Year: 2022
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On current (but not only current) academic issues
On Saturday, a PhD who works outside academia commented on Twitter that she’s not experienced the kind of abuse that is so common in academia since changing careers. And that totally tracks, because folks in positions of power elsewhere have a lot less direct influence over your life and career than they do in academia.…
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Happy 10th anniversary (of my PhD defence)
Today marks 10 years (TEN!) since I defended my PhD dissertation at the University of Toronto. Part me of want to opine on things I’ve learned. Part of me laments progress not made. Part of me cheers what I’ve accomplished. That was a complicated day. I was happy to defend. I’d spent a long time…
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Getting a job after your PhD means bridging this gap
Want to hear something frustrating when it comes to getting a job after your PhD? (Yes, yes you do.) I occasionally speak with employers (including both CEOs and HR/talent acquisition professionals) who want to hire social science and humanities PhDs for actually awesome research and analyst positions but struggle to do so. Say what? Yeah. 🤯 It’s like there’s…
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What PhDs do for work (I asked, hundreds answered)
Have you ever wondered what PhDs do if they don’t work as professors? Back in December I asked my PhD Twitter followers about their job titles. Here’s the tweet: I got hundreds of responses, from PhDs (and ABDs) across all fields, in many different countries. And yeah, a few folks work as adjuncts, postdocs, lecturers,…