Outside of academia, we can...

[splicanin]

Say I decide I want to pursue something outside of academia once I receive my PoliSci PhD. What options are there? To get more specific, someone who studies IR and comparative, but who has time to tailor his studies to a job outside of academia. I figured we could start a sort of list, where ideas are posted.

There are obviously intel, DoD, etc, but what about in the private sector?

-Apologies if this topic has been talked about already, I'm having some problems sifting through the search-function results. Also, if we could keep the "why would you get a PhD if you don't want to go into academia" responses to a minimum I would appreciate it!

[irishfan11]

If you major or minor in methods you can do a lot, but other than that, you are looking at the federal government.

[APGradApplicant]

Just quit after you finish the MA if you decide academia isn't for you...anything outside academia, the doctorate is more or less worthless...