Resources for Faculty Advising PhDs Considering Nonacademic Careers - More faculty are accepting and promoting nonacademic career alternatives for their graduate students and postdocs. But for some faculty without extensive industry experience or contacts, it’s difficult to offer advice and counsel to these students. This workshop provides information and tools that Grad Student and Postdoc Offices and Associations can provide to faculty who want to mentor their PhDs to the opportunities available and additional skills required for a successful nonacademic job search.
Some of the topics we’ll cover:
- The non-academic job market for STEM and SocSci PhDs
- Nonacademic career exploration resources for PhDs
- Skills required of PhDs for nonacademic jobs
- Making industry internships/fellowships work for the PhD and advisor
- Counseling and networking resources for nonacademically-bound PhDs
- Supporting non-academic career PhDs emotionally and behaviorally
At the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Be prepared to offer presentations, counseling and support to faculty who are ready to mentor their students to pursue opportunities outside of academia
- Have resources and advice to share with those faculty
- Have a slide set and outline of a workshop to communicate mentoring practices to faculty
Components of this workshop have been successfully presented to faculty at Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Madison, Brown and the Medical College of Wisconsin, and at the joint annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Assoc of America. If you've offered similar workshops at your institution, please come and share your experiences.
