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 …
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.
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 …
If you want or need to explore successfully what life outside higher education could look like, Christopher Cornthwaite offers some firsthand advice.
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?
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Universities offer support for attending conferences or visiting archives, but it’s harder for trainees to find funding for professional development …
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 …
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 …
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.