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Previous "Beyond the Ivory Tower" ColumnsWhat you should know about nonacademic careers for Ph.D.'s Beyond the Ivory Tower
It's easier for engineering Ph.D.'s to land that first nonacademic job than
for humanists but they face the same challenges in the workplace.
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With her first novel out in September, a former academic answers questions
about leaving academe to write fiction.
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Will not finishing your dissertation harm your career prospects in the
nonacademic world?
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Working for a law firm, an English Ph.D. spends his days teaching writing
but actually getting paid well for it.
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How did the lessons of graduate school help an English Ph.D. when he decided to join, and expand, his family's food-distribution business?
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A Ph.D. in English started out in a part-time nonacademic job and ended up owning the company.
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A humanities Ph.D. pursues a career in teaching and administration at a private school.
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It was only after leaving academe that a historian learned how to use, interpret, and preserve historical artifacts.
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When his vision of finding a job at a big research university faded, a Ph.D. in ecology took the less traditional path.
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For Ph.D.'s interested in union politics, the world of organizing may offer an appealing alternative career.
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Surely the only reason a historian had left academe was because she couldn't get a job, right?
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The author of a well-known book on nonacademic careers for Ph.D.'s answers some commonly asked questions.
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The further away an English Ph.D. is from academe, the more he hears the voices of mentors past warning him off.
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A Ph.D. who quit teaching for a career in fund raising wonders why he left one horrible career for another.
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After her research idea gets filched, an assistant professor opts to abandon academe for the faster pace of the consulting world.
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A former vice president begins his search for a nonacademic job and finds himself less than prepared.
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Once you realize you're unhappy in academe, the question becomes what to do instead.
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Understanding the small differences between academe and the outside world can show employers that you understand the big differences as well.
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Two career counselors offer a primer on business etiquette for Ph.D.'s looking for jobs outside academe.
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Two career counselors offer a primer on business etiquette for Ph.D.'s looking for jobs outside academe.
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A roadside meltdown marks the beginning of the end of an academic career.
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For Ph.D.'s considering nonacademic careers, the biggest stumbling blocks are insecurity and a colossal underestimation of their transferable skills.
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It turns out that a Ph.D. in Baroque Spanish theater can lead to a career as a food critic.
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A Ph.D. in musicology has found a way to pay his rent as a freelance copywriter, without mortgaging his integrity.
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He had a teaching job in a field he loved. His plays and papers won awards. Who wouldn't be happy, right?
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Why are intellectual status and respect given so grudgingly to Ph.D.'s who take staff and administrative positions?
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Leaving graduate school without a Ph.D. in hand does not make you a failure. It may, in fact, be the smart move for you.
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The best hope for improving graduate education is coming from Web sites and forums that focus on alternative careers for Ph.D.'s.
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The narrow definition of success in academe is directly to blame for the high rates of depression among doctoral students.
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Has the alternative-careers movement unwittingly sold humanities Ph.D.'s yet another professional pipe dream?
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Networking works, says a former academic turned consultant. It just takes a few years.
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Former academics talk about the key ingredients to a successful career at an academic press.
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How a Ph.D. in history finally resisted the lure of the academic job market.
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A Ph.D. in literature tells how he transformed himself into a freelance science writer.
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For a Ph.D. turned freelance writer, things got much worse on his way to a business model.
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Should an A.B.D. take a corporate research job before completing his degree?
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While Ph.D.'s can find satisfying careers in publishing, they will also find relatively low pay and limited openings.
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Armed with few contacts and more education than any reasonable person needs, a Ph.D. in Spanish faces the nonacademic job market.
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A Ph.D. in history finds her dream job as an acquisitions editor at a university press.
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But is it a good fit for new Ph.D.'s, or for those leaving an academic career?
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Bored with academe, a Ph.D. finds her niche in the international division of a large corporation.
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Two former graduate students talk about why they abandoned academe for the legal world.
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Here's what a "personality test" can tell you about your career options, and what it can't.
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After giving up on the academic job market, a Ph.D. finds a satisfying career teaching at a private secondary school.
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A new fellowship program opens an alternate route for Ph.D.'s into the academic-librarian profession.
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You've just quit the tenure-track job for which you've trained your entire life. Now what?
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A Ph.D. who left the academy only to return offers a few questions that she's learned to ask herself in making career choices.
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For a Ph.D. considering alternate careers, the possibilities are endless. Hence the nausea.
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A career counselor for Ph.D.'s answers that and other frequent questions on nonacademic jobs.
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For Ph.D.'s trying to break in to a new career, temping can be a powerful job-hunting strategy.
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For Ph.D.'s who don't want -- or can't find -- a faculty job, satisfying work in academe is still possible.
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An assistant professor explains why she is leaving a plum tenure-track job for an unknown future outside academe.
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The right way to leave a tenure-track job -- and it does happen -- depends on whether you're leaving academe for good.
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To get started as a freelance writer you need to build relationships and then pitch articles like crazy.
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Instead of low-paying adjunct work, should you consider a job outside academe while you hunt for a tenure-track post?
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Why do so many academics secretly want to be freelance magazine writers?
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Susan Basalla offers a few strategies for how to put the do-what-you-love philosophy into practice.
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An Air Force Reserve officer finds that his summer job in the Pentagon pays more than his full-time job on the tenure track.
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Science Ph.D.'s who want to leave academic research can follow a variety of paths to the business world.
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Susan Basalla offers tips on becoming a successful freelancer, whether your business is writing or dog-walking.
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For science Ph.D.'s disenchanted with the discovery process, the decision to leave the bench can be difficult.
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Advice on how to write a cover letter for a nonacademic job search.
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Should a Ph.D. entering the nonacademic job market for the first time expect to start anywhere but at the bottom?
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It seemed like a good job when you took it, but what do you do when it turns out it isn't?
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Landing an internship with a federal agency is often the easiest route to beginning a government career.
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Let go from an Internet company, Susan Basalla tells Ph.D.'s what to expect when a pink slip arrives.
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Ph.D.'s who work outside academe reflect on what they learned in graduate school.
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