Career Resources
A list of helpful career resources for MA students, PhD students, postdocs, and others considering leaving academia and making the transition to a non-academic career from Life After the PhD blog: http://lifeafterthephd.com/career-resources/
Books
- Basalla, Susan and Maggie Debelius. “So What Are You Going to Do with That?”: Finding Careers Outside Academia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Newhouse, Margaret. Outside the Ivory Tower: a Guide for Academics Considering Alternative Careers. Cambridge, MA: Office of Career Services, Harvard University, 1993.
- Secrist, Jan and Jacqueline Fitzpatrick. What Else You Can Do With a Ph.D.: A Career Guide for Scholars. London: SAGE Publications, 2000.
Columns
- Beyond the Ivory Tower (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Careers Cafe (University Affairs)
- “Entrepreneurship and the Academic” by Jessica Quillin (Inside Higher Ed)
- “Leaving Academia” by Sabine Hikel (Inside Higher Ed)
- “On the Fence” by Eliza Woolf (Inside Higher Ed)
Blogs
- 100 Reasons Not to Go to Graduate School
- After Academe
- Career Planning Advice from Jo VanEvery
- Crocodiles with Coffee
- Escape the Ivory Tower
- From Grad School to Happiness
- Leaving Academia
- PhD On The Fence
- Post Academic
- Sell Out Your Soul
- Worst Prof Ever
Links & Articles
- Beyond Academe
- Beyond the PhD
- Developing a Non-Academic Career (Modern Language Associate)
- Job Searching Beyond Academe [PDF] by Wendy Perry
- Leaving Academia: The Post Academic Job Search by Sabine Hikel
- Non-Academic Job Search for Grad Students [PDF]
- Sellout: A Resource for PhDs Considering Careers Beyond the University
- The Versatile PhD
People to Follow on Twitter
- @humanehr
- @jovanevery
- @PhD_onthefence
- @postacademic
- @postgradtoolbox
- @selloutsoul
- @unicareers
- @WorstProfEver
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