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Career Resources

Careers in Academe |Careers Outside of Academe |Other Suggested Areas to Visit

Careers in Academe

The Career Center

http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/students/gradservices/index.html
The Career Center provides services for graduate students seeking positions inside or outside of the academy, including workshops, programs, counseling, a reference letter center, postings of job opportunities and upcoming campus visits by companies in various fields. Students should also check with their departments for additional career resources.

Center for Research on Learning and Teaching

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/gsi.php
CRLT provides a variety of services for graduate student instructors including workshops, individual consultations, and resources on teaching and learning. Among its many programs and services, CRLT has also developed ateaching mentoring program.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/jobs/
The Chronicle maintains a Career Network website featuring lots of information for those seeking jobs either inside or outside of the academy.

Post-Docs.com

http://www.post-docs.com
Post-Docs.com is the first website that exclusively provides postdoctoral job information since 1999. It has hundreds of postdoctoral positions advertised by Universities and Government agencies.

Re-envisioning the Ph.D.: Career Resources:

http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/project_resources/phd_resources.html
Include online resources,discussion groups, relevant publications, information about virtual and on-site Ph.D. career fairs, information about jobs/postdocs/funding, and a listing of universities'/colleges' promising practices dealing with professional development for graduate students.

Careers Outside of Academe

The Career Center

http://www.cpp.umich.edu/students/gradservices/nonacademic/index.html
The Career Center provides services for graduate students seeking positions inside or outside of the academy, including workshops, programs, counseling, a reference letter center, postings of job opportunities and upcoming campus visits by companies in various fields. Students should also check with their departments for additional career resources.

Other Suggested Areas to Visit

UM Alumni Association

http://career.umalumni.com/index.cfm

Rackham Workshops

http://www.rackham.umich.edu/StudentInfo/workshops/