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Building a career outside academia : a guide for doctoral students in the behavioral and social sciences /
"After years of hard work and many long hours, you've finally finished your dissertation and earned your doctorate. You have persevered through many challenges, but there is still one dilemma that lays before you: What will you do with your degree? While many graduates go on to pursue acad...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington D.C. :
American Psychological Association,
[2019]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- I. How to decide on your optimal career path
- Academia or not? What moderates a doctoral student's career decisions
- Leaving and returning to academia: Can you ever go home again?
- II. Career paths for behavioral and social science doctorates
- Postdoc: The next logical step?
- Government: Using your skills for the public good
- Private foundations: The other side of the research coin
- Consulting: Applying your skills in new arenas
- Think tanks: Applying your academic skill set to policy research
- For-profit corporations: Finding your way in the world of business
- Nonprofits: Bridging the research-practice divide
- Non-tenure-track academic jobs: The side of academia you didn't know existed
- III. Preparing yourself for the nonacademic job market
- How to get the most from your mentoring experience
- Preparing for and conducting job searches outside academia
- Networking: How to market yourself and your PhD
- Interviewing: What to expect and how to prepare
- Appendix
- Index.