February 8, 2017
By: Maria LaMonaca Wisdom
A Brontë heroine could land a job despite speaking the wrong language, but that probably won't work for you. Know the right questions to ask and the right story to tell.
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February 2, 2017
By: John Zhu
History Ph.D. candidate Amanda Hughett took a chance and reached out to the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. She came away with a fruitful internship that gave her new skills, new opportunities, and a new perspective on her dissertation.
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January 26, 2017
By: Maria LaMonaca Wisdom
The right words at the right time, whether from a lifelong mentor or someone you are meeting for the first time, can help you realize what you are good at and point your career in new directions.
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January 23, 2017
By: John Zhu
At the internship program launch, our internship partners focused not on what skills they were looking for, but what new experiences and skills they can offer our Ph.D. students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
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January 13, 2017
By: Maria LaMonaca Wisdom
Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, The Graduate School's new director of graduate student advising and engagement in the humanities, ruminates on the complexities of serving the career needs of graduate students, and she wants to hear your thoughts.
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December 12, 2016
By: John Zhu
"My time as a PFF fellow has allowed me to gain insights about the day-to-day life as a professor: insights I would never have been able to make at my own institution; insights that prepared me well for making my own career choices."
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By: John Zhu
"Required skills" means "required skills," and other valuable takeaways from a panel of human resources managers hosted by The Graduate School.
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By: John Zhu
Langston, a former Graduate School Administrative Intern, was a 2015 ACLS Public Fellow and now works as a senior associate at PolicyLink, a national research and action institute dedicated to advancing economic and social equity.
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November 1, 2016
By: John Zhu
Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, the newly hired director of graduate student advising and engagement for the humanities, will help graduate students explore diverse career paths and develop plans for achieving their career goals.
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August 10, 2016
By: John Zhu
Funded in part by a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the new program will enhance the curriculum and expand career opportunities for doctoral students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
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