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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.

Now Available: Presentation Recordings from the On-Campus Visit of the Partnership for Public Service in November 2023

Check out the videos below for guidance in navigating the federal job search process, presented by the Partnership for Public Service:

Mastering the Federal Resume: Your Key to Government Career Success

Are you looking to apply for federal government jobs …

By Jorimel Zaldivar
Jorimel Zaldivar Senior Associate Director for Common Good Careers
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Yale Graduate Students and Postdocs Explore Career Horizons at Jackson Laboratories

On February 1, 2024, Yale’s Office of Career Strategy (OCS) organized a site visit to Jackson Laboratories (JAX) in Farmington. This visit offered a valuable insight into the vibrant and varied field of nonprofit scientific research, showing a different side …

By Oluwatobi Oso
Oluwatobi Oso McDougal Career Fellow
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Career Strategy Essentials with the Office of Career Strategy (GSAS and Postdocs, Spring 2024)

Join OCS this spring for a series of career strategy workshops designed to help you navigate your career journey! We will introduce the many OCS resources at your disposal and cover essential skills like crafting a resume, building your professional …

By Jacob Gonzalez (he/him)
Jacob Gonzalez (he/him) Senior Associate Director, Graduate and Postdoctoral Career Services
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CareerShift

Powerful job board that all Yale OCS students and alumni have access to
Provides millions of contacts for networking (alumni) and find recruiters for various employers or by industry

Alumni Spotlights

Boris Albers (PhD ’08, Engineering & Applied Science)

PhD, STEM
  • Consultant Russell Reynolds Associates
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Alissa Ardito Ashcroft (PhD ’04, Political Science)

PhD, Social Sciences
  • Assistant General Counsel Congressional Budget Office
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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
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Anna Barry PhD ’98, Biophysical Chemistry

PhD, STEM
  • Venture Partner Deerfield Management
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Anne Bauer (PhD ’08, Physics)

PhD, STEM
  • Lead Data Scientist The New York Times
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Arjel Bautista (PhD ’10 Chemistry)

PhD, STEM
  • Senior Director, ESG Performance and Reporting Bristol Myers Squibb
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Lauren Bierbaum (PhD ’08, American Studies)

Humanities, PhD
  • Senior Research Analyst CREDO, Stanford University
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Peter Blodgett (PhD ’07, History)

Humanities, PhD
  • H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History Huntington Library
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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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Search continually updated U.S. market trends to learn about job types (job functions), growth trends, and desired skills. The results will include general information about each job (functional area), employment trends from the past two years and projections for the next 10 years, employers that have that role, desired education level, skills for the position, and more!

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CONTACT & LOCATION

Phone
(203) 432-0803
Email
careerstrategy@yale.edu
Website
http://ocs.yale.edu
Address

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New Haven, CT 06510

SERVICE HOURS

Day of the week
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Monday 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm

The office is closed weekends, holidays, and recess days.