Explore a curated collection of career resources designed for PhDs and academics navigating career transitions beyond academia or exploring new professional opportunities.
Below, you’ll find specialized job boards featuring opportunities tailored for individuals with advanced academic backgrounds, connecting them with roles in industry, government, nonprofit sectors, and beyond.
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Alt-Ac Jobs
A job board curating U.S.-based alternative academic jobs for advanced degrees.
Chronicle of Higher Education Job Board
A job board with over 30,000 live job openings in higher education.
The Handshake AI Fellowship is a remote, part-time gig where you get paid to help train, validate, and enhance large language models used by top AI labs. They are looking for PhDs and other experts.
Here’s what you can expect:
- Flexible schedule: Asynchronous work so you can shape when and how much you commit.
- Remote work: Contribute from wherever you are.
- Good pay: Depending on your level of expertise and the project, you could earn $60-$150/hour.
- Meaningful tasks: Reviewing AI-generated content, annotating data, suggesting improvements, shaping outputs—work that actually helps make AI more accurate, fair, reliable.
A job board for nonprofit roles and volunteering experiences.
A broad job board on LinkedIn that you are well aware of. When searching for research-oriented industry roles, expand beyond the title “Researcher” by using adjacent terms like Scientist, Analyst, Strategist, Specialist, or Engineer (for STEM fields). Titles like Consultant, Advisor, Officer, and Program or Project Manager are also common in research-driven organizations, NGOs, and policy-related roles. These alternatives often align well with advanced academic skills while opening doors across industry, government, and non-profits.
New Scientist Jobs
A job board curating U.S.-based alternative academic jobs for advanced degrees.
PhD Jobs
A job board specializing in PhD positions across various fields.
PhD Project Job Board
A job board with postings aimed specifically at PhD holders.
A job board hosted by the Science academic journal, STEM related roles.
Remote jobs that pay at least $60K at ed tech, education-adjacent, and mission-driven companies. Find curated jobs that value your education or edtech background. You can sign up for more job listings with the paid upgrades. After Your PhD may receive a commission for paid upgrades.
USA Jobs Board
A federal job board with unique hiring paths for veterans, students, and individuals with disabilities.