Learn more about the basics of a post-ac job search including self-assessment, career exploration, job search strategies, interviewing, and hiring and negotiating a job offer.
4 Tactics PhDs Need for Non-Academic Job Interviews No one enjoys interviewing for jobs. Like a PhD dissertation defense, job interviews are stressful and require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, there are certain aspects of the non-academic job interview that you can control and predict, so that you are ready to tackle those hard …
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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 …
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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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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How do your values affect your job search? When it comes to thinking about job options after your PhD (whether academic or non-academic jobs), advice often focuses on the “practical” aspects of a search: what’s the state of hiring in your field? What’s the likelihood you’ll land a tenure-track job? What are your finances like? …
When Should I Quit The Academic Job Market? This is a difficult question to answer because it is so deeply personal. It’s also a difficult question because everyone we know has a different opinion about our job prospects: our advisors, parents, friends, partners, and neighbors. “It’s time to get a real job”; “keep going, your …
9 Signs You Might Be About to Quit Your Academic Job 1. You need to (or simply want to) relocate If you’re like most PhDs, you will have moved at least once either to complete a degree or to take up a job somewhere you would have never imagined living. Sometimes the new location works …
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10 Transferable Skills from Your PhD that Employers Want In a job interview, an employer may ask you: “What skills do you bring to this position?” Do you know how to answer this question? You may be surprised to find out that your PhD may not be your most important asset. In addition to your …
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Leveraging My STEM PhD into a Career in Scientific Marketing and Communications For almost the entire duration of my PhD, I knew that I wouldn’t stay in academia. As an undergraduate, I’d majored in molecular biology & biochemistry and French literature, and from early in my PhD program in immunology, I missed the creative writing …
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What Informational Interviews Can Do For You Why Should PhDs Do Informational Interviews? Ph.D.’s in the early stages of a career transition out of academe express frustration at how difficult it can be to find a nonacademic job. They don’t know what else they can do that will be interesting or where to look for …
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Why PhDs Need to Network Now Networking is a critical part of your career—whether you pursue a faculty job or a career beyond the professoriate. But it’s something many of us put off doing, especially as grad students. This is a huge mistake, one that can set us behind in our job search post-PhD and …
