[pccgrads] Fwd: [Environment_advisers] FW: Graduate Student Course: Getting ready for the job market? Join INSC 598A

[Miriam Bertram via pccgrads]

This is for graduate students, see below for details about an exciting
upcoming course "Getting ready for the job market" led by Information
School Associate Professor Marika Cifor.


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From: *Marika Cifor* <mcifor at uw.edu>



Are you considering next steps after the PhD? Will be you be on the job
market next year or in the next few years? Are you interested in exploring
diverse career pathways with the PhD? Are you looking for a supportive
community to prepare and commiserate with?

Is so please consider joining me for INSC 598A: Job Market Preparation this
spring quarter. The class meets Tuesdays from 1:30-3:20. It will be held
in-person.

For more information, please see the course details below and feel free to
reach out with any questions to Marika Cifor (mcifor at uw.edu). The class is
also open to all PhD students aligned with information science research
from any school or department, so feel free to share more widely.

Thanks! Marika



*Class Overview*

This class provides support and community for PhD students preparing for
the job market. We will discuss a diversity of careers that build from the
skills gained in a PhD. This will include looking at tenure-track, teaching
and research track academic careers and research-driven careers in whether
in tech, philanthropy, libraries, or academic publishing. We will also
develop job market materials, connect with others to build a cohort of
folks going through this experience together, and hear from panelists who
have pursued a variety of post-PhD career paths. Students can be in any
year or stage, but the course will be most helpful for those who have
completed enough of their PhD journey to be able to write job statements
that reflect their body of work and future vision.

*Class Format*

Each class, we will discuss a different piece of the job packet, and
students will spend the subsequent week crafting that piece of their
packet. Students will peer-review one another's drafts and hear from a mix
of panelists each week about their career and their experiences on the job
market.

Guests will include:

   - Tenure-track and teaching track faculty and postdocs
   - UX researchers, data scientists, and others working in tech
   - Develop job packet materials
   - Academic editors, researchers in think tanks/non-profits, and program
   officers
   - Librarians and digital humanists

*Student Expectations*

   - Complete weekly readings
   - Develop job packet materials
   - Provide peer feedback and support to other students as they craft
   their job packet materials
   - Pose questions to panelists
   - Engage in weekly group conversation

*Learning Objectives*

   - Develop awareness of common career paths pursued by PhD graduates
   - Develop a personal plan for navigating the job market (including where
   and how you will search for job opportunities, what kind[s] of jobs you
   will apply to, and what criteria you will look for in a job)
   - Draft a complete set of materials for an academic or other industry
   job search
   - Draft a 45-minute job talk



-- 

Marika Cifor, PhD (she/her)

Associate Professor, Information School

Adjunct Associate Professor, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

University of Washington

Author: *Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS*
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.upress.umn.edu/9781517909369/viral-cultures/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gCRFgEro-0pGSn50c06aYLfpB6l4CKNlfOpwUgqjdGHx2oYlIZlzSB8NS_XrGIzEKRwUbUOpnuoREQ$>
(University
of Minnesota, 2022)

mcifor at uw.edu
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