Job Search Resources
Job Search Strategy and Checklist:
Not sure where to start? Here are some ways to get started on your job search.About Our Team
Self Assessment Tools for Career Exploration
Explore Diverse Career Paths in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Explore Diverse Career Paths in the Sciences
Resources for Teaching Jobs
How to Turn Your CV Into a Resume
Resume Templates
How to Write Cover Letters
Get Work Experience and Gain Practical Skills
How to Build Your Network
Requesting Informational Interviews
How Do I Prepare for an Interview
Preparing for Technical Interviews
About Our Team
Self-Assessment Tools for Career Exploration
Assess your skills, interests and values to find a career path that is a good fit for you.- MyIDP Science Careers (Sciences): A career-planning tool that was created to help graduate students and postdocs in the sciences define and pursue their career goals.
- ImaginePhD (Humanities/Social Sciences/Arts): A career exploration and planning tool for the humanities and social sciences.
- InterSECT Job Simulations: Provides true-to-life job simulation exercises to explore career options. Try out some exercises in a field you're interested in!
- Idealist (non-profit jobs)
- LinkedIn Jobs
- Government Jobs
- Handshake Jobs and Internships
Diverse Career Paths in the Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences
Brandeis GSAS Alumni in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts pursue a diverse range of career paths in public and private research, non profits, think tanks, higher education and government.
- Idealist (non-profit jobs)
- Anthropology Careers and Employment
- American Historical Association Jobs and Professional Development
- USA Jobs - The Federal Government
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Think Tanks: The 50 Most Influential Think Tanks To Work At
- Higher Education Administration Jobs: Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
- Modern Language Association Career Resources for PhDs
- K-12 Teaching Jobs - National Association of Independent Schools
- National Gallery of Art Jobs and Internships
- Beyond the Professoriate Development Blog and Events
- LinkedIn ASA Networking Group for Sociologists in Practice Settings
- Carpe Careers: A new essay every week featuring career advice for PhDs.
Diverse Career Paths in the Sciences
Brandeis GSAS Alumni in the Sciences pursue a diverse range of career paths but not limited to government and non profit organizations, science communication, research and medical affair industry jobs.
- Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
- Nature Careers
- American Chemical Society Career Planning Tool - ChemIDP
- American Mathematical Society - Explore Job Options
- American Psychological Association - Psychology Careers
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Career Resources
- US Department of State Career Paths
- NIH Scientific Careers
- AAAS Science Career Newsletter
- Women In Science
- InterSECT Job Simulations: Provides true-to-life job simulation exercises to explore career options. Try out some exercises in a field you're interested in!
Resources for Teaching Jobs
- Considering Community Colleges: MLA Committee on Community Colleges
- A Community College Teaching Career: MLA Committee on
- Community Colleges
- 5 Terrific Transferable Skills in Teaching: Beyond the Professoriate
- STEM PhDs Academic Job Market
- Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Careers
How to Turn Your CV Into A Resume
- How To Write A Resume When You Have An Academic CV
- Turning a CV Into a Resume
- Connecting Your Resume to the Job Ad
- Writing a Resume Summary
- Resume and Cover Letter Templates For PhDs
Resume Templates
- Data Science and Machine Learning
- User Experience Research
- Science Industry Research
- Science Communications
- Advocacy and Nonprofit
- Software Engineer
How to Write a Cover Letter
- Tips on Writing a Cover Letter
- Uncovering the Secrets of Writing a Cover Letter
- How to Write a Cover Letter
- Sample Cover Letter
Get Work Experience and Gain Practical Skills
- Read about these 7 career competencies to show on your resume
- Connected PhD Grant
- Make an appointment with the SciComm lab
- Brandeis Innovation I-Corps Program (funded by the NSF)
- LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) offers more than 5,000 high-quality educational videos on topics ranging from using different technologies to building business and professional skills.
- DeisHacks Check out this year's Brandeis Social Impact Hackathon from 2/3-2/5, where students are connected with 12 nonprofits to solve real-life problems and make improvements.
How to Build Your Network
- Beyond the Professoriate: 10 Things Your PhD Advisor Never Told You About Growing Your Professional Network
- Requesting an Informational Interview
- Join our Brandeis GSAS Careers and Connections Group
- B Connect
- Passive Networking for Long-Term Career Success
- How to Tell Your PhD Career Transition Story
- Getting Started With LinkedIn
- Using LinkedIn to Research Career Options
- How to Build Your LinkedIn Profile
- 8 LinkedIn Profile Tips for Graduate Students
Requesting Informational Interviews
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Template to help you get started with language to reach out for informational interviews
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Conducting informational interviews is a great way to learn about potential diverse career paths and ask questions about skills needed. Here are some questions to get you started.
- Inside Higher Ed - Informational Interviews
- Ask a Manager - Actually Useful Questions to Ask in Informational Interviews
- What is informational interviewing and where do I start?
Interviewing
- How to Prepare for an Interview
- How to answer the question, ‘Tell Me About Yourself?’
- How to answer Common Interview Questions
- How to answer Behavioral Interview Questions
- What is the hiring process like outside of academia?
- Negotiating a Job Offer
- How to Build and Grow Your Network
- Meet with us one-on-one for a practice mock interview!
Preparing for Technical Interviews
- LeetCode: prepare for programming interviews
- Interview Cake: prepare for programming interviews
- Consultingcase 101: preparing for management consulting interviews