Home » resources
Category Archives: resources
What’s next?
You may have begun graduate school for a variety of reasons—a love of research, a passion to make an impact through your work on a particular topic, the chance to study with an inspiring scholar among our faculty, a career aspiration that requires a master’s or doctoral degree, or simply a recognition that a graduate degree opens many more professional doors than a bachelor’s degree does. And if you’re a Duke graduate student, you probably had the chance to choose Duke over several other competitive options. You’re a goal-driven, ambitious, forward-looking person.
After Duke, what’s next? (more…)
The Versatile PhD: your guide to the afterlife
The after(-academia-)life, that is.
Maybe you’re the proactive kind of student who started preparing for life after the PhD early in your graduate school career – networking, conferencing, setting up informational interviews, and staying abreast of job market trends and placement data. Or maybe, like me, you have approached your graduate education as an end in itself, immersing yourself in your research and writing without much thought for what would come next. No matter where you may fall on the continuum of career-preparedness, it can be daunting to navigate the transition out of graduate school and into your professional life. (more…)
