Professional Resources for Graduate Students:

Many graduate students are facing the fact that preparing for the job market today requires thinking about the possibility of a non-academic career, as well as seeking the traditionally prized tenure-track appointment. This brief list of resources for graduate students was first prepared for a recent brown-bag discussion with English Ph.D. students.

Professional Resources for Ph.D.s

Columns in the Chronicle of Higher Education:
------Beyond the Ivory Tower http://www.chronicle.com/jobs/archive/advicearch.htm#beyond?side
------Ms. Mentor
Note that the Chronicle also advertises some nonacademic jobs for Ph.D.s in a special section on their jobsite.

Books:
Lifting a Ton of Feathers : A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Paula J. Caplan
Everyday Knowledge and Uncommon Truths : Women in the Academy
Edited by Christian-Smith and Kristine S. Kellor
Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia, Emily Toth
The Family Track : Keeping Your Faculties While You Mentor, Nurture, Teach, and Serve
Edited by Constance Coiner and Diana Hume George
On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Search
Edited by Christina Boufis and Victoria C. Olsen.
Beyond the Ivory Tower Derek Bok

 

On the Web:
-------For "The Humanities at Work: The Doctorate Beyond the Ph.D."
Visit the Woodrow Wilson Foundation site: <http://www.woodrow.org/phd/index.htm>.
Note that they offer practicum grants for graduate students in the humanities to do an internship outside the academy and post-doctoral positions for recent graduates in non-academic settings.
For links to the sites below, visit: <http://www.woodrow.org/phd/webresources/index.htm>
------ A Yellow Wood: Diverging Pathways for
Humanities PhDs - individual stories, alternative
career paths, statistics on state of the job market,
links to funding sites, links to job search sites, and
other helpful sources.
-------The Escape Pod for Humanities PhDs - statistics
on state of the job market, tips on writing resumes,
success stories, practical advice, links to job search
sites.
------- PhDsWork - personal stories by people who have
made the transition to non-academic employment.
------- The Journeyman Project: Getting into and Out of
Academe - Alex Pang describes his journey from the
university to the corporate world as deputy editor of
Encyclopedia Britannica.
------- Out of Academia - Why do we think that Ph.D.s
are only good for making someone into a professor? by
Annalee Newitz.
------ Four steps to succeeding outside the ivory tower -
A former academic offers lessons in joining the "real
world" by Jennifer Stone Gonzalez.


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