Academics in the Wild
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Websites/blogs/columns
Academics in the Wild Substack: Resources and updates from Academics in the Wild.
After Your PhD: Explore careers outside of academia. Ask questions. Talk To People. Keep Learning.
Beyond the Professoriate: Empowering PhDs to build impactful careers and engaged lives, wherever smart people are needed.
Carpe Careers at Inside Higher Ed: Practical-minded, career-focused articles written for grad students and postdocs, by members of @Grad_Careers.
College Info Geek - Careers: Articles and resources to give you a competitive edge for the difficult task of finding and landing a job.
The Erdős Institute: Helping PhDs get jobs they love.
Free the PhD: Assisting grad students, PhDs, and post-docs in getting hired in a job they love.
Jobs on Toast: Career confidence for PhDs.
Leaving Physics: Standard answers to the standard questions by Jennifer Hodgson.
Manager, Ph.D.: PhDs can be excellent managers of teams, with a little support.
PostGradual: The PhD Careers Blog: Taking PhD careers one tip at a time.
The Professor Is In: Guidance for all things PhD: graduate school, job market and careers.
[re]searching: Helping the brightest PhDs learn from mentors and connect with companies.
The Versatile PhD: Helping graduate students, ABDs and PhDs identify, prepare for and excel in professional careers.
Books
Note: if you're on a budget, check your local or university library first!
What Is out There for Me? The Landscape of Post-PhD Career Tracks by Natalia Bielczyk
Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide by Christopher L. Caterine
Networking for Nerds: Find, Access and Land Hidden Game-Changing Career Opportunities Everywhere by Alaina G. Levine
Taking the Work Out of Networking: An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count by Karen Wickre
A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman
Candid Advice for New Faculty Members: A Guide to Getting Tenure and Advancing Your Academic Career by Marybeth Gasman
Podcasts
Physicists in the Wild: Interviews with physicists who turned their PhD training into diverse and often unconventional careers.
Careers in Your Ears: The Careers Podcast for PhD Students and Research Staff at King's College London.
Self-Compassionate Professor: Helping academics and former academics find wellness, meaning, purpose, and freedom.
The Personal Finance for PhDs Podcast: A Higher Education in Personal Finance.
Job boards
The Quantum Computing Career Network: Find Quantum Jobs. Hire Quantum Talent.
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Academia
GradCareerConsortium (@Grad_Careers): Leaders in the career & professional development of doctoral students & postdoctoral scholars.
Grad Grid (@The_GradGrid): The twitter account for the LinkedIn group "Grad Grid".
Tress Academic (@TressAcademic): Professional services to cater for PhD students.
Job boards
GitHub Jobs (@GitHubJobs): Software based job portal.
STEMbase.org (@STEMdatabase): STEM based opportunities.
Global Academy Jobs (@AcademyJobs): International academic vacancies, career advice, and fascinating research.
Networking
Academic scribbles (@AcademicyS): Community for fellow academics around the world to collectively share their experiences, support each other and start new collaborations.
OpenAcademics (@OpenAcademics): Twitter community to support fellow academics across all disciplines.
Scientistt (@_scientistt): Where researchers meet, attend events, and are discovered.
Networking
Academics in the Wild: A community for physicists and mathematicians on a nonlinear career adventure beyond academia.
Academic scribbles (@AcademicyS): Community for fellow academics around the world to collectively share their experiences, support each other and start new collaborations.
OpenAcademics (@OpenAcademics): Twitter community to support fellow academics across all disciplines.
Scientistt (@_scientistt): Where researchers meet, attend events, and are discovered.
YouTube
Physicists in the Wild: Interviews with physicists who turned their PhD training into diverse and often unconventional careers.
Alaina G. Levine: Alaina is the author of "Networking for Nerds" and provides career and professional development strategies, tactics, and tools for scientists, engineers and non-nerds too.
Career Trajectories: Where can physics take you?
Johns Hopkins University PHutures Channel: Your one stop shop to pick up critical skills in professional and career deveopment! Learn how to craft impactful academic, non-academic CVs and LinkedIn profiles.
Welcome Solutions: Conversations with PhDs and other professionals who built interesting careers and made some bold career moves in the process.
Contributors
Thank you to the following people for contributing:
*Contributors to an earlier version of this list hosted on Aggie Branczyk's personal site
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