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Empowering PhDs to build impactful careers & engaged lives,
wherever smart people are needed.

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Our Vision

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. 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

Fundamentals of the Job Search Course

This course is for grad students and PhDs who want to leverage their education into fulfilling careers beyond the professoriate. In 8 weeks, we’ll walk you through our 4-step job search process and teach you how to you launch your next great career. If you’re ready to start exploring your career options and to learn proven job search strategies, let us help you take the uncertainty out of your job search.

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The Online Career Hub for PhDs

Are you ready to start your next great career? Join our Community to connect with like-minded PhDs who are searching for, and launching, post-PhD careers in academia or beyond the professoriate. We help members reach their goals, and succeed in their new careers, by providing accountability, connection with like-minded PhDs, and exclusive access to advice by experts. 

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Aurora, e-learning by Beyond the Professoriate

Aurora is available as an annual subscription to universities and professional organizations. Students access on-demand videos to explore career options and learn strategies for career success.  With over 70 hours of on-demand videos and featuring over 150 PhDs, Aurora is a one-of-a-kind resource. 

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Application Document Coaching & Editing

Our professional coaches will help you define and articulate your unique value, and design application packages that make you stand out. We can help you navigate the academic job market, or transition to careers beyond the professoriate.

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On Campus Workshops

Workshops are designed to empower students with the information and strategies they need to make informed career choices and use up-to-date job search strategies to find their next great career. We provide a range of workshops on exploring career options and preparing for career success beyond the professoriate.

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Career Advice by PhDs, For PhDs

Our blog is strategy-oriented, featuring articles written by PhDs working beyond the professoriate. Transition Q&As profile PhDs who have successfully transitioned to exciting careers outside of academia. Recaps of our live webinars allow readers to catch up on what they’ve missed and learn tips and strategies from PhDs who are experts in their field. 

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Every month, Beyond the Professoriate interviews PhDs about their careers in academia and beyond.  We also host two annual online career conferences to help PhDs prepare for success in professional careers, or on the academic job market. We also publish blog posts authored by PhDs on a variety of topics related to careers, graduate school success, and more. 

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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
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
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
These sessions confirmed things I was doing correctly and provided lots of new ideas to expand my ability to successfully navigate the job market outside of academia. Each speaker brought a different perspective and their willingness to be candid about their own stories made these sessions very down to earth and the speakers' stories easy to relate to.
2018 Conference Attendee
I walked away from this conference feeling both hopeful about future prospects and much more confident about my ability to succeed outside of academia.
Kira Jones, PhD
Thank you Jen, Maren and 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
I am glad that Beyond the Professoriate exists and that you do the kind of work you are doing. It is super useful and much needed.
Jovana Milosavljevic-ArdeljanerePhD Student
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About Beyond the Professoriate

Beyond the Professoriate is a public benefit corporation with a mission 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. We have services for individuals, and partner with institutions to support their efforts in preparing the next generation of PhDs for careers in academia and beyond. Learn more about our organization. 

Our programming features PhDs with successful careers who share their unique expertise and experiences to support graduate students in their job search and future employment. Beyond the Professoriate is career advice by PhDs, for PhDs.

Co-founders L. Maren Wood, PhD (history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Jennifer Polk, PhD (history, University of Toronto) possess first-hand knowledge of the challenges PhDs encounter when they leave academia for careers beyond the professoriate. Maren and Jen have dedicated their careers to helping graduate students and PhDs find success outside of academia.

Beyond the Professoriate runs a blog series for University Affairs and publishes in Inside Higher Ed.

Connect with Jen and Maren on Twitter and LinkedIn, and join them in the Beyond the Professoriate Community.

Meet Our Team

L. Maren Wood, PhD
Co-Founder
Jennifer Polk, PhD
Co-Founder
Susan Joudrey, PhD
e-Learning Specialist
Malisa Kurtz, PhD
Digital Marketing Coordinator

Learn More About Our Founders

PhD Career Interview with Beyond the Professoriate Co-Founder L. Maren Wood, PhD.  Maren earned her PhD in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PhD Career Interview with Beyond the Professoriate Co-Founder Jennifer Polk, PhD. Jennifer earned her PhD in History from the University of Toronto.

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