Ph.Ds & Postdocs

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.

Applications for the WWF Bridge program are now open!

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BRIDGE is WWF’s summer internship program. Launched in 2021, it is a paid internship opportunity aimed at a pool of talented undergraduate and graduate students who could bring fresh thinking and innovation to the environmental sector. In particular, WWF …

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Stanley Willard Jr. Assistant Director of Employer Relations
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How do I make my military resume stand out?

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Lisa Blees Assistant Director, Programming & Internal Relations
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Beyond the Blog: Why You Shouldn’t Rely Only on Highlighted Job Posts 

We know that as a busy graduate student or postdoc, your time is limited—and that’s why we try to highlight curated job opportunities in newsletters and blog posts. But here’s the truth: what we post is only the tip of …

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Giselle Tsikaridis Senior Administrative Assistant
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Alumni Spotlights

Ben Akhuetie-Oni (Ph.D. ’19, MCDB)

PhD, STEM
  • Director of Business Assessment, Oncology Pfizer
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Boris Albers (PhD ’08, Engineering & Applied Science)

PhD, STEM
  • Consultant Russell Reynolds Associates
Meet Boris

Alissa Ardito Ashcroft (PhD ’04, Political Science)

PhD, Social Sciences
  • Assistant General Counsel Congressional Budget Office
Meet Alissa

Ellen Babby (PhD ’80, French Literature)

Humanities, PhD
  • Independent Consultant Nonprofit Management
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Ariel Bardi (PhD ’15, Comparative Literature)

Humanities, PhD
  • Freelance Journlist
Meet Ariel

Anne Bauer (PhD ’08, Physics)

PhD, STEM
  • Lead Data Scientist The New York Times
Meet Anne

Arjel Bautista (PhD ’10 Chemistry)

PhD, STEM
  • Senior Director, ESG Performance and Reporting Bristol Myers Squibb
Meet Arjel

Lauren Bierbaum (PhD ’08, American Studies)

Humanities, PhD
  • Senior Research Analyst CREDO, Stanford University
Meet Lauren

Peter Blodgett (PhD ’07, History)

Humanities, PhD
  • H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History Huntington Library
Meet Peter

Nancy Brune (PhD ’06, Political Science)

PhD
  • Executive Director Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities
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Erin Burke (PhD ’17, Biological Anthropology)

PhD
  • Researcher Modern Fertility
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Meisha Bynoe (PhD ’10, Microbiology)

PhD, STEM
  • Director of Customer Services & Business Operations Philips Healthcare Canada
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Vault Career Guides

This is just a sampling of the many career and industry guides available through Vault/Firsthand, a resource free to Yale students and postdocs.

 

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