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style="color:windowtext">Dear MIT Postdocs:<br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:windowtext"><br>
Dr. Natalie Lundsteen (</span><span style="color:windowtext"><span
style="color:windowtext">MIT Global Education & Career
Development) has sent along the information below about
MIT's new </span>institutional subscription to the
Versatile PhD (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.versatilephd.com">www.versatilephd.com</a>), with a new focus on the
site on STEM content. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:windowtext">As MIT Postdocs you may also access
this site.<br>
</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:windowtext">**<br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:windowtext"><a
href="http://versatilephd.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=login-redirect">Versatile
PhD</a> is a robust resource on non-academic careers for
grad students, designed to help students identify and prepare
for careers beyond academia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Some of the
many informative options available to you on this website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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level1 lfo1">
Read first-person stories written by real PhDs and ABDs who
have established non-academic careers<o:p></o:p></li>
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style="color:windowtext;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">
Join a thriving, supportive web-based community and dialogue
with "Versatile PhDs" in and outside the academy.<o:p></o:p></li>
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Completely confidential. No one at MIT, or any other
university, will know you are on this website unless you tell
them.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Through the
generous support of the Office of the Dean for Graduate
Education, MIT students, postdocs and alumni now have access
to
<a
href="http://versatilephd.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=login-redirect">Versatile
PhD</a> Premium Content, which includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:windowtext;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2">
<b>Hiring Success Stories</b> -- authentic, successful
non-academic job application materials showing how Masters,
PhD and ABD in a variety of disciplines got non-academic jobs
straight out of the academy. Compare their CVs with their
successful resumes; read their clear, helpful explanations of
how they got the job; see what advice they have for you from
their personal experience.<o:p></o:p></li>
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style="color:windowtext;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2">
<b>Career Autobiographies </b>-- first-person narratives by
people with similar backgrounds to yours, describing how their
careers developed after they left the academy. See where
others who came from PhD programs have ended up; learn what
they like and love about their non-academic careers; get a
sense of the many twists and turns that can shape your
professional destiny.<o:p></o:p></li>
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style="color:windowtext;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2">
<b>Career Panels</b> -- richly informative panel discussions
about specific non-academic careers. Each panel discussion
features 3-5 panelists, all of whom are Masters, PhD or ABD in
a wide range of disciplines, and all working in the specific
career being discussed. Career paths covered include Federal
Government, Freelance Writing & Editing, Policy Analysis,
Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Higher Education
Consulting -- all good careers for people with graduate
degrees.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:windowtext">Please note: You'll have to register
the first time you access the
<a
href="http://versatilephd.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=login-redirect">Versatile
PhD website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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