When Dreams Collide  http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/04/17/kelly

Non-Academic Job Search Books in the Career Center Library 

Basalla, Susan and Maggie Debelius So What Are You Going to Do With That?: A Guide to Career-Changing for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2001

Newhouse, Margaret, Outside the Ivory Tower: A Guide for Academics Considering Alternative Careers. Cambridge: Harvard College, 1991

Fiske, Peter S., Put Your Science to Work: The Take Charge Career Guide for Scientists. Washington, D.C.: AGU, 2001

Robbins-Roth, Cynthia, Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower, Burlington, MA.: Elservier Academic Press, 2006

Cryer, Shelly, The Non Profits Career Guide, Burlington, MA.: Fieldstone Alliance, St. Paul MN., 2008

Other Non-Academic Job Search Books 

Feibleman, P.J., A Ph.D. is not Enough! Reading MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993

Fiske, Peter S., To Boldly Go: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists, Washington, D.C.: AGU, 1996

Schiebelbein, Joan, Putting Tour Graduate Degree to Work, University of Alberta Press, 2001

Networking Quick Tip

Informational Interviews Quick Tip

Check out more ways to Connect with Professionals including Career Connections Network.

 

Linkedin.com httpp://www.linkedin.com

 

Professional Societies http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/organizations/professional/

 

Scholarly Societies http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html

 

Internships https://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDintern.stm

Search the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Beyond the Ivory Tower and Career Advice columns for articles about Ph.D.’s in non-academic jobs

Where to Find Information on Non-Academic Careers http://chronicle.com/article/Where-to-Find-Information-o/45379/

Art History Career Options site

 http://www.nd.edu/~crosenbe/jobs.html

Science, Math, Engineering, Computer Science

 http://www.phds.org/

http://www.sciencecareers.org

Humanities, Arts, Social Science, Education

http://www.beyondacademe.com

http://career.studentaffairs.duke.edu/graduate/wrk4us/index.html

http://www.ironstring.com/sellout/philologists/flown_philologists.shtml

Psychology

http://www.apa.org/science/nonacad_careers.html

Government Careers

http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/careers/forms/Federal%20Careers.pdf

K-12 options

http://www.teachcalifornia.org/

Public Relations

http://aboutpublicrelations.net/jobsinpr.htm

Consulting

http://students.syr.edu/career/gradstu/outsideacademia-consulting.htm

Writing

http://www.poewar.com/glossary-of-writing-careers/

http://www.poewar.com/articles/freelancing-articles/

H1 visa jobs http://h1visajobs.com/

Non academic science careers http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/

Biotech and pharma, job listings  http://www.biospace.com/resources.aspx

California Energy Commission  http://www.energy.ca.gov/careers/index.html

EngineeringJobs.com www.engineeringjobs.com

Science and Engineer job search  http://www.phds.org/

Careers in political activism, with job board   http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/

Medical Device and Diagnostics News & Jobs   http://www.devicespace.com/

Job Search for Technology Professionals   http://www.dice.com/