{"id":6877,"date":"2011-06-02T14:16:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T21:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2011-06-02T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T21:16:24","slug":"unsolicited-advice-non-academic-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/02\/unsolicited-advice-non-academic-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsolicited Advice: Non-Academic Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I know nothing very useful about the job market outside academia, I <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2011\/05\/18\/soliciting-advice-non-academic-careers-for-ph-d-s\/\">solicited suggestions for specific pointers and helpful websites<\/a>.  A bushel of useful advice and thought-provoking comments resulted.<\/p>\n<p>My original idea was to summarize what I thought was the best advice, and turn it into a single post.  This idea has been undermined by (1) me not knowing which advice is best, and (2) a wide variety of occasionally-contradictory advice, presumably all applicable in different circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>So instead here I&#8217;m just going to link to some of the most promising-looking resources that were mentioned.  I encourage you to read <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2011\/05\/18\/soliciting-advice-non-academic-careers-for-ph-d-s\/\">the comments on the original post<\/a> to get more ideas, and chime in here to keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collections of Online Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alternative-scientist.blogspot.com\/\">The Alternative Scientist<\/a> (blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theprodigalacademic.blogspot.com\/p\/non-academic-science-career-information.html\">Non-Academic Career Information<\/a> &#8212; a fantastic compendium from Prodigal Academic <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phds.org\/career-resources\">PhDs.org: Career Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyond-physics.org\/\">Beyond Physics<\/a>: From the University to the Work Market (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beyondphysics\">Facebook group<\/a>)<\/li>\n<p><strong>Discussion Forums<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aps.org\/units\/fgsa\/careers\/non-traditional\/index.cfm\">APS Forum on Graduate Student Affairs &#8212; Non-Traditional Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/forums\/index.php\/board,28.0.html\">Leaving Academe Forum<\/a> &#8212; Chronicle of Higher Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scforum.aaas.org\/\">Science Careers Forum<\/a> &#8212; AAAS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/versatilephd.com\/\">Versatile Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n<p><strong>Specific Kinds of Jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siam.org\/about\/mii\/\">Mathematics in Industry<\/a> &#8212; SIAM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/members.aas.org\/career\/nonacademic\/bycareertype.cfm\">Non-Academic Astronomers Network<\/a> &#8212; AAS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/intersection\/2010\/08\/23\/updated-policy-fellowships-for-scientists-engineers\/\">Policy Fellowships for Scientists and Engineers<\/a> &#8212; a comprehensive list from Sheril Kirshenbaum<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/radar.oreilly.com\/2010\/06\/what-is-data-science.html\">What Is Data Science?<\/a> &#8212; Mike Loukides<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phys.lsu.edu\/classes\/spring2011\/phys7857\/\">How to Get a Job in Physics<\/a> &#8212; Graduate course at LSU by Jorge Pullin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bitesizebio.com\/articles\/alternative-careers-for-scientists\/\">Alternative Careers for Scientists<\/a> &#8212; Bitesize Bio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceboard.net\/community\/perspectives.20.html\">Careers in Science Policy<\/a> &#8212; Heather Rieff<\/li>\n<p><strong>Personal Stories\/Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/jobs\/pnas\/\">Project for Non-Academic Science<\/a> &#8212; Guest-blog accounts collected by Chad Orzel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/goodmath\/2009\/12\/academia_vs_industry_an_update.php\">Academia vs. Industry<\/a> (Math) &#8212; Mark Chu-Carroll<\/li>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Alternative-Careers-Science-Scientific-Survival\/dp\/0125893760\">Alternative Careers in Science<\/a> &#8212; Cynthia Robbins-Roth<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Put-Your-Science-Work-Take-Charge\/dp\/0875902952\/\">Put Your Science to Work<\/a> &#8212; Peter Fiske<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Are-You-Going-That\/dp\/0226038823\/\">So What Are You Going to Do With That?<\/a> &#8212; Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius<\/li>\n<p><strong>Job Ads\/Finders<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/\">Government Jobs Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scjobs.sciencemag.org\/JobSeekerX\/SearchJobsForm.asp\"><em>Science<\/em> JobSeeker<\/a> &#8212; AAAS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/naturejobs\/science\/welcome\"><em>Nature<\/em> Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientistjobs.com\/jobs\/default.aspx\">New Scientist<\/a> Jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/careers\/\"><em>The Scientist<\/em> Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I know nothing very useful about the job market outside academia, I solicited suggestions for specific pointers and helpful websites. A bushel of useful advice and thought-provoking comments resulted. My original idea was to summarize what I thought was the best advice, and turn it into a single post. This idea has been undermined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-advice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}