Author: Jennifer Polk
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SEPhD Drop-In Group Strategy Sessions this September
Drop-In Group Strategy Sessions, September 2020 Self-Employed PhD is back, sort of! Join me this September for engaging, action-oriented discussions all about your business and what you need to do to move forward. Bring your needs, concerns, or business wonderings — or just come for the conversation. I will start by asking participants what they want to…
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Where Else Do PhDs Work at Universities? An Alt-Ac List
You know PhDs work at universities as postdocs, professors, and contingent instructors. But what else do they do? Learn more about great job options for PhDs from all backgrounds.
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From PhD to Life discussions, April 2020
Join me for free live online Q&As with me and guests! I’ll collect questions and comments in advance and during each meeting. If there’s lots of interest, I will update folks who signed up with details about topics we’ll cover in each meeting. My aim is to make these conversations more cohesive than not. Sign…
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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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Transition Q & A: Hillary Hutchinson
My newest blog post for University Affairs is an interview with career coach Hillary Hutchinson: What do you do now? I am a career coach specializing in helping people in academia either get their writing done in order to advance through the tenure process, or help them find an alternative career to academia if they decide to…
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How to prepare for a future job search
My newest blog post for University Affairs is about gearing up for a job search: [I]f you’re midway through your graduate degree — or working a multi-year contract and considering your options for afterward — what can you do before applying for jobs? A successful non-faculty job search comes down to three main things: skills,…
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Transition Update: Baker and Fruscione
Head over to my award-winning (*wink*) University Affairs blog to read a great update from freelancer PhDs who earlier contributed to the Transition Q & A series. Kelly J. Baker and Joseph Fruscione. The full post is here. Happy reading!
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Make 2017 the year of “What if I…?”
Happy New Year! My latest blog post looks at a tool a client of mine told me about, a way of switching up one’s thinking in a positive, more impactful way. A client shared this bit of wisdom with me a while back: Instead of admonishing herself with “I should…” she replaced it with “What…
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The PhD Career Exploration and Job Search Course
This was a success when we did it in the fall of 2016, so we’re offering is again starting January 19! For more info, check out BeyondProf.com, and sign up for the mailing list for updates.
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Transition Q & A: Lino Coria
This week’s story is that of Lino Coria, a computer vision engineer at Wiivv Wearables and partner at Scribble Consulting. He started his career as a professor in Mexico, but for family reasons moved back to Canada, took a postdoc, and now works in industry. What are your favourite parts of your job? I like…