Author: Jennifer Polk
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Twitter chats as public outreach and engagement
Do you know about Twitter chats? These planned interactions are an important part of my work, for different reasons. You may know that I host a biweekly chat using the hashtag #withaPhD. Here’s an excerpt from my latest blog post for University Affairs: These Twitter chats are fun, engaging, and meaningful for me. I connect…
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Transition Q & A: Carolyn Harris
I’m excited to present a Q & A with royal historian Carolyn Harris, a fellow history PhD. The full post is available on my University Affairs blog. Here’s a bit of what she told me: What kind of tasks do you do on a daily and weekly basis? The first thing I do each day…
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Transition Q & A: Patrick Vitalone
Patrick Vitalone took his MA in history and transitioned into a job in sales and marketing at a technology startup company. Here’s how he got his first job after earning his degree: Aside from bartending at upscale establishments, which I had been doing off and on for five years prior, my first research job was…
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Why job hunting is like an election campaign
What? Yes. It’s election season here in Ontario. Where I live, the lawn signs went up a few days ago, and the campaign offices are up and running, their outsides and insides plastered with orange (NDP) and red (Liberal). On my walk home from the library just now, I noticed one home sporting two election…
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Transition Q & A: Daniel Mullin
I’m pleased with this latest contribution from Dan Mullin, whom you may know from The Unemployed Philosopher’s Blog. Dan’s honest about why he sought out and is now happy in a non-academic job. He’s working in sales, and has this to say about why it’s a good fit for him and other PhDs: The closest…
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Resume writing tips for academics
This post was inspired by the most recent #withaPhD Twitter chat as well as a real-life in-person conversation! Here’s how it begins: I was recently chatting with a friend here in Toronto who’s ABD and looking for full-time employment. He told me that when he “buried his degree” on his resume — placed education last…
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Transition Q & A: Emily Simmons
My latest post is a Q & A with an English PhD who worked as an adjunct and visiting assistant professor in Canada before getting married, moving to Australia, and finding meaningful, fascinating, and fun employment at an alternative education provider. Here’s how Emily’s post begins: What did you hope for in terms of employment…
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Transition Q & A: Daniel Munro
Daniel Munro is a political science PhD who’s now a principal research associate at the Conference Board of Canada, the country’s largest independent not-for-profit think tank. Read his wonderful Q & A on my University Affairs blog. Here’s a taste: What did you hope for in terms of employment as you completed your PhD? I…
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Beyond the Professoriate conference
In my lastest post I write about an upcoming virtual conference I’m co-hosting with Maren Wood from Lilli Research Group. We’re excited to let you know that the schedule/program is out, and you can find all the details on this webpage. We’ve got 23 PhDs lined up to speak about their career journeys and provide…
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A career sponsor can help your post-academic prospects
My latest for University Affairs is a blog post titled, “How a career sponsor can help your job search.” This one was prompted by reading a book by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. Here’s how the post begins: A couple days ago I picked up a “Business Self-Help” book (so says the back cover) that my dad…