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Empowering PhDs to build impactful careers & engaged lives,
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Professional Job Search Courses
Our research shows that PhDs move through four stages during their career transition. The curriculum in Aurora is designed to move you through the stages with strategy and purpose. By completing the courses in order, you will learn the proven process used by hundreds of PhDs to successfully launch nonacademic careers.
Discover: Know Your Options
In stage one, you will identify your Optimal Career Pathway™ and make a plan for your professional job search by completing the course Know Your Options.
about your work?
you money to do?
Transition Story
Research: Evaluate Your Opportunities
In stage two, you will evaluate possible careers that align with skills, interests, and values and learn proven job search strategies by completing the course Evaluate Your Opportunities.
Research Stage
to Hire You
LinkedIn Profile
Research Career Options
Career Transition
Opportunities
Implement: Launch Your Job Search
In stage 3, you will choose what you’d like to try next in your career and implement a proven job search focused on securing an opportunity in one career field.
implementation stage
expectations for your job search
2 hrs for a job posting
letter
your network
Nonacademic Interview
Accept a Nonacademic Job Offer
Postacademic Career
Career Exploration Video Library
Are you wondering what you can do with your degree? The career exploration video resource library features interviews with over 150 PhDs. It is designed to help you understand the career transition process, and how PhDs build meaningful careers.
Professional
(Free Assessment Tool)
Academic Career Courses
Our research shows that PhDs move through four stages during their career transition. The curriculum in Aurora is designed to move you through the stages with strategy and purpose. By completing the courses in order, you will learn the proven process used by hundreds of PhDs to successfully launch nonacademic careers.
Academic Career Success
Navigate your career as a graduate student and postdoc by building habits for career success. Topics include writing strategies, time management, and networking.
Graduate Students and PhDs
Your Career
Academia
Publishing Process
Fellowship Applications
to Know About Applying for
Postdocs
Faculty Job Search: Humanities and Social Sciences
If you’re going on the academic job market, these lessons will help you build a competitive application package, and prepare for faculty job interviews.
Go on the Academic Job Market
Faculty Position in a Humanities or
Social Sciences Discipline
Statement for Academic Job
Applications
Teaching Portfolio for Academic
Job Applications
Research Statement for Academic
Job Applications
Statement for Academic Job
Applications
First-Round Interview for Academic
Jobs
On-Campus Interview
Interview: Your Teaching
Demonstration
Job Talk in a Humanities or Social
Sciences Discipline
Faculty Job Offer in a Humanities
or Social Sciences Discipline
Faculty Job Search: STEM and Biological Life Sciences
If you’re going on the academic job market, these lessons will help you build a competitive application package, and prepare for faculty job interviews.
Go on the Academic Job Market
a Faculty Position in a
STEM Discipline
Statement for Academic Job
Applications
Teaching Portfolio for Academic
Job Applications
Statement for Academic Job
Applications
Statement for Academic Job
Applications
Round Interview for Academic Jobs
On-Campus Interview
Interview: Your Teaching
Demonstration
Job Talk in a STEM Discipline
Faculty Job Offer in a STEM
Discipline
About Beyond the Professoriate
Beyond the Professoriate’s mission is to empower PhDs to build impactful careers and engaged lives, wherever smart people are needed. Our team knows first-hand the challenges PhDs encounter when they leave academia for careers beyond the professoriate. Each of our team members has a PhD, and our founder, L. Maren Wood has dedicated her career to helping graduate students and PhDs find success outside of academia. Learn more about our team.