Discover a curated list of career resources and support services for PhDs and academics considering a move outside academia or seeking a new career path.
Below, you’ll find a range of career services, newsletters, and communities tailored to the unique journey of leaving academia.
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Academia or Industry? How I Learned to Pivot Between Them
A blog post on pivoting into industry and the possibility of returning to academia, published on Science.org.
Academia or Industry? How I Learned to Pivot Between Them
Academics in the Wild
An initiative to support physicists and mathematicians in their journey from academia to industry.
Academics in the Wild
After Academia
Career resources for non-academic job searches, curated by Ashley Ruba, PhD.
After Academia
After Your PhD YouTube Channel
See the latest interviews with PhDs and academics with fulfilling careers.
Alt-Ac Career Resources
A resource list created by the American Studies Association for alternative academic careers.
Alt-Ac Career Resources
Alt-Ac Jobs
A job board curating U.S.-based alternative academic jobs for advanced degrees.
Alt-Ac Jobs
Astrobites – Grad Unions 101
Resource Type: Blog Post
Description: A blog post that explores graduate unions, providing insights into their role, benefits, and the basics of unionizing in academia.
Astrobites – Grad Unions 101
Beyond Academia – UC Berkeley
A non-profit organization by UC Berkeley graduate students to help PhDs explore careers outside academia.
Beyond Academia – UC Berkeley
Beyond Academia Group
A LinkedIn network for students and postdocs exploring non-academic career options.
Beyond Academia Group
Beyond the Professoriate
Career and professional development resources for graduate students transitioning to industry.
Beyond the Professoriate
Blogging Beyond Academia
A blog from Cornell University focused on careers beyond academia.
Blogging Beyond Academia
Chronicle of Higher Education Job Board
A job board with over 30,000 live job openings in higher education.
Chronicle of Higher Education Job Board
Clueo Clinical
Specializes in helping those with limited industry experience become top-performing clinical trial professionals.
Clueo Clinical
Data Science Career Coaching By Dr. Adam Ross Nelson
Career coaching for aspiring data science and machine learning professionals.
Data Science Career Coaching By Dr. Adam Ross Nelson
Employed Historian
A resource for liberal arts and humanities graduates seeking non-academic job opportunities.
Link:Employed Historian
Forming a Student Workers Union: A Guide
Link: Read the Guide
This comprehensive guide outlines the steps and considerations involved in forming a student workers union. It provides practical advice, insights into the challenges and benefits of unionization, and highlights the importance of collective bargaining for student workers.
From PhD to Life
A career services platform by Jen Polk, PhD, helping PhDs transition to meaningful careers outside academia.
From PhD to Life
Google Interview Guide
Tips for interviewing directly from Google.
Link: Google Interview Guide
Graduate Student Unions – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Link to Article
Description: This resource package from The Chronicle of Higher Education provides an in-depth look at the rise of graduate student unions. It includes articles, reports, and analyses about the impact of unionization on graduate students, the challenges they face, and the broader implications for academia.
High Impact Memes
A social media profile sharing discussions about academic life via Twitter threads.
High Impact Memes on X
HirePhD
A non-profit organization helping PhD holders navigate non-academic career paths.
HirePhD
HirePhD. Talent Community
A LinkedIn networking group for graduate students and PhDs exploring industry careers.
HirePhD. Talent Community
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Resource Type: Book
Description: A timeless self-help classic that provides strategies for improving interpersonal skills, building relationships, and influencing others. Valuable for anyone looking to strengthen communication and networking abilities, both within and beyond academia.
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Google Books
Industry Newsletter – University of Chicago
Career advancement support for UChicago students exploring industry careers.
Industry Newsletter – University of Chicago
Kaidi Wu, Ph.D.
Career services provided by Kaidi Wu, covering non-traditional academic roles, UX research, and more.
Kaidi Wu, Ph.D. on LinkedIn
Leaving the Academy: How I Transitioned into Industry at Mid-Career
A Medium post by Dena Huisman on transitioning into industry.
Leaving the Academy on Medium
MeghanBPhD
Newsletter covering DEI, workplace culture, and leaving academia.
MeghanBPhD on LinkedIn
Minerva Recruitment
Career services supporting women and other marginalized scholars in securing employment within or outside academia.
Minerva Recruitment
MIT – How To Pivot into Industry
A free resource from MIT on transitioning from academia to industry.
MIT – How To Pivot into Industry
Papa PhD
A weekly podcast sharing diverse career journeys and experiences of PhD holders.
Papa PhD
PhD Careers Beyond Academia
An organization supporting PhD students and postdocs exploring non-academic careers.
PhD Careers Beyond Academia on LinkedIn
PhD Career Playbook – Transition to Non-Academic Career After PhD
Link: Explore the Playbook or view free articles
Description: A comprehensive, paid step-by-step playbook by Dr. David Tang designed to guide PhDs in successfully transitioning from academia to a fulfilling non-academic career. This ebook covers essential insights and practical tips to help PhDs navigate the industry job market effectively.
PhD Jobs
A job board specializing in PhD positions across various fields.
PhD Jobs
PhD Paths
Free resources with informational interviews on diverse career paths for PhDs.
PhD Paths
PhD Project Job Board
A job board with postings aimed specifically at PhD holders.
PhD Project Job Board
PhD to Industry Weekly Newsletter
A weekly newsletter helping PhDs transition to industry careers.
PhD to Industry Weekly Newsletter
Publish Not Perish
A newsletter offering tools and expert advice from career and writing coach Jenn McClearen.
Publish Not Perish
Recovering Academics
A private support community for current and former academics transitioning to new careers.
Recovering Academics
Roostervane
A career resource site by Chris Cornthwaite, PhD, helping PhD holders navigate job options outside academia.
Roostervane
The Runway Startup Postdoc Program is part business school, part research institution, and part startup incubator. Based at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Runway ushers recent PhDs in digital technology fields through a paradigm shift — from an academic mindset to an entrepreneurial outlook.
Stop Resisting Faculty Careers
An Inside Higher Ed blog post discussing career paths beyond academia.
Stop Resisting Faculty Careers
Surviving Burnout
A personal blog post by Audrey Eschright on managing burnout.
Surviving Burnout
The Bold PhD
A career resource by Dr. Gertrude Nonterah focused on helping PhDs find non-academic jobs.
The Bold PhD
The PhD Pack
A LinkedIn group for PhDs to network and share knowledge on academia, research, and industry.
The PhD Pack
The Professor is In Blog
Career guidance for grad school, job searches, and academia-to-industry transitions.
The Professor is In Blog
The Professor Is Out
A Facebook group offering support for academics moving on from academia.
The Professor Is Out on Facebook
The Recovering Academic
A series on life after academia, exploring topics like fatherhood, identity, and writing.
The Recovering Academic
Trulitica
1:1 biotech career coaching by Ali Divan, PhD.
Trulitica
USA Jobs Board
A federal job board with unique hiring paths for veterans, students, and individuals with disabilities.
USA Jobs Board
Versatile PhD
A platform helping PhD holders explore and prepare for non-academic careers.
Versatile PhD