Seeking a Faculty Job

Taking initiative about your future direction correlates with greater career success and satisfaction, and it's a skill that, with training, can be nurtured and strengthened, writes Diane A. Safer.

Research shows that regularly limiting our time at work to a reasonable amount actually makes us more productive than pushing ourselves past the point of exhaustion, Angela Fowler advises.

What if you dismissed the linear, title-bound view of your career, Thi Nguyen and Dan Olson-Bang ask, and decided that it's a journey to embody more and more of your values with each job?

Ph.D. students should take advantage of “starter conversation” opportunities to interact with alumni and experienced professionals, Natalie Lundsteen advises.

Normal life obstacles and a global pandemic don't mean that progress on your career journey must stop. It may just take a different shape than you originally expected, Lauren Easterling writes.

Alfreda James offers some self-care essentials for graduate students.

If you pursued a graduate degree because you thought that knowing more, and sharing that knowledge, could make positive change, now is your time, writes Melissa Dalgleish.

In the coming months, facing uncertainty head-on and doing what you can to prepare for multiple possible job outcomes is the best thing you can do for your future self, advises Derek Attig.