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Category: Alt-Ac Jobs
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Last year, we hosted a thread seeking to crowdsource job opportunities for philosophers outside of academia ('alt-ac' jobs). Given that a new thread was requested in our current job-market discussion thread, I thought it might be good to run new threads each job season. So here is this year's thread! Please do feel free to…
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A reader writes in: I have been on the job market for a few years and am seriously looking into quitting the profession this year. The alternative is that I hold out for another year or two in a visiting position. I'd appreciate hearing your readers' thoughts on whether the job market is likely to…
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A reader writes in: Just in case you have not seen this already, I wanted to call your attention to a conference aimed at “PhD professional development and careers outside of academia" that begins next Thursday, February 23—the “Beyond Academia Conference” at UC-Berkeley. Here is the link to the event site: https://beyondacademia.berkeley.edu/. My understanding is that…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, Perennial Candidate writes: Since this year's job market is shifting into the next phase (fly-outs, offers), I wonder if it's time to revisit stories from people who have left academia — how they knew it was time, what they're doing now, their feelings on the transition,…