Preparing for an Insightful Professional Life
Career development is a lifelong do-it-yourself project that, like home maintenance, can be a chore or a pleasure, depending on how you approach it.
Ph.D.s have been moving in significant numbers into other nonacademic roles for decades, but it is a recent suggestion that the Ph.D. degree, like a college humanities concentration, is a good grounding for a diversity of careers. If you have started graduate school open to many possible future roles in your chosen area, you should work throughout your training on becoming a well-rounded expert, familiar with many ways you can put your skills to use.
Full article: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/07/26/advice-thoughtful-career-development-opinion
Modified on September 27, 2024