References on Career Planning and Professional Success for Graduate Students

General and Academic References

• {NEW} Intentional Career Planning for Graduate Students (2021), from the University of Washington Graduate School
• {NEW} Career Resources for Graduate Students (2021), from the University of British Columbia Student Services Division
• {NEW} Career Planning Courses Increase Career Readiness of Graduate and Postdoctoral Trainees (2020), by Rebekah L. Layton, et. al, published by F1000 Research
• Odds are, Your Doctorate Will Not Prepare you for a Profession Outside Academe (2019, December), by L. Maren Wood, from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Reporting Post-Graduation Outcomes of Doctoral Students Using NCSES/NSF Data, by Julienne Palblusa, Ph.D. (2019 conference paper, California Association for Institutional Research)
• Beyond the Professoriate: Courses Fundamentals of Job Search for PhDs (Humanities, Social Science, and STEM disciplines and non-academic career pathways) Additional courses are available for subscription at a fee from Beyond the Professoriate
• Medicine Career Exploration and Skill Development
  An exemplary website for Health Professional students at the University of California at San Francisco, this resource is filled with resources that any student anywhere will find beneficial, emphasizing student career exploration, skills development, and self-assessment. Includes the resource The MIND Career Exploration Roadmap
• The Career Planning Process: 4 Steps to Choosing a Career
  From the award-winning careers website The Balance Careers
• 6 Career-Building Steps to Take While in Graduate School
  Sponsored by BiteSizeBio, this reference by Crystina Pyrgaki emphasizes early development of career-building skills for graduate students in the sciences. Recommended for other disciplines also
• Understanding PhD Career Pathways: A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study
  This resource guide from the Council of Graduate Schools is represented as having the goal “to expand the definition of what career success means” for graduate schools, graduate students, and alumni
• The Professor is In
  This comprehensive graduate student success site is maintained by a former tenured professor Karen L. Kelsky, Ph.D
• From Doctoral Study to… 
  A series from the Chronicle of Higher Education focusing on nonfaculty career options for PhDs who want to work in higher education. Especially important is the resource The First Steps to a Nonfaculty Job Search for Ph.Ds.
• MyIDP Individualized Career Plan for Doctoral Students in Sciences
  This site enables current doctoral students to create a profile and then follow various career planning scenarios. Highly recommended regardless of your current discipline of study
• Imagine PhD
  Top-rated career exploration and planning tool for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences
• Connected Academics: Preparing Doctoral Students of Language and Literature for a Variety of Careers
  Sponsored by the Modern Language Association
• The PhD Career Ladder Program
  The Ladder Program was founded on two principles: peer support and incremental progress. Students can group together to communually explore and prepare for their futures. With the Ladder Program, students gain a dedicated time and place for career development, as well as access to peer mentoring and constructive feedback. The benefit of group sharing is cumulative group learning
  
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