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Guiding Your PhDs to Nonacademic Careers

Tue, 12/02/2014 - 13:17 -- dougk

More faculty are accepting and promoting nonacademic career alternatives for their graduate students and postdocs. But for some faculty without extensive industry experience or contacts, it’s difficult to offer advice and counsel to these students. I've put together a workshop which provides information and tools for faculty who want to mentor their PhDs as to the opportunities available and additional skills required for a successful non-academic job search.

Some of the topics I cover:

How PIs can support non-academic career paths

Mon, 10/13/2014 - 09:55 -- dougk

About four years into graduate school I very nervously told my advisor I wouldn't be looking for an academic job. In those days (the late '70's), it was a very rare student who didn't do a post-doc.  I was very fortunate that he was totally supportive of my plan and he convinced me to finish my thesis, get my degree and then leave. He continued to make me feel welcome in the lab and I never regretted my decision.

Not all PIs are like that.

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