Career and professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs include:

Career Exploration: PhD Pathways Virtual Session, STEM Career Exploration Courses
Academic Job Search: Academic Job Search Summer Series, Career Transition Guides
Who's Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs: Harvard Kennedy School, Toledo Museum of Art, Office of Attorney General

More information and links to register can be found below.

Career Exploration

PhD Career Pathways Virtual Information Session
Thursday, June 26, noon

Join us to learn more about the 2025-2026 PhD Career Pathways program, a professional development and project-based internship opportunity for Ph.D. students in the humanities, arts and social sciences to gain experience working in community and professional organizations.

Build a community with graduate students from different departments who are exploring similar career experiences.
Learn how to translate skills into a variety of professional contexts.
Explore career options outside of academia.

Learn about the sites and hear from past fellows during this info session!

For more information about the application process, timeline and past fellows, check out our website. Deadline to apply is June 29.

Fall 2025 STEM Career Exploration Course
NSC 098D, Mondays from 5-6:15 p.m., in-person

Designed specifically for graduate students and postdocs in STEM fields, this zero-hour course will help you explore career options and develop a career plan to pursue a career in academia, industry, nonprofit, government and business.

Please fill out this form to join the course and we will register you when the registration window opens. Graduate students can register using course code #50300 during your registration window. Postdocs will need to fill out the form.

Questions? Contact Anastazja Harris, Program Manager for Career Education.

Academic Job Search Preparation

Registration Open! Academic Job Search Summer Series
Tuesday, July 8 | Insights into the Academic Job Search Process Virtual Panels

STEM Alumni Panel | noon-1:15 p.m.
HASS Alumni Panel | 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.

Academic Job Search Bootcamp (in-person, PCL Learning Labs)

HASS graduate students & postdocs | Thursday, July 10, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
STEM graduate students & postdocs | Friday, July 11, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Explore Career Transition Guides

Alumni@Work Spotlight
Explore Alumni Profiles, including:
Jason Schroepfer, Assistant Professor of Arabic, Virginia Military Institute

Who’s Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs?

Jobs

Applied Materials
Mechanical Engineer

Blue Health Intelligence
Associate Data Engineer

Child Development Services, Wyoming
Executive Director

Arlington Independent School District
Data Analyst- Research & Accountability

Harvard Kennedy School
Assistant Director, Research & Writing

H. T. Harvey & Associates
Wildlife Ecologists, Managerial level

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Biomaterials Scientist/Engineer Post-Doctoral Fellow

Office of Attorney General
Research Economist - SES

Thinktown Education Inc.
Academic Advisor (Writing Track)

Toledo Museum of Art
Brian P Kennedy Leadership Fellow

View the jobs and apply

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