Resources for those job searching during these uncertain times.
Strategies for Another COVID Year This past winter, during the long Covid lockdowns, I hosted a series of family Zoom calls with my grandfather as the keynote speaker. My grandfather is 99 years old and a World War 2 vet. He and several of his friends from our small town joined the Air Force. At …
In this dismal hiring landscape, it’s not easy to stay motivated during your job search. Here are 5 tips based on real (sometimes painful) personal experience.
Hey PhDs and grad students! Launch your non-academic job search now with these 20 actionable tips. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
From Informational Interview to Job Offer: 4 Proven Steps If you’re a PhD or academic looking for a new line of work, conducting an informational interview is a crucial first step. Today we’re going to go over the basics of informational interviews and show how they can set the stage for a future job offer. …
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Here we advise PhDs on how to prepare for online interviews. We go over how to prepare answers and mitigate the stress that comes with interviewing online.
4 reasons why every PhD should consider a career in the private sector By L. Maren Wood, PhD | Founder of Beyond the Professoriate I spend a lot of time each week on the phone advising graduate students and postdocs about jobs for PhDs outside of academia. From these conversations, and my research interviewing …
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LinkedIn for PhDs: 5 Reasons Why You Need It Now Show of hands: how many people routinely delete LinkedIn email invitations? Yup! Guilty. A few years ago, John Oliver did a bit (way back when he guest-hosted The Daily Show) on LinkedIn’s excessive email spamming habits: “What do you do, LinkedIn? You seem to have monetized irritating …
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9 Ways to Find Non-Academic Jobs After Your PhD If you are transitioning into industry after your PhD, tackling a job search in the non-academic job market can feel overwhelming. Academic job postings are limited and published in specific lists or wikis. The non-academic job market, on the other hand, is so vast and varied …
Stress & Self-Care in Academia Realize that you are your most important responsibility As a PhD student, you have so many important responsibilities on your plate. You have coursework, you are TAing a class, you have hundreds of pages of reading each week, you have research projects to manage, and you are writing a dissertation. …
Don’t Ignore These 5 Factors When Exploring Career Options After Your PhD You should begin your post-PhD career exploration with a thorough examination of your needs, values, priorities, strengths, interests, and skills. Your desires, experiences, and unique traits are what set you apart from other job seekers, and it’s essential to take them into consideration …
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Online Teaching: Lessons Learned How did the shift to online teaching go for you? Join Sean Michael Morris (Senior Instructor of Learning Design and Technology in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver) and Karishma Collette, PhD (Assistant Director, Center for Research on Learning & Teaching, University of Michigan) …
COVID-19 series: How to use social media for your post-academic job search As a job searcher with a PhD, you need to manage your online presence. This will be even more important if you are actively job searching right now, during COVID-19. With social distancing and remote work still in effect for many, your online …
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