Versatile PhD: Resource for non-academic careers

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear MIT Postdocs:


Dr. Natalie Lundsteen (MIT Global Education & Career Development) has 
sent along the information below about MIT's new institutional 
subscription to the Versatile PhD (www.versatilephd.com), with a new 
focus on the site on STEM content.

As MIT Postdocs you may also access this site.

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Versatile PhD 
<http://versatilephd.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=login-redirect> is a 
robust resource on non-academic careers for grad students, designed to 
help students identify and prepare for careers beyond academia.

Some of the many informative options available to you on this website:

  * Read first-person stories written by real PhDs and ABDs who have
    established non-academic careers
  * Join a thriving, supportive web-based community and dialogue with
    "Versatile PhDs" in and outside the academy.
  * Completely confidential. No one at MIT, or any other university,
    will know you are on this website unless you tell them.

Through the generous support of the Office of the Dean for Graduate 
Education, MIT students, postdocs and alumni now have access to 
Versatile PhD 
<http://versatilephd.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=login-redirect> 
Premium Content, which includes:

  * *Hiring Success Stories* -- 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.
  * *Career Autobiographies *-- 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.
  * *Career Panels* -- 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.

Please note: You'll have to register the first time you access the 
Versatile PhD website 
<http://versatilephd.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=login-redirect>.

    <mailto:ncl at mit.edu>

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