Author: Jennifer Polk
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3rd annual Beyond the Professoriate, the online career conference for PhDs
Update: Late registration is available through 3 June 2016! Are you registered yet for this year’s Beyond Professoriate online conference (7 and 14 May, 2016)? All events are online and can be viewed live or afterwards. Beyond the Professoriate is a highlight of my year. I find the concentrated focus of the conference a great immersion into…
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Help for Academics Thinking Beyond the Professoriate
I recently had the chance to talk with Daniel Fincke on his Patheos.com blog, “Camels with Hammers,” about the general struggle of finding a postacademic career, and the upcoming Beyond the Professoriate online conference: Working as a professor is most often referred to as being a professor. Your identity becomes wrapped up in what you do. When you…
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Transition Q & A: Adam Bishop
After earning his PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto, Adam Bishop put his experience working with texts and language to work by becoming a translator. I like learning about different subjects that I would have never learned about otherwise. I like that I can work at home, or anywhere else that has a…
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Are you attending my career conference for PhDs?
Registration is now open! Click here. Or learn more about the conference at BeyondProf.com. And here’s who you’ll see on Day 1, Career Day:
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Transition Q & A: Paige Morgan
I initial “met” Paige on Twitter back in 2013, and then I met her in person in Toronto when she was doing a postdoc at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. And now? She’s working at the University of Miami. Read about Paige’s transition from English graduate student to digital humanities librarian. Like many Humanities graduate…
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“What can I do now to get ready for my career after graduate school?”
This is a question I get a lot from people who want to be as prepared as possible for seeking a job inside or outside of academia after the PhD. Remember that you aren’t your degree or your discipline. You are “with a PhD,” not “a PhD.” […] What tasks are you doing when you feel energized,…
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3 Questions for Job Seekers with a PhD
Job seeking is an easy time to lose touch with yourself and your priorities, especially if you’re just coming off a PhD degree. In a recent essay published on Medium.com, I discuss three questions job seekers can ask themselves to keep a clear, focused vision of the type of job they want. Your own priorities, values,…
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Beyond the Professoriate – the online career conference for PhDs!
Learn about PhD jobs . . . and how to get them! The 3rd Annual Beyond the Professoriate is a career conference for PhDs. It is hosted entirely online, and welcomes participants from around the globe on two days, Saturday, 7 May, and Saturday, 14 May. New this year is a 21-day replay so attendees…
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Transition Q&A: Nathaniel Bean
I recently had the chance to talk with Nathaniel Bean, who is finishing his DMA and has two very different but equally interesting jobs, one as education librarian & program assistant at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Wu Family Academy of Learning & Engagement, and the other as a Fellow at Michigan State University’s Office of PhD Career Services.…
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Transition Q&A: Jennifer De Mello
After completing her PhD in Chemistry, Jennifer De Mello investigated a variety of career paths. Currently, she holds an intellectually and creatively enriching position as a senior business analyst with Manheim Wholesale Auto Auctions. Daily, I am embedded with the technology team (developers, testers) and work to define or review small units of functionality as they are…