Professional Development Sites
- WRK4US
WRK4US is an award-winning email discussion list on nonacademic careers for people with graduate education in Humanities, Education, and Social Science disciplines. The list population consists mostly of graduate students, full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and ex-academics working outside the academy, but anyone may subscribe. Subscribers are welcome to ask questions, share information, give moral support, and network, network, network.
- Train your staff by talking to them.
- Assessment Tool: What is YOUR Conflict Resolution Style?
To take advantage, call Renee Starek (x8-8420).
- Association for the Support of Graduate Students
- The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
- UCLA provides great professional networking advice for Postdocs
- From the Univ. of Michigan - designed as a resource for both current and future graduate students
- From the Australian National University, some tips on negotiating the more important facets of that 'First Job', including salary, research support, etc.
- A very useful website discussing various career optoins for doctoral students (primarily geared towards Humanities)
- A site for PhD's contemplating the pros and cons of working outside of academia
- University of Michigan site for nonacademic job searching for PhD's
- Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) web site, featuring information on new research, upcoming conferences, etc.
- Innovation Works: IWire