Job Search Outside Academia
Tufts Friedman School Doctoral graduates are successful in careers in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. The Block Career Services Center supports grad students as they prepare documents, search and apply for positions, interview and make decisions about options. Use the following resources to help you move forward.
Resumes and Cover Letters
In addition to the samples and tips below, visit the Block Career Services Center Resume, CV & Cover Letter page for info about formatting and customizing your documents, creating a list of references, and more.
- Turn Your CV into a Resume (University of Washington)
- CV/Resume Differences (University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign)
Job Search Tips and Listings
- Beyond Academe: Tips on job options, changing a CV to a resume and career paths; produced by and for historians
- Idealist: Jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities in the nonprofit sector
- Career Fields for PhDs by Skill Set: Matches different skill sets to complementary career areas in business, media, academia, nonprofits and government
- USAJobs and Go Government: Federal Government jobs as well as advice for students and recent grads
- MyVisaJobs: Helps international students identify target employers where sponsorship is likely; includes list of Top 100 Employers of H1-B visa-holders searchable by company name, job function, city and state
- HigherEdJobs: Includes administrative positions at colleges and universities
- HERC Higher Ed Career Smart Brief: 3x weekly newsletter summarizing higher ed news
- New York Academy of Sciences: Science Alliance: Interviews of PhDs who have transitioned to different career fields
- Nonacademic Career Options for PhDs in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Columbia University)
- Outside Academia: Pursuing Careers in Industry, Business or Nonprofits (Brown University)
Resources
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- Imagine PhD: Create a free account to access self-assessment tools, information for 16 job families in the humanities and social sciences, sample resumes and cover letters, and more
- myIDP: Brought to you by Science Careers, this resource offers info on various scientific career paths, as well as self-assessment and goal-setting tools
- The Professor is In, The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job by Karen Kelsky, PH.D. (Three Rivers Press 2015)
- So What are you Going to Do with That? Finding Careers Outside Academia by Susan Basalla & Maggie Debelius (University of Chicago Press 2015)
- Next Gen PhD, A guide to Career Paths in Science by Melanie V. Sinche (Harvard University Press 2016)
