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Enduring Skills and the Future of Work
No one succeeds alone, writes Chris Smith, so graduate students should focus on building human skills in order to advance in their careers.
How to Optimize Your Career Preparation
Tithi Basu Mallik and Kay Kimball Gruder each share their favorite pieces of guidance—their best recommendations for strategic actions you can take—in five key areas.
Creating a Sabbatical at Any Stage of Your Career
Nana Lee advises how to create a time for growth and reflection even though it’s not a formal part of your program.
Way Finding
When you look back over your entire career and life, Victoria McGovern asks, who said or did something that helped guide you?
Postdocs Need People, Especially Each Other
The impulse to reach out and talk to another human being is what will help you the most right now—and also in the future, writes Briana Mohan.
Strategies for Career Exploration in Uncertain Times
Linda Louie offers four steps that grad students and postdocs can take to get past faulty assumptions and more rigorously examine the best options.
Can AI Write Your Next Résumé and Cover Letter?
Joseph Barber offers recommendations for how graduate students can leverage artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for exploring career options and pursuing opportunities.
Finding a Career Mentor (in Addition to an Academic One)
Your thesis adviser may be the best person to guide your research, but conversations about your career may need to happen outside your department, Daniel J. Moglen advises.