This hands-on workshop is geared towards Humanities PhD students and postdocs that are exploring career options. It will help you target common terms used in industry, non-profit and government jobs; basic resume structure and tips on highlighting your PhD skillsets to position YOU as the preferred job candidate. This workshop is open to all PhD…
This interactive workshop provides tips to differentiate yourself and create a profile that appeals to employers on LinkedIn. We will discuss how you can frame yourself and skills online. The workshop will include activities on writing a tagline, identification of opportunities and how to present your skillset. Computers are required. We will send out a…
Emily Levitt (PhD 2018 Cornell, Anthropology) made the transition from academia to commercial consulting. In this workshop, she’ll provide an overview of how ethnography and other methods from the humanities are used today in commercial consulting, using case studies from her own career as examples. In addition, she’ll discuss some of the pitfalls and difficulties…
Explore ways that Careers Beyond Academia can help PhD students and postdocs in the humanities identify career options in non-profits, industry and government organizations. Please come with questions and share your career needs.
