Author: historyjen
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Transition Q & A: Niem Huynh
My latest blog post from University Affairs is an interview with Niem Huynh, a manager of graduate student recruitment at Concordia University. Information interviews may not result in an immediate job offer, but if done right, the face-to-face meeting could be a fantastic opportunity to showcase your skills. One interviewee remembered me and sent me…
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What Lies Beneath? Dealing With Uncertainty During A Post-PhD Career Change
My latest writing can be found on LinkedIn: Coming from academia, where the path is so clear (if increasingly unobtainable), leaves PhD career changers unused to what other folks may take for granted by now: that careers are winding roads, full of twists and turns. No amount of academic publishing or teaching can ensure success…
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Transition Update: Daniel Munro
My latest blog post on University Affairs is a Transition Update from Daniel Munro, director of policy projects at the Innovation Policy Lab in the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Dr. Munro first wrote about his transition from academia in April 2014. My latest career changes have revealed again how…
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Transition Update: Alisa Harrison
My latest blog post on University Affairs is a Transition Update from Alisa Harrison, the executive director of the Victoria Division of Family Practice. Dr. Harrison first wrote about her transition in April 2013. I think what surprised me most early on was the degree of intellectual challenge and engagement I could get without being…
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Transition updates: Mélanie Brunet and Kyla Reid
My latest blog post on University Affairs is an update from two PhDs who contributed to the Transition Q & A series, copyright services librarian Mélanie Brunet and research facilitator Kyla Reid. Check out the full post here.
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Advice for PhDs seeking non-faculty jobs
My latest blog post for University Affairs has advice from Beyond the Professoriate‘s Career Day panelists for PhDs looking for non-faculty jobs. PhDs can feel boxed into a limited range of job options, particularly just after graduate school or a postdoc. But doctoral degree holders work in a wide range of roles. I myself work…
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The lineup for the 4th annual Beyond the Professoriate
My latest blog post for University Affairs has information on this year’s Beyond the Professoriate conference. I love producing this conference every year. It’s wonderful to hear from so many speakers who’ve turned what’s often seen as a failure (to work as a tenure-track professor) into professional success and fulfillment. I hope you’ll consider joining…
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Transition Q & A: James McKee
My latest blog post from University Affairs is an interview with James McKee, director of research for the executive council of the Government of Alberta. Most of what I do now is unrelated to what I did in my PhD program, which I am sure is not an uncommon claim for someone like me. But…
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Don’t let the fact that you have a PhD limit the way you see yourself
My latest blog on University Affairs discusses how each individual should decide their professional identity for themselves. You can think of research as one of your many useful skills, one that may come in handy in whatever job you have, but not necessarily your primary skill, and certainly not your primary identity. You are welcome…
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Transition Q & A: Lisa Bélanger
My latest blog post from University Affairs is an interview with Dr. Lisa Bélanger, an award-winning researcher, innovator, and CEO of ConsciousWorks. I knew I wanted to create impact for the work I had done in my PhD. I had become incredibly passionate about how seemingly small behaviours could have such a large impact on…