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Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business

Networking is Not a Dirty Word

By Karen Kelsky | April 28, 2020

IMPORTANT NOTE: In COVID19 of course the in-person networking that Dr. Cardozo is talking about will not apply! But I'm sharing Today: Spinning Your Postac Web, by our own postac coach Dr. Karen Cardozo. Bio: Karen Cardozo … [Read more...] about Networking is Not a Dirty Word

Filed Under: COVID19, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search

Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Emma Friesen

By Karen Kelsky | March 31, 2020

We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs who are … [Read more...] about Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Emma Friesen

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Rearview Mirror

Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Winnie Chang

By Kel Weinhold | March 24, 2020

We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs who are … [Read more...] about Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Winnie Chang

Filed Under: Careers Outside, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Rearview Mirror

Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Dr. Christopher Cornthwaite

By Kel Weinhold | March 17, 2020

We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs who are … [Read more...] about Ivory Towers in the Rearview Mirror: Dr. Christopher Cornthwaite

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Rearview Mirror

Ivory Tower in The Rearview Mirror: Dr. Rachel Horak

By Kel Weinhold | March 3, 2020

We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs who are … [Read more...] about Ivory Tower in The Rearview Mirror: Dr. Rachel Horak

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Postdoc Issues, Rearview Mirror

Ivory Tower In the Rear-View Mirror — Dr. Henry Ngo

By Kel Weinhold | February 25, 2020

We continue with our new column, "Ivory Towers In The Rearview Mirror," featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing … [Read more...] about Ivory Tower In the Rear-View Mirror — Dr. Henry Ngo

Filed Under: Goodbye Ivory Towers, Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Rearview Mirror

Book Coaching: Nurturing Ideas and the Writers Who Bring Them to Life [Real-Ac/Post-Ac Guest Post]

By Karen Kelsky | January 6, 2020

By Jennie Nash Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company on a mission to help writers write books worth reading by training book coaches to support them through the entire creative process. She is also the author of the … [Read more...] about Book Coaching: Nurturing Ideas and the Writers Who Bring Them to Life [Real-Ac/Post-Ac Guest Post]

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

How to Prepare for a #RealAc Career Shift to Academic Editing – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | April 16, 2019

By Laura Portwood-Stacer, Ph.D. Laura Portwood-Stacer runs Manuscript Works, an editing and consulting business whose mission is to help academic authors achieve clarity and confidence in their published work. I invited her to submit this … [Read more...] about How to Prepare for a #RealAc Career Shift to Academic Editing – Guest Post

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Starting A #PostAc Business: Guest Post by TPII Coach Ricky Graham

By Karen Kelsky | August 22, 2018

Part III in a Three Part Series on the Post-ac Transition in Creative Fields, by TPII Post-ac coach, Dr. Ricky Graham.  Be sure and read parts I and II also! I am a guitarist, music producer and former academic from Northern Ireland. I received my … [Read more...] about Starting A #PostAc Business: Guest Post by TPII Coach Ricky Graham

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Promote Yourself!, Quitting--An Excellent Option

On Being a Grad School Quitter, Part II – Guest Post by Adrienne Posner

By Karen Kelsky | June 1, 2018

Adrienne Posner quit grad school cold turkey in 2015 mid-dissertation and now works at Google as a Program Manager for various educational initiatives.  She received her BA in Art History from UCSC and an MA in Art History from UCLA, and then an MA … [Read more...] about On Being a Grad School Quitter, Part II – Guest Post by Adrienne Posner

Filed Under: Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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