Advising and advice

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Career Services Building (0128)
Corner of Washington Street & West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
phone 540-231-6241 fax 540-231-3293 www.career.vt.edu

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and graduate level, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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Advising & Advice

Advising at Career Services
	We offer individual advising appointments and walk-in advising to: - help you fine-tune your job search plans - review resumes, curriculum vitae and other job search documents - address individual concerns
	Advising will be most helpful to you after you have used our on-line information and resources.

Advising from your faculty
	As a graduate student, you are developing as a professional. As a Ph.D. student, you are being groomed to become a colleague among the faculty. An essential part of your professional development is to seek advising from your faculty members.
	In the academic job search, faculty make up the search committees you'll encounter in the hiring process. They can advise you on what they look for in candidates.

Advice in The Chronicle of Higher Education
	Landing your first job
	Ms. Mentor - Words of wisdom about academic culture.
	Career Talk - Practical guidance for academic job seekers from professional career counselors.
	Balancing Act - Balancing work and family; dual career issues.
	All in the Game - An inside look at academic careers, hiring, and culture by Stanley Fish.
	Non-academic careers for Ph.D.s
	In Non-academic careers for Ph.D.s > Breaking the News: getting the courage to tell your advisor you won't be pursuing a career in academia
	Beyond the Ivory Tower - What you should know about nonacademic careers for Ph.D.s.
	Humanities at Work - Guidance from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation on careers for humanities Ph.D.s.
	First Person - Firsthand accounts of Ph.D.s on landing jobs and working in academe, or outside the ivory tower.