Jobs

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1. What are your 4 dream jobs? Are you qualified for any of them? 1 2 3 4 7

   By Authorization, December 8, 2013
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   • ACurlyShepherdLad
   • July 15, 2019

2. 2017-18 Job Market Support Thread 1 2 3

   By Eigen, May 9, 2017
   • 54 replies
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   • TakeruK
   • November 28, 2017

3. Is R1 the right path for me? 1 2 3

   By wildviolet, December 16, 2015
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   • rising_star
   • January 28, 2017

4. I still can't find work 1 2

   By jim1986, January 9, 2015
   • 39 replies
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   • CrunchCrunch
   • September 10, 2015

5. Coronavirus and academic job hiring for 20-21 1 2

   By purplepepper, March 19, 2020
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   • Faith786
   • June 6, 2020

6. Hiring an academic job consultant 1 2

   By Guest, November 19, 2015
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   • farflung
   • April 30, 2016

7. If I (like everyone else) want to be a professor, what should I do from the start of grad school? 1 2

   By thissiteispoison, February 7, 2015
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   • wildviolet
   • May 17, 2015

8. Job Market Advice/Support Thread 1 2

   By enpi, January 20, 2016
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   • Eigen
   • May 5, 2016

9. Site like GradCafe for postdocs? 1 2

   By indianacat, October 29, 2017
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   • Eigen
   • January 17, 2018

10. Why would you or would you not go into academia/teaching?

    By nehs, April 2, 2013
    • 23 replies
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    • DerpTastic
    • January 3, 2014

11. Going to the same grad school for PhD as undergrad -- post-graduation employment prospects?

    By Lhasa1951, April 17, 2014
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    • Crucial BBQ
    • May 3, 2014

12. How do you become a Professor?

    By tesolin4languages, July 29, 2012
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    • ak48
    • March 25, 2013

13. What qualifies as teaching experience?

    By robot_hamster, July 31, 2011
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    • Dal PhDer
    • May 30, 2012

14. Too many Ph.D.s, too few jobs ...

    By waddle, December 5, 2010
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    • SciFiMelanoma
    • November 13, 2018

15. Passive or Invisible Ageism (or lifestyleism) in Academia - HigherEd Article from a few years ago

    By mutualist007, March 8, 2014
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    • Eve Nicholson
    • February 12, 2019

16. Why haven't I found a job yet?

    By samman1994, August 12, 2017
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    • TakeruK
    • September 26, 2017

17. Is an Ivy League degree a "golden ticket" career-wise?

    By MettaSutta, August 31, 2018
    • 20 replies
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    • lemma
    • September 8, 2018

18. Bachelor's in Psychology-Not qualified for anything if grad school doesn't work out?

    By SLPosteriorCricoarytenoid, January 20, 2015
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    • Applemiu
    • March 23, 2015

19. Reality on job situation for social science PhD's

    By shockwave, August 22, 2012
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    • Usmivka
    • September 14, 2012

20. "Oh, don't worry. You'll get a job. You have a PhD!"

    By juilletmercredi, April 13, 2012
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    • LadyRara
    • October 16, 2012

21. Career aspirations: PhD in psychology

    By TheMercySeat, January 31, 2015
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    • TheMercySeat
    • February 25, 2015

22. Was it too soon to apply for jobs?

    By closetgeek, January 19, 2011
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    • Siraji
    • May 10, 2012

23. Grads with stereotypically "fluff" terminal MA's (classics, art history, women's studies, religion, anthro, film, etc.): Where are you now?

    By MettaSutta, June 8, 2018   

    • humanities
    • social sciences
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      Tagged with:

      • humanities
      • social sciences
      • ma
    • 15 replies
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    • Ternwild
    • March 10, 2019

24. Help with a sticky situation

    By samman1994, December 16, 2017
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    • Hamb
    • December 19, 2017

25. Giving up (marine biology/oceanography)

    By hipstermermaid, September 8, 2016   

    • marine biology
    • oceanography
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      Tagged with:

      • marine biology
      • oceanography
      • jobs
      • teaching
    • 15 replies
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    • CrustaceanQueen
    • May 8, 2020