Your Ph.D. experience has equipped you not only with specialized expertise in your discipline, but also with a strong transferable skill-set that may be applied to a range of careers. Take advantage of OCS resources to explore career options, develop professional skills and experiences and conduct a rewarding job search.
If you are in the earlier stages of your Ph.D, there are many things you can do to lay the groundwork for a successful job search. These activities take time, so take advantage of opportunities now to build knowledge, skills and network Your job search will be stressful and you will approach the process with a greater sense of empowerment and confidence.
To jumpstart your career development or for personalized advice at any stage, make an appointment with an OCS Adviser via the Yale Career Link and make sure to review the OCS calendar regularly to take advantage of the broad array of career-related programming open to you.
- Hyun Ja Shin, Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Career Services
- Jacob Gonzalez, Senior Associate Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Career Services
NEW! We’re pleased to announce that our campus has subscribed to Beyond the Professoriate’s PhD Career Training Platform. Doctoral students and postdocs can now log in and access on-demand trainings, a unique career video library, and career strategies designed to help PhDs explore career options and confidently launch an academic or nonacademic job search. To get started, choose Yale University under the drop down menu.
