Author: Jennifer Polk
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Sales: A great career path for PhDs
This is a guest post by Raj Dhiman, PhD, who works as an inside sales manager (small business) at Rogers Communication. Unemployment hurts. Plain and simple. I experienced it when I left academia about five years ago. I was PhD in hand and applying for the “obvious” jobs: assistant professor, research scientist, postdoc. No luck.…
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Why PhDs are well-suited to working in government
Today, the civil service is lean, constantly under pressure to deliver high-quality results while keeping departmental budgets low.
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Making conferences work for your career
Guest writer Jessica Hartshorn says conferences can, and should, be a place to add to your reputation and develop name recognition.
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Heather Steel, Research Administrator, Transition Q&A Update
About Heather Steel Heather Steel (MA, history) contributed to the Transition Q & A series in March 2013. Read her interview here. She was then a researcher at the Institute of Canadian Citizenship. Heather is now a research administrator at York University. The days of staying at one company for an entire career are gone…
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Niem Huynh, Manager for Graduate Student Recruitment, Transition Q & A
About Niem Huynh Niem Huynh earned her PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University in geography (geography education). She is currently enjoying her role as manager, graduate student recruitment at Concordia University where she works with stakeholders to implement timely and meaningful connections with prospective graduate students. Niem is an explorer of career opportunities, having worked in…
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Alisa Harrison, Executive Director of Victoria Division of Family Practice, Transition Update
“There are no limits to what a PhD can prepare you to do, and what matters most is that you are doing work you find fulfilling and that meets your practical needs, not whether or not your advisers approve or your school sees you as a ‘success,'” says Alisa Harrison.
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James McKee, Director of Research, Transition Q&A
James McKee earned his MA in political theory from the University of Toronto and left a PhD program in international relations. He’s currently director of research for the executive council of the Government of Alberta.
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Webinar: Engaged Academics in the Age of Mass Distraction
It’s been a crappy last few weeks in the US, and the crappiness is certainly creeping past the border. A lot of us feel strongly that we should do something — but what? And how? And what about all the other work we have to do? It’s in this context that Maren Wood, my partner…
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Hillary Hutchinson, Career Coach, Transition Q&A
Hillary Hutchinson earned a MA in social anthropology and a MEd in higher education administration from the University of Texas at Austin. She’s now a career coach specializing in academic writing and the transition out of academia.
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How to prepare for a future job search
In early January I travelled to Denver to attend the American Historical Association meeting. I went to represent Beyond the Professoriate — the professional development business that I run with Maren Wood, a fellow history PhD turned entrepreneur. We spoke with graduate students, recent PhDs, and other historians who are interested in non-faculty careers. Many told us…