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Advising
1. 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.
2. Neutral third party advice
Faculty, while strongly wanting you to succeed, may have biases and want to influence you — that's their job in contributing to your professional development. If you need a neutral third party to help you process your options, actions and decisions, Career Services staff are available to advise you. And the next-listed source, The Chronicle of Higher Education, has career advice that covers all imaginable issues for those considering and pursing academic, and even non-academic, careers.
2.a. Advising at Career Services
We offer individual
advising appointments and walk-in
advising at Career Services and one-day-per-week walk-in advising at the GLC, to:
- help you fine-tune your job search plans
- review resumes, curriculum vitae, other job search documents
- address individual concerns
Advising will be most helpful to you after you have used our on-line information and resources.
2.b. Advice in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Links leaving the Career Services website open in a new browser window.
On Chronicle Careers, scroll to the bottom of the page to see the many advice columns and forums, including:
Ms. Mentor - Words of wisdom about academic culture.
Career Talk - Practical guidance for academic job seekers from professional career counselors.
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