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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Student Activism for Skill Development

In advocating for a cause, graduate students can find opportunities to apply their academic knowledge and practice transferable skills, Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan writes.

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Opinion
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Going Independent

How can Ph.D.s decide if a freelance or independent consultant path is right for them? Jessica Taylor and Desiree Barron-Callaci offer insight.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

From Close Reading to Career Advising

Laura Evers and Emily Sferra Kapela offer advice for how to transition from an English Ph.D. program to a role in career development.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Make Friends Early in Your Career

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars can benefit in many ways from prioritizing friendships, Yi Hao and Mallory Neil write.

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Choose Your Adventure

Victoria McGovern offers advice to help graduate students cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset.

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Behold: The Administrative Postdoc

Administrative postdoc positions offer advantages for Ph.D.s looking to transition into a range of career paths, Alex Yen and Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg write.

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Preparing Proactively for a Postdoc

These are some actions a Ph.D. student can take to pave the way for a positive postdoc experience, Chris Smith writes.

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Meet the Meta Postdoc

Ivonne Vidal Pizarro highlights two fellowships that prepare postdocs for careers in research-adjacent fields.