Career Resources

ImaginePhD: A free online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoc in the humanities and social sciences

MyIDP: A free career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdocs in the sciences

ChemIDP: A free career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdocs in chemical sciences

InterSECT Job Sims: An online self-guided career exploration platform for graduate students and postdocs trough true-to-life job simulation exercises created by professionals

Guidestar, Non-profit organizations Database to develop your target non-profit list

Think Tank Index Reports to explore/develop your target think tanks list

List of All Federal Departments & Agencies to explore/develop your target government agencies 

MLA Connected Academics: Career exploration resources for PhD students in language and literature, but applicable to humanities or social science students

Using GoogleDoc Spreadsheet or e-Folders for your job search by “You On The Market”

Scarlet Chen's Blog, "My Journey from Econ PhD to Tech": Dr. Chen writes her job search journey to guide others who are interested in career transition to Tech.

Directoryofassociations.com: Find professional associations in your field 

Impact of Covid-19 on the Academic Job Market in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: Worldwide trends & information 

Academia Stack Exchange: A Q&A site for academics, staff, and students in higher education

Ask Up: Authors Seeking Knowledge from University Presses: Various resources and advice on how to publish books via university presses. 

Layoffs.fyi: Track tech companies with layoffs since COVID-19, which could be useful to restrategize your target employer search (mainly for tech)

Modern Language Association (MLA) Job Information List (JIL): Academic job trends and insights by year based on job openings posted on its website. Data are broken out by English and languages other than English

• PDFs of the MLA Job Information List: All the job po2stings posted in each academic year 

• Reports on the MLA Job Information List: Each academic year, MLA produces a report that covers overall job trends.

The Trend: Research and Analysis from the MLA Office of Programs

Where Historians Work: An Interactive Database of History PhD Career Outcomes (of the 8,523 historians who earned PhDs at U.S. universities from 2004 and 2013)

AHA Careers for Students of History: Diverse career paths that students of history can pursue 

• Resources for Further Exploration by each career path

• The 2020 AHA Jobs Report

Nature Career: Diverse STEM career related news and opinions 

Humanities Commons: An open-access scholarly network for professionals in Humanities including Academic Job Market Support Network where job search-related materials for Humanities PhDs

Rethinking about Humanities PhD Resources by Council of Graduate Schools

College Scorecard (Created during the Obama era): Check college outcomes at a glance including retention and graduate outcomes. PhD students or postdocs can use it to learn more about institutions of your interest during job search and also to collect information before your interview.

IPEDS Data Feedback Report: Offer more detailed information than the College Scorecard, which can be used to track tuition changes, enrollment numbers, completion rates, retention rates, and other outcomes.

Survey of Earned Doctorates: An annual census conducted since 1957 of all those who earned a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. higher education institution to provide various data such as

• Employment commitment, median expected salary by fields, sex, and citizenship

• Statistical profile of PhD recipients by fields (e.g., age, career plan, their previous degrees) 

Non-Academic Career Resources for Humanities PhDs’ Resources by Fordham University

Occupations of Humanities Ph.D.'s by American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Job Status of Humanities Ph.D.'s at Time of Graduation