COVID-19 pandemic, starting a new job and establishing a career that is remote/hybrid and poses new challenges which will be addressed by the panelists, many of whom onboarded under these circumstances.