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.
From PhD to Professional Association If you’ve been to an academic conference, or if you’re a member of a society relevant to your field of study, you’ve interacted with a professional association. What some people might not know is that some professional associations have jobs that are a great employment option for PhDs. I didn’t …
Dear 2004 Maren Advice to My Past Self Dear 2004 Maren, It’s the beginning of the academic year. You are excited but anxious to be starting your PhD at UNC Chapel Hill. Last week, you arrived with a U-haul from Ottawa, with your dad and friend Paula. You are on the adventure of a lifetime …
Career Options for PhDs Start Exploring Today! What Can I Do With a PhD? We’re often asked what career options there are for PhDs. The short answer is there are many options! The longer answer is that ultimately your career options will depend on many factors including your: degree, skills, core competencies, past experiences, geographic …
The door is slightly open in my Professorial office…And I’m looking at what’s out there… I am an academic. I have a Ph.D. in history and have taught at my institution for 10 years full time. I have a 4/4 teaching load with heavy work in service and small exercises in historical research which sometimes …
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Stages of the Job Search Process Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, PhD to the webinar, works as a Data Engagement Specialist at Connecticut Data Collaborative. She specializes in school stratification and uses her unique researching skills to benefit non-profit organizations, communities, and state agencies. In this webinar, Rachel shares the nuances of job searching for PhDs looking to move …
Using the Job Search Process for Learning and Self Reflection Where to start in the job search process? Job searching is a tough process, and almost another full-time job. It requires focus, diligence and perseverance. It also means questioning your values and distilling down to the core elements that are important to you. These elements …
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Dear PhDs: You do you I knew from the start of my PhD that I probably wasn’t going to end up an academic. Everywhere I turned in my MA program professors were saying to my cohort, “You’re probably not going to get a job! Turn back now!” I am so thankful for those warnings because …
From Journalism to Academia to Advertising to …? I worked as a journalist for six years, primarily writing about arts and culture. The last 18 months of that journalism career were spent on the arts beat in Prague, and they were fantastic. The main frustration with my writing that persisted, though, was increasing dissatisfaction with …
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Carry the Life of the Mind With You I’ve always had an independent streak, academically at least. I received my BA in Individualized Study from NYU and an MA and PhD in American Studies from George Washington University—both fields notorious for allowing students to chart their own paths. There were few requirements placed on my …
Your First Post-PhD Job (Probably) Won’t Be Your Last One of the main reasons I choose a non-faculty career was that I wanted stable employment. As a PhD, I saw first-hand the precarious nature of being an academic researcher and how it negatively impacted people’s lives. While I was a doing my PhD, a postdoc …
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Follow Where Your Career Takes You My current position is a combination between an academic research scientist, an industry product development scientist, a laboratory director, a medical science liaison, and a consultant. My job is to do novel research and product development to move cellular therapies forward. This position also involves building relationships with potential …
Beyond the Academy:A View from Labour Studies At the time, withdrawing from my PhD was simultaneously one of the easiest and one of the hardest decisions of my life, but there was no doubt that it was the right one. My withdrawal was, as it is for many folks, the result of a combination of …
