{"id":85,"date":"2013-03-23T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T09:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phdcareerguide.org\/?p=85"},"modified":"2019-08-08T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T05:06:21","slug":"who-should-you-work-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phdcareerguide.org\/who-should-you-work-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Should You Work For?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many graduate students and post-docs are looking at non-academic career alternatives, and the opportunities abound. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education,\u00a0fewer than half of all PhDs will hold tenure-track positions. \u00a0But life outside the academy can be hugely rewarding and PhDs can find jobs in development, marketing, sales support, administration or management that go beyond bench work or basic research. \u00a0And\u00a0there are a wide variety of jobs in different types of companies:<\/strong>\u00a0for profit, non-profit, industry, government, military, consulting and on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the best place for you?<\/strong>\u00a0People look for different things in a job: one person might want to change the world, while another just wants a paycheck. \u00a0What do you want out of a job?<\/strong>I put together an online questionnaire\u00a0based on Tamara Erickson’s “archetypes of work-related passions” from her book\u00a0Plugged In<\/strong>\u00a0(Harvard Business Press: 2008). \u00a0(I have changed some of the questions and renamed her personality categories.)\u00a0By taking the quiz\u00a0you can determine your work personality and get suggestions about what kinds of organizations are compatible with your work style<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a short quiz and should only take you about five minutes to complete.  When you’re done you’ll see your score and links to the kinds of organizations where you’ll best fit in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the quiz now…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the author:\u00a0Doug Kalish is an educator, consultant and serial entrepreneur with a PhD in biology who has founded or been an early executive in four companies. \u00a0In the summer of 2011, he began\u00a0\u201cdougsguides\u201d\u00a0to help college students make the transition from academia to the business world. \u00a0He now devotes most of his time touring college campuses spreading the dougsguides message.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many graduate students and post-docs are looking at non-academic career alternatives, and the opportunities abound. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education,\u00a0fewer than half of all PhDs will hold tenure-track positions. \u00a0But life outside the academy can be hugely rewarding and PhDs can find jobs in development, marketing, sales support, administration or management that go…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":494,"url":"https:\/\/phdcareerguide.org\/helpful-resume-tips-for-phds\/","url_meta":{"origin":85,"position":0},"title":"Helpful Resume Tips for PhDs","date":"19.03.2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Helpful Resume Tips for PhD's So, you\u2019ve graduated with a PhD? 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