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Core Beliefs for a New Year of Job Searching
We carry such beliefs into each search and how we present ourselves as candidates, so it’s vital that grad students and postdocs hold the right ones, writes Vanessa Doriott Anderson.
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Let’s Talk About Mental Health
When mental health topics are taboo, grad students suffer in silence, write Christiann Gaines and Rebekah Layton, who explore ways the academic community can support trainees.
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Build on 2022 for a Strong Career-Focused Start to 2023
Joseph Barber provides a roundup of career advice from this past year to help guide you in the new one.
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Filling in the Gaps in Grad Student Career Readiness
Universities offer support for attending conferences or visiting archives, but it’s harder for trainees to find funding for professional development opportunities that lie outside academic research, write Baron Haber, Shawn Warner and Arica Lubin.
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In Support of the Junk Drawer CV
It’s a magical document that’s tucked away in your storage drive where you record high points and low points among your career endeavors, explains Kate Stuart.
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Navigating the Crossroads
Dinuka Gunaratne explores why making certain career decisions can seem so insurmountable and offers advice for how to do so most successfully.
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Broadening Ph.D. Experiences to Enhance Your Career
Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan describes how grad students can pursue career-building strategies beyond the required curriculum.
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Career Traps or Pathways?
Morris Grubbs and Austin Trantham explore the conundrum of contingent faculty jobs for academics seeking tenure-track positions.