by Out-Ac Coach Karen Cardozo To run a successful Alt/Post-Ac job search, you first need to grasp some key differences between hiring in academic versus alternative sectors. Here’s is a partial synopsis: Many academic listings are … [Read more...] about The Alt/Post-Ac Makeover: From Field to Function and New Forms – Cardozo
Post-Ac Free-Lancing and Small Business
The 30,000 Foot View – a STEM Postac Guest Post
By Brandon Cochenour, Ph.D. It would seem lately that a lot of the discussion around “alt-ac” are mostly “Variations on a Theme”… Get PhD Search for tenure track position Receive tenure track position (or not) Fall out of love with … [Read more...] about The 30,000 Foot View – a STEM Postac Guest Post
How to Be a Fiction Editor, Part II: Novelists’ Views – Postac Post by Joe Fruscione
By Postac Coach and Consultant, Joe Fruscione In Part I of this series, we heard from three editors who’ve worked on fiction projects. Now we flip the conversation and hear from two writers who’ve worked with freelancers to edit their work. Erika … [Read more...] about How to Be a Fiction Editor, Part II: Novelists’ Views – Postac Post by Joe Fruscione
Fiction Editing, Part I: Editors – Out-Ac Post by Joe Fruscione
by TPII Out-Ac Coach and Consultant, Joe Fruscione As a freelancer, you have different options for projects. Developmental, STEM, and academic editing are well suited to post-ac freelancers. Post-acs with Humanities backgrounds might also do well … [Read more...] about Fiction Editing, Part I: Editors – Out-Ac Post by Joe Fruscione
The World of the Freelance Writer – Viviane Callier
by Viviane Callier, new TPII Out-Ac Coach The world of freelance writing is an exciting one. Freelancing attracts academics and former academics because we value the intellectual freedom to work on and write about what we find interesting. … [Read more...] about The World of the Freelance Writer – Viviane Callier
A Scientist Leaves the Pyramid Scheme of Academia – Out-Ac Guest Post
by Viviane Callier Vivianne is one of our new Out-Ac Coaches. Please learn more about her here, and get in touch at postaccareers@gmail.com if you'd like to work with her or any of the Out-Ac team. I left the lab in August 2013, just shy … [Read more...] about A Scientist Leaves the Pyramid Scheme of Academia – Out-Ac Guest Post
How to Get Clients and Keep Them – Postac Post by Margy Horton
By Margy Thomas Horton, Ph.D.* Three years ago, I thought morning and night about how to get enough clients to fill my schedule at my business, ScholarShape. I knew I could help researchers write better and more efficiently, but there was such a gap … [Read more...] about How to Get Clients and Keep Them – Postac Post by Margy Horton
The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)
by Karen Cardozo If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I am a major proponent of a both/and approach. This proclivity emerges in my bio as an interdisciplinary or, more precisely, an undisciplined scholar: through years of academic … [Read more...] about The Genuine Job Search (Out-Ac post by Karen Cardozo)
Certifications You Can Use for Post-Ac Employment – Robert Oprisko (3 of 3)
by Robert Oprisko One of the largest hurdles that a non-STEM Ph.D. will face moving into the Post-Ac environment is perception, both their own and others of who they are and what they do. Successful transition into a non-academic environment is … [Read more...] about Certifications You Can Use for Post-Ac Employment – Robert Oprisko (3 of 3)
Being an Academic (Alt, Ac, or Otherwise) – Guest Post
I'm happy to welcome Dr. Robert Oprisko to the TPII post-ac blogging team. Robert has written widely on adjuncting and the decline and fall of academia, and is deep in his own post-academic transition. Robert's Bio: Robert Oprisko earned his … [Read more...] about Being an Academic (Alt, Ac, or Otherwise) – Guest Post