While in graduate school, most students avoid questions about what they will do after grad school. Instead of planning for their professional futures after grad school, many graduate students bury themselves in their studies and put off worrying about employment until they absolutely must. A lot of graduate students naively think that they will easily […]

You have completed your graduate program, and now it’s time for you to look for a job. You know that you don’t want to be an academic forever, but what other options are out there? After being in academia for many years, you may feel overwhelmed by all the employment options in the professional world, […]

There is so much to remember to do when interviewing for an academic job, but is there anything you should remember to avoid? Below are a few examples of things that you should avoid doing before, during, or after interviews for an academic job. Scheduling interviews late in the season. This is a bad idea […]

The following timeline was designed to help graduate students apply for academic jobs while they are still in graduate school. During Graduate School Publishing, networking, and postdoctoral training are a few important elements of finding a job in academia. First-author publications are more favorable than are co-authored publications, but either type of publication will suffice; […]

Regardless of whether you would like to pursue a career in academia, research, or elsewhere, you will likely need at least one letter of recommendation to apply for your first job out of graduate school. You may have some fuzzy memories of requesting letters of recommendation from previous professors way back when you applied to […]

Many graduate students give up their job searches before they start simply because they don’t know where to begin looking for jobs. Whether students are… Many students give up their job searches before they start simply because they don’t know where to begin looking for jobs for graduate students. Keep an eye open for jobs […]

What to Highlight when Negotiating Your Salary You have finally finished your graduate program, and now you are faced with the “What next?” that comes after graduation. Some graduate students will pursue tenure-track positions in academia after graduation, but others may want to join the professional world outside academia. If you fall into the latter […]