"So what are you going to do with that?" : finding careers outside academia / Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basalla, Susan Elizabeth, 1970- author.

Debelius, Maggie, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Job hunting.

Graduate students--Employment.

Graduate students.

Career changes.

Physical Description:

xii, 149 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Graduate schools churn out tens of thousands of PhDs and MAs every year. Yet more than half of all college courses are taught by adjunct faculty, which means that the chances of an academic landing a tenure-track job seem only to shrink as student loan and credit card debts grow. What's a frustrated would-be scholar to do? Can she really leave academia? Can a job outside the academy really be rewarding? And could anyone want to hire a grad-school refugee? In this third edition of "So What Are You Going to Do with That?", thoroughly revised with new advice for students in the sciences, Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius--PhDs themselves--answer all those questions with a resounding "Yes!" A witty, accessible guide full of concrete advice for anyone contemplating the jump from scholarship to the outside world, "So What Are You Going to Do with That?" covers topics ranging from career counseling to interview etiquette to how to translate skills learned in the academy into terms an employer can understand and appreciate. Packed with examples and stories from real people who have successfully made this daunting--but potentially rewarding--transition, and written with a deep understanding of both the joys and difficulties of the academic life, this fully updated guide will be indispensable for any graduate student or professor who has ever glanced at his or her CV, flipped through the want ads, and wondered, "What if?""--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Will I have to wear a suit? rethinking life after graduate school

Getting your head ready

Should I finish my dissertation?

How to use your grad school years wisely

So what am I going to do?

Five myths about post-academic careers

Five questions about graduate school and your future

Your eclectic mix

Post-academic profile: Abby Markoe, A.B.D. in history of medicine, executive director, SquashWise

How do I figure out what else to do? soul-searching before job searching

Take inventory

Break it down

Looking backward: seven stories

Guilty pleasures

"This is your brain on graduate school"

No need for a #2 pencil

Where are all those PhDs anyway?

Create your own possibilities

Post-academic profile: Samantha Sutton, PhD in biology, life coach

Asking the big questions: how to figure out if you want them and if they want you

Asking the big questions

Answering the big questions: three strategies

Transitional tales

So what's next?

Post-academic profile: Xiuwen Tu, PhD in physics, Sun Power Corporation, device and characterization engineer

This might hurt a bit: turning a CV into a résumé

Getting ready to write a résumé

Writing a résumé: the first draft

A few more words of advice

After you've drafted a résumé

Case studies and sample résumés

Cover letters that will get you hired

Post-academic profile: Alyssa Picard, PhD in history, staff representative for the Michigan Affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers

Sweaty palms, warm heart: how to turn an interview into a job

Before the interview

During the interview

After the interview

What if the interview doesn't go well?

The job offer (or lack thereof)

Negotiation

Adjusting to your new job

Post-academic profile: Scott Keeter, PhD in political science, director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Conclusion.

Other Format:

Online version: Basalla, Susan Elizabeth, 1970- "So what are you going to do with that?".

ISBN:

9780226200408

022620040X

OCLC:

880672245