Congratulations on getting this far! At this point in the series you have already done several things that most PhDs skip when they are thinking about career transitions. You named the career you are trying to build. You audited where your … [Read more...] about 52 Career Actions: Week 7: Create a Weekly Habits Sheet
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52 Career Actions: Week 6: Benchmark the Skills You Actually Need
Last week you identified real job titles. Not aspirations. Not identities. Titles that actually exist in the labor market. Now we do the part most PhDs skip. We benchmark the skills. Here is the pattern I see constantly. A PhD finds a job … [Read more...] about 52 Career Actions: Week 6: Benchmark the Skills You Actually Need
52 Career Actions: Week 5: Research Job Titles
Week 5: Research Job Titles This week's action is for those considering leaving the academy. At this stage, it's easy think that you are being strategic when you say things like “I’m open to nonacademic work” or “I’ll look outside the … [Read more...] about 52 Career Actions: Week 5: Research Job Titles
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 12: Give Back and Live the Change
In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I launched a 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Kel Weinhold, career coach for The … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 12: Give Back and Live the Change
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 11: Pursue Clarity and Resist Denial
In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I launched a 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Kel Weinhold, career coach for The … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 11: Pursue Clarity and Resist Denial
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 10: Continued Career Inventory and Ongoing Self-Reflection
Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 10: Continued Career Inventory and Ongoing Self-Reflection
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 9: Forgive Yourself and Others (Amends)
Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 9: Forgive Yourself and Others (Amends)
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 8: Engage in Self-Reflection
Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 8: Engage in Self-Reflection
12 Steps to a New Job — Step 7: Seek Guidance (You Don’t Have to Know It All)
Welcome back to our 12 Steps to a New Job series, where we use the 12-Step model (completely secularized, we promise) to guide you through leaving academia. I’m Kel Weinhold, productivity coach for The Professor Is In. I work with postdocs and … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job — Step 7: Seek Guidance (You Don’t Have to Know It All)
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 6: Be WILLING to release the strategies that no longer serve us
In light of the shit show of unprecedented proportions that is academia at the present moment, post-ac coach Kel Weinhold and I have launched a a new 12 part series on leaving academia called, Twelve Steps To A New Job. Welcome back to our 12 … [Read more...] about 12 Steps to a New Job, Step 6: Be WILLING to release the strategies that no longer serve us