General Issues and Resources

• The Chronicle of Higher Education has a number of columns that address issues related to nonacademic work (for all disciplines). See, for example, the back issues of Beyond the Ivory Tower, Moving Up (administrative work), and Spotlight columns listed along the right hand side and A Guide to Web Resources on Nonacademic Careers.

• Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Resource
• Click here for discipline-specific resources.

Listservs

• Career Center’s Electronic Events Group: Receive announcements of upcoming activities of interest to graduate students. To join, send your name and email address to CareerCenter@umich.edu.
• WRK4US: a listserv for students considering nonacademic careers. To subscribe, visit this site and follow the prompts.
• PHDCONVENING: a moderated listserv from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation where individuals and institutions can post announcements of general interest to humanities graduate students and PhDs. To subscribe, send an e-mail with your name, affiliation, and email address.

Conducting simultaneous searches for academic and nonacademic jobs

State of the markets

• Tomorrow’s Jobs (Occupational Outlook Handbook)

Bridging the culture gap between academia and the outside world

• Possible stereotypes about PhDs
• Common stereotypes of the business world