Spring 2008 Grad Student & PhD Workshops & Events

Amherst and Occidental (small, liberal arts colleges) don't hire on the same basis as large, research universities such as Michigan or Purdue. Get a head start on preparing to go On the Market next fall. This three-part workshop is designed to provide an overview of the Academic Job Search process from the perspective of the search committee and help you figure out how to present your credentials, on paper and in person, in the strongest possible manner.

The Career Center is located at 2111 Bancroft Way between Oxford/Fulton and Shattuck. When you enter the building, take the elevator up to the second floor. The Info Lab is just across the hall through the wood and glass doors.

If you're sending the same materials to Harvard and Haverford or Cal Poly and Cal Tech, than at least one if not both search committees will be less than impressed. Academic search committees in the sciences and engineering at small, liberal arts colleges and non-R1 universities have a very different perspective than their peers at major research univiersities on what makes a strong candidate and desirable colleague.

This three-part workshop is designed to provide an overview of the Academic Job Search process and help you figure out how to present your credentials, on paper and in person, in the strongest possible manner. No advanced registration is required.

This workshop involves interview practice and feedback. The topics include cross-cultural communication, how to leverage your knowledge base, and using "small talk" for big results. Session limit: 14 participants. Advance registration is required.

This 3-week workshop series contains information, strategies, and worksheets designed to take you through the steps that will help you make an informed and affirmative choice of your next career (you will likely have more than one). To learn more about this series, read the Looking Beyond Academia introduction and overview.

This three-part workshop is free, but space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, email PhD Counselor Debra Behrens.

If you want to receive timely updates and information about opportunities and events designed specifically for graduate students and PhDs, sign up for CareerMail. To select one of the two PhD specific options (PhDs in the Sciences vs. PhDs in Hum/Soc Sci) scroll down to the bottom of the list of choices. You may also sign up for one or more of the industry-oriented lists (e.g. biotech or consulting).

An increasing number of companies, nonprofits and government agencies are coming to campus, and actively recruiting individuals with advanced degrees from a wide range of disciplines. View Grad Student/PhD Career-Related Events.

You’ve got the offer. How do you negotiate effectively to get the salary you deserve and the start up package you need to be successful in your first academic job? This presentation begins with general guidance useful in virtually all negotiating circumstances as well as more specialized advice designed for PhDs and postdocs particularly in the sciences and engineering.

Many Ph.D.s just kind of fall in to a postdoc, rather than thinking about it from a strategic perspective. Your postdoc is never an end in itself; rather it’s a means to another end whether that goal is a faculty position at a research university, a small college, national lab, or perhaps an industry job. Learn how to find postdoc opportunities that will best prepare you for that next step, and how to use your postdoc experience to facilitate the transition to your next position.