"So what are you going to do with that?" [electronic resource] : finding careers outside academia / Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:Rev. ed.
Published: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Online Access:
Main Author:
Basalla, Susan Elizabeth, 1970-
Other Authors:
Debelius, Maggie, 1966-
Subjects:
Job hunting.
Graduate students > Employment.
Career changes.
Format: Electronic eBook
"So what are you going to do with that?" finding careers outside academia /
Table of Contents:
  • Will I have to wear a suit? : rethinking life after graduate school
  • Getting your head ready
  • Should I finish my dissertation?
  • How to use your grad school years wisely
  • Whodunit? and how can I do it too?
  • So what am I going to do?
  • Six myths about post-academic careers
  • Five questions for rethinking graduate school
  • Your eclectic mix
  • Post-academic profile : Tom Magliozzi, cohost of NPR's Car Talk, Ph. D. in chemical engineering
  • How do I figure out what else to do? : soul-searching before job searching
  • Take inventory
  • Break it down
  • Looking backward : seven stories
  • The bookstore at the end of the mind
  • "This is your brain on graduate school"
  • No need for a #2 pencil
  • Where are all those Ph. D.'s anyway?
  • Create your own possibilities
  • Post-academic profile : David Rosengarten, television cooking show host, Ph. D. in theater history
  • Three testing the waters : networking and transitional experience
  • The power of networking
  • Networking that works
  • Information interviews
  • Getting your feet wet : internships, part-time jobs, and volunteer work
  • Transitional tales
  • So when do I start looking for a job?
  • Post-academic profile : Shannon Mrksich, patent attorney, Ph. D. in chemistry
  • This might hurt a bit : turning a CV into a resume
  • Getting ready to write a resume
  • Writing a resume : the first draft
  • A few more words of advice
  • After you've drafted a resume
  • Case studies and sample resumes
  • Cover letters that will get you hired
  • Post-academic profile : Bryan Garman, prep school headmaster, Ph. D. in american studies
  • Sweaty palms, warm heart : how to turn an interview into a job
  • How to land a job interview
  • Before the interview
  • During the interview
  • After the interview
  • What if the interview doesn't go well?
  • The job offer (or lack thereof)
  • Negotiation
  • adjusting to your new job
  • Post-academic profile : Annie Hurlbut, founder of Peruvian Connection, A.B.D. in anthropology
  • Conclusion.

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