Career Resources for the Academic and Non-Academic Job Search

By Jason McSheene. Many graduate students are well aware that the tenure-track career path is no longer the “default.” Where a postdoctoral research position was once the expected norm, the current climate for stable academic careers after that postdoc has become increasingly perilous to early-stage researchers. Thankfully, this is no secret. To the contrary, it is the beginning point to many discussions and writings concerning the current state of PhD programs in context of a proper job training. There is a major downside to the “default tenure-track mindset”. Read more...