2024-2025 Purdue University Career Planning Handbook

Graduate Degree Into a Job! Leverage Your Amruta A. Inamdar, PhD, Senior Career Services Consultant - Graduate Students Center for Career Opportunities, Purdue University

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1 Identify your interests, strengths, preferences and requirements. What skills do you want to use? Which responsibilities would you enjoy? What is your ideal work environment? KNOW YOURSELF 2 Employers seek candidates who can investigate and solve problems, learn quickly, work under pressure, communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences, and develop and implement projects. Sound like your graduate school training? REMEMBER TRANSFERABLE SKILLS 3 Talk to other career explorers inside and out side your own academic worlds. Join groups on LinkedIn to learn from others with PhDs. Social media platforms, too, can be a source of valuable career information and thriving EXPAND YOUR REACH private sectors) as well as within it. Why not explore all your options? Ideas to start your career exploration (and eventual job search): 5 PhDs often think, wrongly, that there are no jobs outside of academia for someone with their specialization. They do exist; they may just have different titles. Consider using specific skills and responsibilities as your RESEARCH THE KEYWORDS 4 You may realize, as you network or research career possibilities, that you are missing some skills. How can you gain them? GAIN EXPERIENCE professional community! E.g. check out #sciencetwitter and #academictwitter. Graduate students have the skills needed for careers beyond the academe (in both public and

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AUDIENCE GOAL

General audience of employers. Demonstrate you have the skills for the specific job you are applying for. Experiences (paid, volunteer, research, extracurricular) and the skills gained from these. One to two pages.

Fellow academics

Present your full academic history.

LENGTH FOCUS

As long as necessary.

Scholarly achievements and potential, incl. grants received and professional service.

REFERENCES

Do not include.

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Get Started! > ImaginePhd: https://www.imaginephd.com > The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com > Carpe Careers and Gradhacker on Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker 7 Make an appointment to discuss your indi vidualized career development and planning. If you choose to pursue the tenure track, the CCO can provide guidance with reviewing your job application materials [Research, Teaching, Service and Diversity statements, CVs and cover letters]. Please note that the academic job search process differs from discipline to discipline, and your professors and departments often have the best and most current knowledge about standards and practices within your disciplines. We strongly encourage you to reach out to them for assistance. *International students should consult the Office of International Students & Scholars (ISS) before accepting any paid or unpaid work. CHAT WITH A CCO CONSULTANT

keywords. Look up jobs on O*Net (www.onetonline.org) to learn about alternative titles and similar jobs.

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