Where will you take your PhD?

Empowering PhDs to build impactful careers and engaged lives, wherever smart people are needed.
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What We Do

Beyond the Professoriate helps grad students and PhDs leverage their education into meaningful careers, whether in academia or beyond. We have resources to support individuals and partner with institutions to help PhDs and grad students land jobs in: Industry, Non-Profit, Higher Education Administration, Faculty, and the Private Sector.

Our Resources

Ready to discover resources that can help you in your job search?
Choose an option below for resources designed specifically for your current situation, whether you are an individual PhD seeking support or a department chair looking to support your PhD students.

For Institutions

Resources to support institutional partners including Career Centers and Graduate Schools.

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For Departments

Resources designed to support departments and postdoc offices.

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For Individuals

Resources designed to support individual graduate students and PhDs.
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A message from founder L. Maren Wood, PhD

Our research shows that PhDs define career success as doing work that has a positive impact on society, keeps them intellectually engaged and inspired, and connects them to people and projects that matter to them. This kind of career and life can be found within academia, and far beyond it.

And that’s why PhDs work everywhere, across all industries and sectors, contributing their talents and skills to benefit society.

Whether you aspire to work on the tenure track or are changing careers entirely after years of academic study, we’re here to help you. Explore our resources or reach out and let us know how we can help you leverage your PhD into a meaningful career.

What other PhDs are saying about Beyond Prof

This conference has truly provided a sense of hope during my application process during COVID-19. It has allowed me to refine the tools I already had and strengthened my job application materials. The strategies have really given me a leg up in the applications. For example, I have received many interviews as a result of informational interviews, better cover letters, and better resumes tailored to the roles I applied to. I plan to continue to implement these tools throughout my career.
2020 Conference AttendeePhD Student
I’d been in transition for years--first to leave the professoriate and then to join the corporate world--before joining Beyond the Professoriate, with little success. What I appreciate the most about BP is the community of individuals who are at different stages of their academic careers working toward the same goal and supporting one another. Knowing you are not alone in a difficult transition is empowering, and BP is a friendly space to get that much needed support, both practical and emotional.
Ping-Yuan Wang, PhD
Thank you very much for organizing Beyond the Professoriate! Before I learned about your company I was a sad and disappointed PhD holder, now and after following your advice (buying courses, attending webinars) for a year I am finally employed outside of the academy and I feel very good about it because I met so many other PhDs (just as you said in your courses) and I feel like I am doing some useful and valuable work.
Social Science PhD
As an English PhD working at a state college for the past 6 years while unsuccessfully searching for a different position, I found your resources to be extremely helpful and practical. Naively, I had always just assumed that networking was only something people in the business world did to make connections and find work, and I had never heard of an informational interview until watching one of your webinars. If I hadn’t found Beyond the Prof, I probably would still be working at a job that wasn’t a good fit for me and feeling discouraged about my future job prospects.
Rachel Edford, PhD
I wanted to drop a quick note of thanks to the BtP team. After attending the virtual conference this spring, I felt like I had the perspective I need to move from humanities scholarship into the "regular world". I finished the fall term as a contingent faculty member, but have started the new year in a writing and research position with an executive search firm. I am massively grateful for the perspectve I gained through BtP. Thanks, all.
2020 Conference Attendee
Beyond the Professoriate helped me understand how others, who left academia, navigated their paths. It also provided concrete, extremely useful advice for the postac job search. The biggest thing it has done for me is to make me feel more confident about my skills and abilities, and show me that I don't have to be afraid of what comes next. In fact, it has shown me how exciting and fun this whole thing can be, instead of terrifying!
Marieke Krijnen, PhD
I love the fact that your panelists discussed a wide range of employment opportunities and career paths in the United States as well as Canada. And I would highly recommend this for ALL PhD students who are considering career options outside of academia.
Olukunle P. Owolabi, PhD
Thank you to the entire Beyond Prof team for turning my non-faculty job search upside down, for the better! I move forward from the conference feeling connected, empowered, and very well-equipped to explore different career options outside of academia.
Joanne Markle LaMontagne, PhD
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About Beyond the Professoriate

Beyond the Professoriate’s mission is to empower PhDs to build impactful careers and engaged lives, wherever smart people are needed. To do this, we provide career education and professional development to graduate students and PhDs in humanities, social sciences and STEM disciplines. Learn more about our organization, and meet our team here.

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