Career Services Office
Resources for Nonacademic Careers
Books | Articles |
Job Search Sites
Organizational Research | Internships
Books
Basalla, Susan and Maggie Debelius. "So What Are You Going to Do With That?": A Guide to Career-Changing for M.A.s and Ph.D.s. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
Feibelman, P.J., A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993.
Fiske, Peter. Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists. Washington, DC: AGU Publishers, 2001.
Robbins-Ross, Cynthia. Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1998.
Rosen, Stephen, and Celia Paul. Career Renewal: Tools for Scientists and Technical Professionals. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1998.
Schiebelbein, Joan. Putting Your Graduate Degree to Work. Edmonton, Aberta: University of Alberta Press, 2001.
Articles
Finding Nonacademic Careers
Basalla, Susan. "Breaking in as a Temp," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 30, 2003. chronicle.com/jobs/2003/05/2003053001c.htm
Basalla, Susan. "Starting at the Bottom," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 8, 2002. chronicle.com/jobs/2002/05/2002050801c.htm
Johnson, Mary D. "The University as a Nonacademic Employer," Chronicle of Higher Education, April 23, 2003. chronicle.com/jobs/2003/04/2003042301c.htm
Montel, Gabriel. "Where to Find Information about Nonacademic Careers", Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 2001. chronicle.com/jobs/2001/04/2001040604c.htm
Newhouse, Margaret. "Networking Your Way to a Job," Chronicle of Higher Education, January 21, 2000. chronicle.com/jobs/2000/01/2000012101c.htm
Wagner, Robin. "How Internships Can Open Doors to New Careers," Chronicle of Higher Education, August 4, 2000. chronicle.com/jobs/2000/08/2000080401c.htm
Wagner, Robin. "A Sample Plan," Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2, 2001. chronicle.com/jobs/2001/11/2001110202c.htm
Wagner, Robin. "Informational Interviewing 101," Chronicle of Higher Education, April 13, 2001. chronicle.com/jobs/2001/04/2001041301c.htm
Resumes, Cover Letters, Interview Skills and Negotiation
Geller, Adam. "Posting resume online poses risk to privacy," The News-Gazette, April 1, 2003.
Johnson, Mary D. "What You Don't Know About Cover Letters," Chronicle of Higher Education, June 11, 2002. chronicle.com/jobs/2002/06/2002061101c.htm
Lublin, Joan. "College Students Make Job-Hunting Tougher with Weak Resumes," The Wall Street Journal, May 2003.
Newhouse, Margaret. "From CV to Resume," Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 1999. chronicle.com/jobs/99/12/99120301c.htm
Wagner, Robin. "The Secret to a Successful Job Interview," Chronicle of Higher Education, December 8. 2000. chronicle.com/jobs/2000/12/2000120801c.htm
Job Search Sites
America's Job Bank
Career Builder
College Grad Job Hunter
Monster Board
Chicago Jobs
Illinois Career Resources
Nonprofit Jobs
Idealist.Org
NetImpact.org
Philanthropy Careers
Foundation Center
Other
USA Jobs (Federal Government Jobs)
Administrative Jobs in Academe
Realizing PostGraduate Talent -- UK
Organizational Research
Career Search
Business Week
Vault
Employment Spot
Guidestar.com (for nonprofit organizations)
Business and Economics Library
Associations Unlimited
National Trade and Professional Organizations of the U.S. (Columbia Books,
2003).
