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| Introduction | |
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| Will I Have to Wear a Suit?: Rethinking Life After Graduate School | |
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| Getting Your Head Ready | |
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| Should I Finish My Dissertation? | |
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| How to Use Your Grad-School Years Wisely | |
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| Whodunit? And How Can I Do It Too? | |
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| So What Am I Going to Do? | |
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| Five Myths About Postacademic Careers | |
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| Five Questions for Rethinking Graduate School | |
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| Your Eclectic Mix | |
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| Postacademic Profile: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's Car Talk, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering | |
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| How Do I Figure Out What Else to Do?: Soul-Searching Before Job Searching | |
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| Take Inventory | |
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| Break It Down | |
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| Looking Backward: Seven Stories | |
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| The Bookstore at the End of the Mind | |
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| "This Is Your Brain on Graduate School" | |
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| No Need for a Number-Two Pencil | |
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| Where Are All Those Ph.D.'s, Anyway? | |
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| Create Your Own Possibilities | |
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| Postacademic Profile: David Rosengarten, Television Cooking-Show Host, Ph.D. in Theater History | |
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| Testing the Waters: Information Interviews and Internships | |
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| Information Interviews | |
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| Getting Your Feet Wet: Internships, Part-Time Jobs, and Volunteer Work | |
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| So When Do I Start Looking for a Job? | |
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| Postacademic Profile: Shannon Mrksich, Patent Attorney, Ph.D. in Chemistry | |
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| This Might Hurt a Bit: Turning a CV into a Resume | |
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| Getting Ready to Write a Resume | |
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| Writing a Resume: The First Draft | |
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| A Few More Words of Advice | |
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| After You've Drafted a Resume | |
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| Case Studies and Sample Resumes | |
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| Cover Letters That Will Get You Hired | |
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| Postacademic Profile: Bryan Garman, High-School Teacher, Ph.D. in American Studies | |
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| Sweaty Palms, Warm Heart: How to Turn an Interview into a Job | |
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| How to Land a Job Interview | |
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| Before the Interview | |
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| During the Interview | |
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| After the Interview | |
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| What If the Interview Doesn't Go Well? | |
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| The Job Offer (or Lack Thereof) | |
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| Adjusting to Your New Job | |
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| Postacademic Profile: Annie Hurlbut, Founder of Peruvian Connection, A.B.D. in Anthropology | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Web Sites About Postacademic Careers | |
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| Recommended Career Guides | |
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| Acknowledgments | |