Getting a Job After Graduate School
What happens after graduate school? Here are tips and links for managing your postdoctoral life including information on postdocs, interviews, and applying for academic and nonacademic positions
What is the Occupational Outlook Handbook?
In academia, success often refers to finding a tenure-track job --- a difficult task that not all PhDs accomplish. We need to expand our notions of success
A graduate degree offers preparation for careers outside of academic because it develops a variety of skills useful for employers
Right after earning their doctoral degrees, most scientists are employed as postdocs. What is a postdoc?
If you're working on your dissertation or have just completed graduate school, you're probably loking ahead to going on the academic job market. The first step in applying for any position is to determine the type of institution you're dealing with. Understand the varying types of institutions in order to consider how to best present your skills and abilities.
Looking for an academic position? Check out this list of resources for locating academic positions
Findings from a recent survey of graduate students reveals a mismatch between doctoral education, student expectations, and career realities.
How does academia view distance education?
Lots of graduate students consider alternatives to academic careers but don't know how to get the experiences they need to launch careers outside of the ivory tower. This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses how to "use graduate school strategically" to expand your skill set and open new doors outside of academia.
Advice for the interview. Top on the list: know yourself and the institution.
Scott Keogh offers excellent advice to help postdocs and other postgraduate students get a jump start on their careers and move toward the professorate.
