Category: Alt-Ac Workshop
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At long last, I am happy to introduce the third entry in the Cocoon's Alt-Ac Workshop–our new series providing tips, information, and testimonials on how people with higher degrees in philosophy can effectively pursue careers outside of academia. Today's post is by Carl Baker, who is now a statistical researcher in the UK's House of Commons.…
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Eleni Manis has kindly drawn my attention to her website, Phil Skills, which contains some helpful resources and interview testimonials for philosophers interested in non-academic careers. Along with Helen de Cruz's Doing Things with Philosophy, our own Alt-Ac Workshop, and APA's Beyond Academia Guide, it is nice to see the increasing emphasis on helping philosophers transition successfully to non-academic…
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I am happy to introduce our second alt-ac workshop writer, Claartje van Sijl (Ph.D., Utrecht University). Dr. Claartje van Sijl is a philosophical career counselor & trainer. She assists academics throughout the world with questions of purpose, direction, balance and confidence in life and career. She is a licensed Working Soft® coach. Read more about her work at…
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I am happy to introduce the first entry in the Cocoon's newest series: our Alt-Ac Workshop, which will consist in a series of guest-posts by philosophers who have transitioned successfully to jobs outside of academia. Each entry will focus on different tips: on interviewing, networking, and so on. Our first entry–focusing on self-evaluating marketable skills and…