In a recent post on Medium.com, I talk about various industries and positions PhDs are equipped to work in and share some of my favourite (free!) resources for exploring your career. What often slows PhD-holders down in their career transition is a lack of knowledge about the diverse places others in their position have ended up in, and how they’ve gotten there.
Yes, you can work as a historian for Parks Canada, but those positions are rarely open. You can absolutely make a go of it as a freelance journalist, but it might take many years to earn decent income doing so. Sure, you can work as an editor or in a museum, but there are professional pathways into those careers that you may not have, and can’t invest the time or expense in pursuing.
Ok, then what?
Catch the rest of this article, and a list of free resources here.
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One response to “Where Do PhDs Work Outside the Academy?”
OH GAWD I NEEDED DIS.
Having been working part time outside of academe and feeling wrong/bad/uncommitted as a researcher for doing so, I needed a reminder that first off, lots of us are working to feed ourselves; and second, the chances of ending up as an anthro in a not-so-academic field are pretty high so…. Working outside academe and building on a professional identity in those outside spaces is good! Allows one to feed their ‘food/rent/bills habit’ 🙂