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<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div><div>
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From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Marika Cifor</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:mcifor@uw.edu" target="_blank">mcifor@uw.edu</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, please see the course details below and feel free to reach out with any questions to Marika Cifor (<a href="mailto:mcifor@uw.edu" target="_blank">mcifor@uw.edu</a>). 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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks! Marika</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2d3b45">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2d3b45">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
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2d3b45">Guests will include:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tenure-track and teaching track faculty and postdocs</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3610254115493773524m961752611415925662msolistparagraph" style="color:#2d3b45;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UX researchers, data scientists, and others working in tech</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3610254115493773524m961752611415925662msolistparagraph" style="color:#2d3b45;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Develop job packet materials</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3610254115493773524m961752611415925662msolistparagraph" style="color:#2d3b45;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic editors, researchers in think tanks/non-profits, and program officers</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-3610254115493773524m961752611415925662msolistparagraph" style="color:#2d3b45;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Librarians and digital humanists</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complete weekly readings</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2d3b45;background:white">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide peer feedback and support to other students as they craft their job packet materials</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2d3b45;background:white">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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)</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2d3b45;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Draft a complete set of materials for an academic or other industry job search</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2d3b45;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Draft a 45-minute job talk</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marika Cifor, PhD (she/her)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Associate Professor, Information School</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adjunct Associate Professor, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Washington</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Author:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.upress.umn.edu/9781517909369/viral-cultures/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!gCRFgEro-0pGSn50c06aYLfpB6l4CKNlfOpwUgqjdGHx2oYlIZlzSB8NS_XrGIzEKRwUbUOpnuoREQ$" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Viral
 Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(University of Minnesota, 2022)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:mcifor@uw.edu" target="_blank">mcifor@uw.edu</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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