What If Grad School Was Useful, Actually?
Jaime HoughA hopecore professionalization podcast for graduate students and postdocs curious about how to transition their academic skills into other jobs. Three times a month we share why the skills you've learned in grad school make you a great candidate for your dream job. We cover the non-academic job search and unlearning bad habits using real examples from grad students and academic professionals just ... more
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 17 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | CareersBusiness | |||
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In this episode, we go over what we're bringing back and what we're starting for Season 2 of What if Grad School Was Useful, Actually?
Continuing from last week, we tackle another section of transferable skills from Dr. Kelsky's, "The Professor Is In" job guide giving examples of how you might phrase them on your resume, put them in your cover letter or use them to shape your job se... more
In this week's episode, we go through the list of over 100 transferable skills in Karen Kelsky's "The Professor Is In."
While Dr. Kelsky's list of skills is a great place to start, in this episode we go through over 20 skills giving examples of how ... more
As promised a few weeks ago, today's episode digs into the third, and trickiest, question in my 3-part formula for identifying the skills that you cultivated during grad school.
In honor of a new follower who is about to finish their PhD in History ... more
In this episode, I share a recent client's cover letter before and after edits. This client has worked in Higher Ed for almost a decade. While they are an excellent writer their cover letter was full of terms a non-academic audience cannot easily int... more
Today's episode is dedicated to those starting, or returning to, graduate programs in the fall term.
In this episode, we elaborate on one of the core beliefs of this podcast: that engaging with grad school for any amount of time--ANY--amount of time... more
4 big buckets contain all academic contributions.
3 important questions can help you identify what skills you're developing while pursuing your academic goals
2 find your
1 dream job!
In this episdoe I go over why I use the phrase "non-academic" when talking about jobs for graduate students and postdocs.
Lately, there has been a trend to move away from the phrase "non-academic" when talking to grad students and postdocs about car... more
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