Today we tackle something uncomfortable, which is collecting testimonials and endorsements from people who have worked with you. Academics generally hate the thought of this, because we are trained to believe that good work speaks for itself. And if … [Read more...] about 52 Career Actions: Week 21: Collect Testimonials and Endorsements
Rearview Mirror
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
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
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 5: Admit What You’ve Endured—and How You Survived
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 5: Admit What You’ve Endured—and How You Survived
12 Steps to a New Job, Step 4: A Fearless Professional Inventory
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 4: A Fearless Professional Inventory
12 Steps To A New Job: Step 3: Trust the Collective Wisdom
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 3: Trust the Collective Wisdom