Are you interested in exploring careers beyond academia? Your graduate school training offers a wealth of transferrable skills that employers value across industries. Discover resources that will guide you through every phase of your job or internship search.

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Tailored to PhD students, this guide will help you highlight your strongest assets and skills, and differentiate you from other candidates seeking similar positions.
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Resume & Cover Letters for Master's Students

This guide, tailored to Master’s students, will help you highlight your strongest assets and skills, and differentiate you from other candidates seeking similar positions.
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Building Professional Connections

Networking is making connections—talking with people who can provide you with information, advice, resources, and possible contacts related to your fields of interest. 
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Beyond the Professoriate

Beyond the Professoriate is a professional development training platform that helps PhD students transition into academic or nonacademic career paths.
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Interstride

Interstride is a career platform offering a variety of tools designed to enhance the career exploration and job-search experience for international students. 
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PhDs are needed in every sector to address the world’s problems. This booklet offers a taste of the many career paths PhD students can pursue beyond academia. 
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Every Product Manager Interview Question You Need to Know

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Hey there! Want to land a job as a product manager? We’ve got you covered.

Our product manager interview course can help you nail any interview question. Written with the help of 20+ Google, Meta, and startup product managers.

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What Is the STAR Method? How to Use It in Interviews

The STAR Method

The STAR method is one of the best-known ways to plan an interview answer.

In fact, Amazon recommends that their candidates use this framework when answering behavioral questions about their Leadership Principles.

Even though you shouldn’t rely …

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How to Find and Reach Out to Recruiters on LinkedIn

While recruiters work to help companies fill their open roles, they can also help you — the job seeker — connect with roles you might be interested in and a good fit for. According to Jobscan, 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to …

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