Leveraging Your PhD: Why Employers Value Your Skills

2026 Event Recap

Written by Jocelyn Sears, PhD ’25 (English)

Each year, the Harvard FAS Mignone Center for Career Success (MCS) hosts “Leveraging Your PhD: Why Employers Value Your Skills,” an event highlighting the diverse careers that PhDs pursue in …

By Caroline Rende
Caroline Rende Associate Director of Graduate Career Exploration
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Why NGOs may give you everything you want

Exploring the myths that kept me in consultancy

External blog from Mirnesa Ibisevic

Mirnesa is a strategist with an analytical mindset, dedicated to building healthier and more sustainable food systems. She takes a structured approach to complex challenges, combining different …

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Guest or External Blog
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Creative Tech Careers: Breaking into Video Games and Animation — Event Recap 

Harvard’s Creative Tech panel brought together alumni working in video games and animation to share how they launched their careers—and what today’s students can do to break in. With the industries shifting toward AI‑assisted workflows, indie development, and immersive storytelling, …

By Meaghan Shea
Meaghan Shea Assistant Director, Technology, Data Analytics, Life & Physical Sciences & Entrepreneurship
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