So What Are You Going to Do With That? : Finding Careers Outside Academia

Preface xi Introduction 1(18) Will I Have to Wear a Suit?: Rethinking Life After Graduate School 19(24) Getting Your Head Ready 21(3) Should I Finish My Dissertation? 24(4) How to Use Your Grad School Years Wisely 28(3) Whodunit? And How Can I Do It Too? 31(2) So What Am I Going to Do? 33(2) Six Myths about Post-Academic Careers 35(2) Five Questions for Rethinking Graduate School 37(3) Your Eclectic Mix 40(2) Post-Academic Profile: Tom Magliozzi, Cohost of NPR's Car Talk, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering 42(1) How Do I Figure Out What Else to Do?: Soul-Searching Before Job Searching 43(32) Take Inventory 45(4) Break It Down 49(6) Looking Backward: Seven Stories 55(3) The Bookstore at the End of the Mind 58(2) ``This Is Your Brain on Graduate School'' 60(1) No Need for a #2 Pencil 61(2) Where Are All Those Ph.D.'s Anyway? 63(10) Create Your Own Possibilities 73(1) Post-Academic Profile: David Rosengarten, Television Cooking Show Host, Ph.D. in Theater History 73(2) Testing the Waters: Networking and Transitional Experience 75(24) The Power of Networking 79(2) Networking That Works 81(2) Information Interviews 83(10) Getting Your Feet Wet: Internships, Part-Time Jobs, and Volunteer Work 93(3) Transitional Tales 96(1) So When Do I Start Looking for a Job? 97(1) Post-Academic Profile: Shannon Mrksich, Patent Attorney, Ph.D. in Chemistry 98(1) This Might Hurt a Bit: Turning a CV into a Resume 99(28) Getting Ready to Write a Resume 101(5) Writing a Resume: The First Draft 106(2) A Few More Words of Advice 108(3) After You've Drafted a Resume 111(2) Case Studies and Sample Resumes 113(9) Cover Letters That Will Get You Hired 122(3) Post-Academic Profile: Bryan Garman, Prep School Headmaster, Ph.D. in American Studies 125(2) Sweaty Palms, Warm Heart: How to Turn an Interview into a Job 127(22) How to Land a Job Interview 129(1) Before the Interview 130(5) During the Interview 135(6) After the Interview 141(1) What If the Interview Doesn't Go Well? 142(1) The Job Offer (or Lack Thereof) 143(1) Negotiation 143(3) Adjusting to Your New Job 146(1) Post-Academic Profile: Annie Hurlbut, Founder of Peruvian Connection, A.B.D. in Anthropology 147(2) Conclusion 149