Advice
Many career resources change over time, and are worth checking in on periodically.
Leveraging the skills you acquired in grad school is key to enhancing any future employment you delve into.
Aurora is designed to help students explore career options and learn strategies they need to find non-faculty careers.
Not only can career services administer assessments, but they can also offer resources that offer a different perspective.
What has and hasn’t worked at institutions that support career development and professionalization.
Your university may already have a number of offerings that you assume it doesn’t.
No one book can cover everything a job seeker might find useful to know, but with that in mind, Parachute is an excellent resource for anyone seeking employment outside academia.
“You and I only have one non-renewable resource in life – and that is time,” says Carleton University professor Tim Pychyl.
Reflections from a search committee member.
We gain far more by capitalizing on our strengths than by focusing on our weaknesses.
What do your flaws (yes, you have some) look like in their best, most advantageous form?
Good leaders listen more, assume less, and listen more again.
How to prepare in case someone discloses to you.
Moving from a PhD in religious studies to working at a teaching and learning centre has sparked an interest in communications and marketing for Dr. Muravchick.
Conferences are a great space to expand your network of higher-ed contacts.
Not only do people frequently redirect their careers, but they often do so with the help of their past experience, not despite them.
Focus on skills that are important for your chosen career path.
A detailed plan can help you decide when and what opportunities to say yes to and, more importantly, which to say no to.
Normalizing failure without taking a hard look at the system within which it happens may do more harm than good.
One academic’s experience working as a non-faculty staff researcher.