The Philosophers' Cocoon
A safe and supportive forum for philosophers.
Owned & Moderated by Marcus Arvan (University of Tampa)
Contact: marvan@ut.edu
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recent posts
- Can authors prevent their writing from being fed into AI?
- Tips for moving to a new (type of) institution after tenure?
- Leaving an M.A. off your CV due to potential bias against the institution?
- An opinion on APA’s decision to terminate its 2+1 virtual pilot early – by Kino Zhao
- Tips for students and/or early career folk who face a mental block in writing papers?
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Category: Alt-Ac transition tips
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Here is a list of links to our Alt-Ac Transition Tips series: Supporting non-academic careers (Kevin J.S. Zollman) Moving from academia to a think tank (Jason Schukraft) What I learned from leaving academic philosophy (Samuel Kampa) My Path into Project Management (Katharine Schweitzer) Tips for transitioning into tech industries? Leaving academia for industry: 7 years later…
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A reader wrote in to draw my attention to a cool new podcast, Off Campus., featuring interviews with academics who left the academy for alternative ('alt-ac') careers. Here's the full podcast description: Each episode features a guest who has completed substantive postgraduate education in the humanities and who currently works in an alt-ac career. By…
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A reader writes in: I wonder how you felt about having a post about job ads. I was thinking even one that might have a pinned link on the side. Many of the jobs are posted on PhilJobs, but there are plenty that are not. UK jobs and postdocs are sometimes only on jobs.ac.uk; European…
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The aim of this blog post and interview is to give readers a primer on how to create the conditions that make you hireable as a philosopher outside of academia. The Cocoon also has other practical advice on alt-ac careers such as how to write a resume and how to network outside of academia, and…