Recruiting Talents: the added value of the doctorate degree for non-academic employers

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Recruiting talents: the added value of the doctorate degree for non-academic employers

We are inviting you to participate in the “Recruiting talents” study, conducted by the Observatory of Research and Scientific Careers-F.R.S-FNRS.

Why carry out this study?
A growing number of PhD holders* are working outside the university sector. However, the results of our previous studies show that only 34.5% of PhD holders working outside the university sector have jobs that require a doctoral degree or postdoctoral experience. Moreover, many studies suggest that non-academic employers are reluctant to hire PhD holders.

What is the aim of this study?
The aim of this study is to collect information from non-academic employers in order to analyse the added value of a PhD and to identify incentives and barriers to the employment of PhD holders.

Who is our target audience?
The study is focused on “employers”, and our target audience is more specifically those responsible for recruitment, human resources, skills management, and/or strategic work-force planning and operations management. In other words, those whose duties may include recruiting, managing and supervising staff, and the organisation’s strategic and operational planning.

What does your participation in this study entail?
If you agree to participate, we will ask you to complete a questionnaire, which should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Some of the themes running through the questionnaire are:
•   strengths and weaknesses of PhD holders;
•   employers’ expectations of PhD holders;
•   the perception of the added value of the doctoral degree;
•   incentives and barriers to the employment of PhD holders;
•   incentives and barriers to collaboration with universities.

What personal data are being collected by the Observatory and for what purpose?
We collect and use only personal data that are necessary to our research activities. We will ask for the following information:
•   Gender
•   Professional title
•   Professional email address (only for verification purposes)
The data collected within this framework will be used and kept in our database for these purposes only. Your personal data will be kept for five years. The legal basis of the processing of the data is based on your consent, which may be withdrawn at any time. Once this time limit has expired, your personal data will be erased.

Will my personal data be forwarded to third parties?
The personal data collected will be strictly confidential and will not be forwarded to third parties. All your personal data will be processed according to our confidentiality policy and in accordance with our privacy policy accessible from our website.

What are my rights if I participate in this study?
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without giving any reason and without fear of reprisal. You can at any time ask to access, rectify, delete, and transfer your data and to oppose their use as well as request their limitation. If necessary, you also have the possibility of contacting the Data Protection Authority (DPA) via its website: https://www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be

If I have any questions regarding the processing of my personal data, who can I contact?
The body responsible for the processing of personal data is the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique -FNRS.

Fonds de la recherche scientifique – FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS)
Rue d’Egmont 5
1000 Bruxelles
Belgique
ECB No. : 0885.324.344.

To exercise your rights to restriction of processing of your personal data, you can contact privacy@frs-fnrs.be. We will do everything to resolve any issue as quickly as possible. We have designated a data protection officer as a point of contact for our organisation whose contact details are the following:

KOAN Law Firm SCRL
Chaussée de la Hulpe, 166
B – 1170 Brussels
Belgique
N° BCE: 0654.768.707.
privacy.fnrs@koan.law

If you have any questions about the survey or the procedures related to it, you can contact the project manager, Dr. Neda Bebiroglu (observatoire@frs-fnrs.be or +32 2 504 93 69), from the Observatory of Research and Scientific Careers-F.R.S.-FNRS.

*Within the French Community of Belgium, a doctorate is defined by the Landscape Decree as a postgraduate university degree leading to the academic degree of doctor, and awarded after the defense of a thesis. The degree of doctor (PhD) represents the highest qualification of a particular field of study.

By checking YES, I declare that I have read and understood the information concerning my participation in the "Recruiting talents" study and I am happy to complete this questionnaire. *This question is required.