Resources for Graduate Students on Careers and ...



Resources for Graduate Students and Postdocs on Careers and Job Searching

Compiled in April 2005 by Karen Muskavitch (muskavka@bc.edu), Boston College

General Information

Boston College Career Center Resources for Graduate Students



Career Services in the Graduate School of Social Work



Office of Career Services in the Law School



Graduate Management Career Services in the Carroll School of Management



Obtaining Employment page of Ph.D. Resources on Re-envisioning the Ph.D. website – check the “Publications” link to an annotated bibliography, plus links to many “On-line Articles”, “Web Resources”, and “Discussion Groups”



Career and Job Search Information on Preparing Future Faculty website – links



Beyond the Ivory Tower, What you should know about nonacademic careers for Ph.D.’s. A collection of advice columns that have appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education.



Starting at the Bottom – column on Chronicle Careers by Susan Basalla on the realities of starting work in the private sector (copy included in workshop materials)



ADE and ADFL Online Job Counseling – page on Modern Language Association website with varied information on career planning and the job market (hot-link may not work, try pasting URL into your browser)



Boston College Graduate History Alliance: Information for Grad Students Seeking Teaching Positions in Academia



gradPSYCH, The magazine of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students – check entries in the Career Center columns



A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market – essay by John Cawley on the academic job search with references and links, American Economic Association



Science’s NextWave, the career development resource for scientists



Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources



American Chemical Society (ACS) Career Services

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ACS Department of Career Services Catalog



ACS Career Library Publications – many useful items online

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Job-Search Strategies for Chemical Professionals – overview of the job search process



- Website with supplemental information for the popular book What Color Is Your Parachute? Has many links.



Job Hunting Resources – a list of books and links compiled by the Survival Skills and Ethics Program of the Univ. of Pittsburgh



Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earning a Master’s or Ph.D., Robert L. Peters (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997)

So What Are You Going to Do with That? A Guide to Career-Changing for MA’s and Ph.D.’s, Susan Elizabeth Basalla and Maggie Debelius (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000)

What Color is Your Parachute? 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles (editor) (Ten Speed Press, 2005)

A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! A Guide to Survival in Science, Peter J. Feibelman (Perseus,1994)

Careers in Science and Engineering, A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, NAS, NAE, IOM (National Academy Press, 1996) available online at

Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, “a collection of practical advice, experiences, and opinions from seasoned biomedical investigators and other professionals” Chapter 1 covers Obtaining and Negotiating a Faculty Position and Planning for Tenure, available online as pdf

The Academic Job Search Handbook, 3rd Edition, Mary Morris Heigerger and Julis Miller Vick (Univ. Pennsylvanis Press, 2001)

Surviving the Academic Job Search, Christina Boufis and Victoria Olsen (Riverhead Books, 1997)

Job Search in Academe, Dawn M. Formo, et al. (Stylus Publishing, 1998)

So You Want to Be a Professor: A Handbook for Graduate Students, P. Aarne Vesilind (Sage Publications, 2000)

The MLA Guide to the Job Search: a Handbook for Departments and for PhDs and PhD Candidates in English and Foreign Languages, E. Showalter, et al. (MLA 1996)

The Compleat Academic: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist, John M. Darley, et al. (Am. Psych. Assoc,. 2003)

Self-Assessment

Three Key Questions – Boston College Intersections Program, based on writings of Michael Himes



Self-Assessment; know what you want and what you have to offer – resources at the Boston College Career Center



How to Do What You Love – a column from Chronicle Careers by Susan Basalla on how to identify what you love to do and find work you love



Know Thyself – a column from Chronicle Careers by Sandra Yin on “career tests or personality assessments”



Career Choices: Analyzing Data – About You – an article by Kathie Sindt on Science NextWave about determining what you are interested in and what are your skills



Research and Networking

Networking for Dummies – column in Chronicle Careers by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick



Networking Your Way to a Job – a column from Chronicle Careers by Margaret Newhouse on job searching by humanities Ph.D.s



Three Networking Scenarios – articles by Dave Jensen on Science NextWave

Part One: Making the Best of Your Business Contacts



Part Two:



More than Just a Job-Seeking Skill: Networking Ability Forecasts Future Career Success – article by Dave Jensen on Science Next Wave



Boston College Career Network, Networking with Alumni – information on how to network and access to a database of BC alumni who are interested in talking with you



Planning a Career after Graduate School – information on a variety of careers in and out of academia from the Modern Language Association (MLA) (these hot links may not work; try pasting the URL into your browser)



also see Developing an Academic Career at



Developing a Nonacademic Career at



Career Information for Graduate Students and Junior Faculty Members



PsychCareers – career website of American Psychological Association



also see Careers in Psychology for the 21st Century



Careers in Psychology page of APA Graduate Students web site



see essay and resources on The Non-Academic Career Path



Careers for Chemists: A World Outside the Lab – presents the wide availability of alternative career options for chemists and chemical engineers, ACS Career Service

Where to Find Information on Nonacademic Careers – article by Gabriela Montell on Chronicle Careers with a list of Web resources



Information about academic jobs – links posted on Chronicle Careers site



The Job Search Process

Cover Letters, Resumes, and CVs

Cover Letters – tips, resources and samples from the BC Career Center



What You Don’t Know about Cover Letters – article in Chronicle Careers by Mary Dillon Johnson concerning non-academic jobs



The Basics of Cover Letter Writing – column in Chronicle Careers by Richard M. Reis concerning academic jobs



The CV Doctor Returns – article in Chronicle Careers by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick including annotated examples



CV dos and don’ts – article in gradPSYCH; has link to a sample CV



The View from the Search Committee’s Side of the Table – column from Chronicle Careers by Margaret Gibelman



Writing CVs and Resumes on Re-envisioning the Ph.D. website – links to on-line resources and guides



CV to Resume: Representing Yourself Outside Academe – guide from the University of Chicago with examples



From CV to Resume – column from Chronicle Careers by Margaret Newhouse, includes a link to an example



Am I My Vita? – column from Chronicle Careers by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick



Tips on Writing a Curriculum Vitae – from ACS



Resume Writing – tips, resources, and samples from the BC Career Center



Resume Preparation – Tips for Chemical Professionals – from ACS with many examples

|How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vita, 2nd Edition, A.L. Jackson and K. Geckesis (McGraw Hill, 2003) |

Letters of Recommendation and Reference Lists

Letters of Recommendation – tips from the BC Career Center



List of References – tips from the BC Career Center



Modern Language Association information on academic job searching

C.V.s, Dossiers, Application Letters, Writing Samples, and Portfolios (copy and paste URL into browser)



Interviewing

Modern Language Association information on academic job searching

Interviews, Campus Visits, Job Talks, and Teaching Demonstration



Interview Skills – tips, techniques, and resources from the BC Career Center



Guidelines for Job Seekers and Hiring Departments – MLA information about the academic job search process including information about interviewing at the MLA Convention (copy and paste URL into browser)



Using the Annual Meeting [of the American Historical Association] to Win a Position at a Small Undergraduate College



Interviewing Skills for Chemical Professionals – from ACS



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