So what are you going to do with that? :
Basalla, Susan Elizabeth, 1970-
So what are you going to do with that? : a guide to career-changing for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s / Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. - vii, 165 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165).
Will I Have to Wear a Suit?: Rethinking Life After Graduate School -- Getting Your Head Ready -- Should I Finish My Dissertation? -- How to Use Your Grad-School Years Wisely -- Whodunit? And How Can I Do It Too? -- So What Am I Going to Do? -- Five Myths About Postacademic Careers -- Five Questions for Rethinking Graduate School -- Your Eclectic Mix -- Postacademic Profile: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's Car Talk, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering -- How Do I Figure Out What Else to Do?: Soul-Searching Before Job Searching -- Take Inventory -- Break It Down -- Looking Backward: Seven Stories -- The Bookstore at the End of the Mind -- "This Is Your Brain on Graduate School" -- No Need for a Number-Two Pencil -- Where Are All Those Ph.D.'s, Anyway? -- Create Your Own Possibilities -- Postacademic Profile: David Rosengarten, Television Cooking-Show Host, Ph.D. in Theater History -- Testing the Waters: Information Interviews and Internships -- Information Interviews -- Getting Your Feet Wet: Internships, Part-Time Jobs, and Volunteer Work -- So When Do I Start Looking for a Job? -- Postacademic Profile: Shannon Mrksich, Patent Attorney, Ph.D. in Chemistry -- This Might Hurt a Bit: Turning a CV into a Resume -- Getting Ready to Write a Resume -- Writing a Resume: The First Draft -- A Few More Words of Advice -- After You've Drafted a Resume -- Case Studies and Sample Resumes -- Cover Letters That Will Get You Hired -- Postacademic Profile: Bryan Garman, High-School Teacher, Ph.D. in American Studies -- Sweaty Palms, Warm Heart: How to Turn an Interview into a Job -- How to Land a Job Interview -- Before the Interview -- During the Interview -- After the Interview -- What If the Interview Doesn't Go Well? -- The Job Offer (or Lack Thereof) -- Adjusting to Your New Job -- Postacademic Profile: Annie Hurlbut, Founder of Peruvian Connection, A.B.D. in Anthropology -- Web Sites About Postacademic Careers.
0374526214 (pbk.) 9780374526214 (pbk.)
00037642
Job hunting.
Graduate students--Employment.
Career changes.
HF5382.7 / .B374
650.14
So what are you going to do with that? : a guide to career-changing for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s / Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. - vii, 165 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165).
Will I Have to Wear a Suit?: Rethinking Life After Graduate School -- Getting Your Head Ready -- Should I Finish My Dissertation? -- How to Use Your Grad-School Years Wisely -- Whodunit? And How Can I Do It Too? -- So What Am I Going to Do? -- Five Myths About Postacademic Careers -- Five Questions for Rethinking Graduate School -- Your Eclectic Mix -- Postacademic Profile: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's Car Talk, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering -- How Do I Figure Out What Else to Do?: Soul-Searching Before Job Searching -- Take Inventory -- Break It Down -- Looking Backward: Seven Stories -- The Bookstore at the End of the Mind -- "This Is Your Brain on Graduate School" -- No Need for a Number-Two Pencil -- Where Are All Those Ph.D.'s, Anyway? -- Create Your Own Possibilities -- Postacademic Profile: David Rosengarten, Television Cooking-Show Host, Ph.D. in Theater History -- Testing the Waters: Information Interviews and Internships -- Information Interviews -- Getting Your Feet Wet: Internships, Part-Time Jobs, and Volunteer Work -- So When Do I Start Looking for a Job? -- Postacademic Profile: Shannon Mrksich, Patent Attorney, Ph.D. in Chemistry -- This Might Hurt a Bit: Turning a CV into a Resume -- Getting Ready to Write a Resume -- Writing a Resume: The First Draft -- A Few More Words of Advice -- After You've Drafted a Resume -- Case Studies and Sample Resumes -- Cover Letters That Will Get You Hired -- Postacademic Profile: Bryan Garman, High-School Teacher, Ph.D. in American Studies -- Sweaty Palms, Warm Heart: How to Turn an Interview into a Job -- How to Land a Job Interview -- Before the Interview -- During the Interview -- After the Interview -- What If the Interview Doesn't Go Well? -- The Job Offer (or Lack Thereof) -- Adjusting to Your New Job -- Postacademic Profile: Annie Hurlbut, Founder of Peruvian Connection, A.B.D. in Anthropology -- Web Sites About Postacademic Careers.
0374526214 (pbk.) 9780374526214 (pbk.)
00037642
Job hunting.
Graduate students--Employment.
Career changes.
HF5382.7 / .B374
650.14