PhD [alt.] Career Articles

  • 10 Things Graduate Schools Won’t Tell You – Smart Money September 2010
  • 100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School
  • 5 Lessons in PhD Career Transitions
  • A PhD Career Group Focused on Solutions and Action
  • Alternative Career Approach to Experimental Psychology
  • Alternative PhD Career Group Discussion List
  • Because of My PhD v. In Spite of My PhD
  • Best Practices in PhD Alternative Career Professionals
  • Career Aikido: Appeal to Self-Interest; Your PIs, Not Yours
  • Decades in School to Write Grants
  • Don’t Want to Draw a Blank During an Interview? Become a Better Listener!
  • Don’t Waste Time with Fear of Rejection when You Publish
  • Employable Scientists
  • Filling in the Real Science Gap 1
  • Filling in the Real Science Gap 2
  • Finding the Right Career
  • How You Develop “Expertise”
  • How to Use LinkedIn to Create Your PhD Personal Brand
  • Jane’s Little Black Book of PHD Careering Lessons
  • Learning from B-School Schmoozers
  • LinkedIn for Job Hunting works well for “passive” candidates
  • List of Interview Questions
  • Little Black Book of PHD Careering Rules [Sample Chapter]
  • Math PhDs Need Alternative Careers Too!
  • Most Interesting Man on Careers
  • Motivating Yourself to Finish Your PhD
  • PHD Students: How to Ask Your Supervisor for Help
  • Proof that PhDs have a sense of humor and the guts to make it official: “I Smoke Crack Rocks”
  • Pros and Cons of a PhD if You’re Not Interested in an Academic Job
  • Real Simple Test to the Question, “To PhD, or Not to PhD?”
  • Recruiters Writing Candidate Resumes… Dangerous Grounds
  • Safeguard Against Obsolescence: Broaden Your Skills!
  • Shadow Alternative PhD Careers
  • Thank you, University of Missouri Alternative Career Exploration in the Sciences (ACES)!
  • The “soft skills” that you need to develop to be more competitive for the job market
  • The Purpose of a Graduate Experience
  • The Role of Postdocs, PIs, and Institutions in Training Future
  • The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.
  • Tough Interview Questions
  • Traditional Science Career Limitations are Real and Not Getting Better Anytime Soon
  • Was My PhD Worth Getting?
  • What if Grad Schools Enforced a Dress Code?
  • When Interviewing, Forget Spring-Loaded Questions
  • Why Aren’t My Mentors more Mentor-Like?
  • Why People with Academic Credentials are Not Very Smart
  • Zheng Lab – Bad Project (Lady Gaga parody)