Are there things you’re not letting yourself do or have until you finish the PhD?

We don’t talk about salary enough when discussing post-graduate school careers. Here are a few things to consider.

Feeling overwhelmed by All The Things you can (or should) do as a graduate student? Some field-tested advice for when decision fatigue sets in.

Make the time to follow up with those who have helped your professional journey, even (or especially) well after your interaction with them.

Graduate students need more curricular and advising support on engaging with broader audiences. One faculty member discusses his effort to help address this need.

First identify your core supporters (PhDs not required), and continue to grow your professional network expansively, creatively, even playfully.

Whatever your professional goals, try having two conversations a month with someone who is not an academic. Even if you don’t go on to a nonacademic career, you will not have wasted your time.

Three takeaways from our recent survey about the development needs of Duke doctoral students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.