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Post-Ac Job Search

The Top Three Things To Know About Corporate Jobs – Polizzi #4

By Karen Kelsky | April 22, 2014

By Dr. Allessandria Polizzi When I was pregnant with my first child, I bought this book with a very worried looking woman in a horrible maternity outfit called "What to Expect When You're Expecting." They have since updated it with a spunky … [Read more...] about The Top Three Things To Know About Corporate Jobs – Polizzi #4

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Teaching Teenagers Without Tweed Armor – Tebbe #2

By Karen Kelsky | April 21, 2014

A lot of Ph.D.s contemplating the postac route look closely at the world of high school teaching.  Jason Tebbe is here to tell us what that job looks and feels like.  First surprise: students are more … [Read more...] about Teaching Teenagers Without Tweed Armor – Tebbe #2

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Should I Blog About My #Postac Decision? – Fruscione 2

By Karen Kelsky | April 15, 2014

Last week on Facebook, a commenter wrote, "I quit my PhD in December and I still carry the 'shame' with me, as if I did something horribly wrong. 'But you've already put so much work into it I was told. Four and a half years to be exact - I know! I … [Read more...] about Should I Blog About My #Postac Decision? – Fruscione 2

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

From Academia to Small Business Ownership (Part 1): Making Peace with Capitalism – Horton 1

By Karen Kelsky | April 14, 2014

Margy Horton, introduced last week, runs a successful scholarly writing consulting, coaching, and editing business named ScholarShape.  She's here to illuminate the transition to small business entrepreneurship, the post-ac route closest to my own … [Read more...] about From Academia to Small Business Ownership (Part 1): Making Peace with Capitalism – Horton 1

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Introducing More #Postac Experts: Margy Horton and Maggie Gover

By Karen Kelsky | April 9, 2014

As I gathered my team of post-ac experts, I wanted someone to represent the experience of entrepreneurship, specifically of a small academic editing business, as that is a very appealing option for many Ph.D.s.  I am so glad to have found Margy … [Read more...] about Introducing More #Postac Experts: Margy Horton and Maggie Gover

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How I Became a Corporate Shill and Other Ruminations – Polizzi 2

By Karen Kelsky | April 8, 2014

By Dr. Allessandria Polizzi Let's cut to the chase, shall we? I became a corporate sellout because I am a big fat chicken. There. I said it. I saw the job market, my looming credit card debt on top of my growing mound of students loans, the piles of … [Read more...] about How I Became a Corporate Shill and Other Ruminations – Polizzi 2

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

What is “Research” Beyond Academia?

By Guest Author | April 7, 2014

In the post-ac transition, academics have to jettison the habits of speech and thought that work in an academic setting, and replace them with habits appropriate to a business or professional setting.  Usually, this means--work faster, talk less.  … [Read more...] about What is “Research” Beyond Academia?

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option

I Made Myself Indispensable – Day 2

By Guest Author | March 24, 2014

Every piece of post-ac advice pretty much tells you to focus on the skills you need to transition to a non-academic job---both polishing and promoting those you already have, and gaining new ones that might not have been part of your graduate … [Read more...] about I Made Myself Indispensable – Day 2

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3

By Karen Kelsky | March 18, 2014

Strong stuff: Cardozo writes, "For many if not most, being an adjunct is the professional equivalent of domestic abuse, PTSD and Stockholm syndrome rolled into a single despairing plight that has only one feasible resolution: as with any … [Read more...] about The Career Counselor Is In – Cardozo 3

Filed Under: Adjunct Issues, Intersectional Analyses, Ph.D. Poverty, Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Shame, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

How I Left Academia: A Recovering Academic’s Introduction – Polizzi 2

By Karen Kelsky | March 17, 2014

Allessandria Polizzi is a certified coach who currently leads education for 7-Eleven. She has been in corporate education, change management and organizational development for over 15 years, earning several honors in her field including a 2012 ”Best … [Read more...] about How I Left Academia: A Recovering Academic’s Introduction – Polizzi 2

Filed Under: Post-Ac Job Search, Quitting--An Excellent Option, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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