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"So What Are You Going to Do with That?": Finding Careers Outside Academia Third Edition, Kindle Edition
In this third edition of “So What Are You Going to Do with That?”, thoroughly revised with new advice for students in the sciences, Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius—PhDs themselves—answer all those questions with a resounding “Yes!” A witty, accessible guide full of concrete advice for anyone contemplating the jump from scholarship to the outside world, “So What Are You Going to Do with That?” covers topics ranging from career counseling to interview etiquette to how to translate skills learned in the academy into terms an employer can understand and appreciate. Packed with examples and stories from real people who have successfully made this daunting—but potentially rewarding—transition, and written with a deep understanding of both the joys and difficulties of the academic life, this fully updated guide will be indispensable for any graduate student or professor who has ever glanced at his or her CV, flipped through the want ads, and wondered, “What if?”
- ISBN-13978-0226200408
- EditionThird
- PublisherThe University of Chicago Press
- Publication dateDecember 26, 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- File size1122 KB
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“‘So What Are You Going to Do with That?’ is a life-changer for doctoral graduates and a godsend for the Republic. Basalla and Debulius show us how to engage the superb and transferable abilities of PhDs.” -- Robert Weisbuch, former president, Drew University
“This third edition . . . is especially timely. Graduate students and current academicians are struggling, rather publicly, with the realization that a career in academics is no longer desired. . . . Basalla and Debelius have written a supportive, resourceful, and well-structured guide for the possibly long and windy journey ahead. . . . This is just the resource to help those in transition find more rewarding work that values and benefits from the academic experience.” -- Africa S. Hands, author of “Successfully Serving the College Bound” ― San Francisco Book Review
“And let’s not forget that PhDs looking for careers beyond academe must often overcome stereotypes associated with the three letters trailing their names. As Basalla and Debelius note, a common assumption is that ‘Academics can’t work in teams.’ Some of this caution is justified: graduate programs in the humanities have a tendency to incentivize specialization at the expense of collaboration. The more successful a student is, the more likely they are to conduct solitary research in a quiet laboratory or archive.” -- James M. Van Wyck ― Inside Higher Ed
“A smart, insightful, supportive, straightforward, and engaging guide for anyone facing the prospect of change, career or otherwise. ‘So What Are You Going to Do with That?’ is one of the most important resources that I have, and I use it daily. This time, Basalla and Debelius dare to shed light on the science career myth that a career in academic science research is a panacea. The disconnect between a PhD student’s career intentions and the reality of the academic market behooves all science students to read this book and get involved more deeply in their career development and pathway options. I wish I had written it!” -- Victoria A. Blodgett ― assistant dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, Graduate School, University of Connecticut
“The reference tool for MAs and PhDs considering nonacademic career paths. The guide is comprehensive, hands-on, and much needed.” -- Elaine Showalter, professor emerita, Princeton University
“Full of practical tips and anecdotes from people . . . who have turned academic study into fulfilling careers in everything from marketing to community building.” ― Christian Science Monitor
“This is a book I wish I had written, because everything the authors advise is exactly the counsel that I give PhDs questioning, ‘Why did I do all this research if I can’t get an academic job?’ I find this book especially helpful for anyone just beginning to think about what a big deal it is to leave academe and those who are suffering ‘PhD identity crisis.’ (Remember, your degree is a credential—it doesn’t define your capabilities!).” -- Natalie Lundsteen, director of career development, Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences at UT Southwestern Medical Center ― Inside Higher Ed
“As valuable for its can-do spirit as its specific advice.” ― CNN.com
“[The authors] have filled this volume with insightful anecdotes, probing and worthwhile questions and a host of resources. . . for more specialized job searches. Basalla and Debelius illustrate just how skills acquired in graduate school research, teaching, and critical thinking . . . can be translated into desirable attributes of a post-academic job candidate. Hopeful, upbeat, and helpful.” ― Virginia Quarterly Review
“Fourteen years after they first published their guide on nonacademic career options for PhDs, . . . Basalla and Debelius are back with a third edition of that influential book.” ― Chronicle of Higher Education
“I will absolutely be recommending this book to our graduate students exploring their career options—I’d love to see it on the coffee tables in department lounges!” -- Robin B. Wagner, former associate director of graduate career services, University of Chicago
About the Author
Susan Basalla received her PhD from Princeton University. She is a principal with Storbeck / Pimentel & Associates, LP, an executive search firm specializing in higher education.
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- ASIN : B00QNP5OH0
- Publisher : The University of Chicago Press; Third edition (December 26, 2014)
- Publication date : December 26, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 1122 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 163 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,100,615 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #327 in Education Reference
- #546 in Job Hunting (Kindle Store)
- #1,526 in College & University Education
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I've already recommended this to multiple colleagues and will continue to do so.
Broadly speaking, this slim volume is broken down into five essential categories for grad students gearing up to succeed in a post-academic job search: Part 1 talks about mentally preparing for leaving academia and thoughtfully appraising your attitudes about your future. Part 2 lays out some solid advice for career exploration. Part 3 describes researching careers and networking (and actually manages to make networking sound not terribly painful). Part 4 covers converting your CV into a resume and includes helpful example resumes and cover letters. Finally, Part 5 has suggestions for interviewing.
The best feature of this book is the frank, no-nonsense language. This is the kind of real-world advice you would get from a wise and caring friend, if any of those wise and caring friends had the time and knowledge to walk you through the entire career development process in one go. Basalla and Debelius have clearly talked with many people who are trying to transition to a non-academic career, and they have answers for all the common questions. (e.g., "How do I take time to explore careers when my dissertation project/principal investigator rules my life?" and "What practical skills could I possibly offer an employer?") Their approach to opening their readers up to the possibility of a non-academic career trajectory is gentle, supportive, and optimistic. They make a muddled pathway seem startlingly clear.
The only thing that struck me as odd and slightly off-putting is the authors' repeated assumption that my decision to turn away from the academic grist mill is a painful and slightly humiliating experience for me. In their repeated attempts to allay these concerns, I paradoxically got the sense that I ought not be as excited about the non-academic possibilities as I am. (It's like when parents who are divorcing repeatedly assure their children that it's not their fault -- for some kids, that assurance is going to be the first invitation to consider that the divorce might be their fault.) I may be privileged to be in a research group/department/university that is slowly but very clearly embracing the idea that there are all sorts of satisfying careers for all sorts of folks, but I think sentiment comes across as a bit outdated and will surely need to be toned down in the fourth edition.
Minor criticism aside, this book is an excellent resource for people wanting a practical approach to converting the experience of earning a graduate degree into a future of earning cold, hard cash doing something other than being an overburdened assistant professor. I will continue to recommend this book to my grad school friends with reckless abandon, and I encourage anybody who wants to see the potential practical utility of arcane research to read it from cover to cover. At a slim, trim 149 pages, it is guaranteed to be worth your time.
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Very well written and you'll find plenty of tips and cleat/practical advices on how to make your first steps outside academia. Then it is your job to do the rest. Highly recommend!