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.
Maren’s Top Eight Tips for a Successful Non-Faculty Job Search 1. Create a metric to measure opportunities by identifying your motivators, interests, and values. We often skip this step and move right into resume writing, but it is important to reflect on your interests because you have the skills to do many things, but you …
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How the Academic Job Market Sets PhDs Up for Failure Whenever I visit with a PhD or graduate student who is beginning their career transition from academia to a nonacademic career, one of my standard questions is: “tell me about your current job search strategy.” What I usually hear is that the PhD is looking …
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Transferable Skills for PhDs:How to Communicate Your Value to Employers Communicating your value to new colleagues and potential employers is an important step in finding a new career opportunity. For anyone on the job market — those making career transitions or simply changing jobs – a successful candidate will be able to clearly articulate why …
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Informational Interview Tips for Grad Students & PhDs The academic job search sets us up for failure: we spent a few months crafting a job letter and research statement. We make sure our CV lists absolutely all our accomplishments. Then we spend months reading job boards (when I was applying for history jobs, I spent …
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