{"433861":{"#nid":"433861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Resource Available for Job-Seeking Graduate Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConcerned about the academic job market? Thinking about nonacademic careers? Georgia Tech now offers a resource that will make your life a little easier.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech faculty members are well prepared to advise students on academic careers \u2014 where we hope many doctoral students end up,\u201d said Susan Cozzens, vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development. \u201cBut the faculty have asked for help with providing advice about careers outside of universities, and Versatile PhD helps to fill that gap.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are a few of the reasons to check out Versatile PhD:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECareer Autobiographies.\u003C\/strong\u003E There are first-person narratives in which people tell their professional stories, complete with all the twists, turns, and surprises that shaped their careers. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHiring Success Stories.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;You\u0027ll find authentic application materials used by real humanities or social science Ph.D.\u2019s or ABD\u2019s getting their first nonacademic jobs. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArchived Panel Discussions.\u003C\/strong\u003E Seven times a year, panel discussions are held on the website, featuring four to six Ph.D.s and ABDs \u2014 all working in the same nonacademic field \u2014 describing how they got in and answering questions. Careers already covered include federal government, freelance writing and editing, higher education administration, higher education consulting, and policy analysis. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo access Tech\u2019s subscription, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.grad.gatech.edu\/versatilephd\u0022\u003Ewww.grad.gatech.edu\/versatilephd\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EConcerned about the academic job market? Thinking about non-academic careers? Georgia Tech now offers a resource that will make your life a little easier.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Concerned about the academic job market? Thinking about non-academic careers? Georgia Tech now offers a resource that will make your life a little easier."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2015-08-12 13:44:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:22","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"433831":{"id":"433831","type":"image","title":"Versatile PhD","body":null,"created":"1449256148","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:08","changed":"1475895171","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:51"}},"media_ids":["433831"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.grad.gatech.edu\/versatilephd","title":"Versatile PhD"}],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"69901","name":"Postdocs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gradinfo@mail.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOffice of Graduate Studies\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}