Alternative Academic Career Resources
Handouts and Presentations
- Resume Checklist
- A User's Guide to Humanities Without Walls
- Reality Check by Maureen Kupstas
- Non Academic Resume and Cover Letter Workshop by Dr. Karen Kelsky
- Informational Interview Assignment
Books and Articles
About career building:
- Basalla, Suand and Maggie Debelius. “So What Are You Going to Do with That?”: Finding Careers Outside Academia. Third Edition. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2014.
- Bolles, Richard Nelson. What Color is Your Parachute? 2015: A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers. Revised, updated edition. Ten Speed Press: 2014.
- Newhouse, Margaret. Outside the Ivory Tower: A Guide for Academics Considering Alternative Careers. Harvard University Office of Career: 1993.
About Public Humanities:
- Almquist, Julka and Julia Lupton. “Affording Meaning: Design-Oriented Research from the Humanities and Social Sciences.” Design Issues: Vol. 26, #1, Winter 2010.
- Brooks, Peter and Hilary Jewett. The Humanities and Public Life. Fordham University Press: 2014
- NEH, “Humanities in the Public Square.” http://www.neh.gov/commongood
- Summer, Doris. The Work of Art in the World. Duke University Press: Durham, 2014
Websites
Websites that give general advice:
- Connected Academics
- ImaginePhD
- MLA's Guide for PhD Programs and Faculty Members in English and Other Modern Languages
- MLA's Doctoral Student Career Planning Toolkit Download
- MLA's Transferable Skills and How to Talk About Them
- AHA's The Career Diversity Five Skills
- Helping Students Prepare for Humanities Careers: Recommendations for Faculty Members
- What can you do with that PhD?: FAQs about non-academic jobs
- Talks about translating PhD skills into non-academic settings
- Information on the Foundation Field, Foundation Center
- Non-Academic Career Options for PhDs in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Created for PhDs in history, but broadly applicable information
- 10 Tips for Developing an Alternate Career While in Graduate School
- Questions to ask yourself when deciding on a career direction
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Uptowork: Resume Writing
Websites that list careers:
- Career Planner
- Most Popular Job websites
- Where Historians Work: An Interactive Database of History PhD Outcomes
Websites that include job listings:
- Academic 360
- Academic Careers Online
- American Association of Museums
- Association of American University Presses
- Book Jobs
- Careers in Business
- CareerCast
- Carney, Sandoe & Associates
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, Vitae
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Commongood Careers
- Current Public Media Jobs
- Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of State
- Glassdoor
- Global Museum
- Guru
- Herc Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
- HigherEdJobs
- Idealist
- Journalism Jobs
- Making the Difference
- National Association of Independent Schools
- National Council of Nonprofits
- National Council on Public History
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Nonprofit Career Network
- Nonprofit Jobs Center
- The Nonprofit Times
- Philanthropy New Digest Jobs Board
- Presidential Management Fellows
- Publishers Market Place, Lunch Job Board
- Publishers Weekly
- Teach for America
- United Nations Foundation
- United States Agency for International Development
- Versatile PhD website
- William J. Clinton Foundation
- Work for Good
Organizations for professional networking/membership:
- Ellevate (Megan Morgan Beausang is the head of the Chicago chapter)
- Top 100 Websites for Your Career (according to Forbes)
For Resume Building:
For Interview Preparation:
- A Better Interview (free membership)
