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          style="color:windowtext">Dear MIT Postdocs:<br>
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          Dr. Natalie Lundsteen (</span><span style="color:windowtext"><span
            style="color:windowtext">MIT Global Education &amp; 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>
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          style="color:windowtext">As MIT Postdocs you may also access
          this site.<br>
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          style="color:windowtext">**<br>
          <br>
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          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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          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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          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
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Through the
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          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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          <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. &nbsp;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
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          <b>Career Autobiographies </b>-- first-person narratives by
          people with similar backgrounds to yours, describing how their
          careers developed after they left the academy. &nbsp;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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          <b>Career Panels</b> -- richly informative panel discussions
          about specific non-academic careers. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;Career paths covered include Federal
          Government, Freelance Writing &amp; Editing, Policy Analysis,
          Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Higher Education
          Consulting -- all good careers for people with graduate
          degrees.<o:p></o:p></li>
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          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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