4 Steps for Mindful Job Search exploration as a PhD Student

4 Steps for Mindful Job Search exploration as a PhD Student

By: Gabby Tapia, PhD Student, English

At this point, most PhD students have heard some doomsday bell or another ringing for the academic job market. The tapping of doom-scrolling …

By Gabby Tapia
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The how-to of leaving academia

The how-to of leaving academia

Nov 5, 2022
By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Let’s Talk about Mental Health

December 19, 2022

When mental health topics are taboo, grad students suffer in silence, write Christiann Gaines and Rebekah Layton, who explore ways the academic community can support trainees.

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By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Career Tips for First-Generation Grad Students

October 8, 2018
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Finding your career path after graduate school can be daunting when you come from a family in which your parents did not graduate from college and are …

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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How to Turn a Ph.D. Into a Nonacademic Career

April 29, 2021

If you want or need to explore successfully what life outside higher education could look like, Christopher Cornthwaite offers some firsthand advice.

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As …

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Silencing self-criticism & redefining ‘success’: maintaining mental health in your post-PhD job hunt

Silencing self-criticism & redefining ‘success’: maintaining mental health in your post-PhD job hunt

By: phdcareersholly, February 27 2023

Why would employers outside of academia ever want to hire me?
Why does trying to navigate the application process make me feel… stupid?

By David Cota-Buckhout
David Cota-Buckhout Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement and Career Support
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Filling in the Gaps in Grad Student Career Readiness

December 5, 2022

Universities offer support for attending conferences or visiting archives, but it’s harder for trainees to find funding for professional development …

By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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Big-Picture Thinking Can Start Now

Big-Picture Thinking Can Start Now

By: Anne Meyer-Miner, published February 13, 2023

For graduate students, particularly Ph.D. candidates, having a big-picture mindset is essential, especially as it comes to the career development process. The author, Anne Meyer-Miner, discusses the use …

By David Cota-Buckhout
David Cota-Buckhout Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement and Career Support
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Continuing Questions Re: Careers Beyond Academe

Continuing Questions Re: Careers Beyond Academe

By Jocelyn Frelier, February 7, 2023

For many Ph.D.s, pursuing a career outside the professoriate is isolating. Some of that isolation is inherent to all career changes, regardless of sector, and some of the …

By David Cota-Buckhout
David Cota-Buckhout Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement and Career Support
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In Support of the Junk Drawer CV

November 28, 2022

It’s a magical document that’s tucked away in your storage drive where you record high points and low points among your career endeavors, explains Kate Stuart.

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By Alissa Clark
Alissa Clark Graduate Student Program Director
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