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| Contents | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Will I have to Wear A Suit? | |
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| Rethinking Life After Graduate | |
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| School 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 Whodunit? | |
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| And How Can I Do It Too? | |
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| So What Am I Going To Do? | |
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| Six Myths About Post-Academic Careers | |
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| Five Questions for Rethinking Graduate | |
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| School Your Eclectic Mix | |
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| Post Academic Profile: Tom Maglozzi, Cohost of NPR'sCar Talk, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering | |
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| How Do I Figure Out What Else To Do | |
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| 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 "This is Your Brain on Graduate School" | |
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| No Need for a #2 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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| Post Academic Profile: David Rosengarten, Television Cooking Show Host, Ph.D. in Theater History | |
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| Testing the Waters | |
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| Networking and the Transitional Experience | |
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| The Power of Networking | |
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| Networking That Works Information | |
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| Interviews Getting Your Feet Wet: Internships, Part-Time Jobs, and Volunteer Work | |
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| Transitional Tales | |
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| So When Do I Start Looking For A Job? | |
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| Post-Academic Profile: Shannon Mrksich, Patent Attorney, Ph.D. in Chemistry | |
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| This Might Hurta Bit: Turninga CV Intoa R�sum� | |
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| Getting Ready to Write; R�sum� | |
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| Writinga R�sum�: The First Draft | |
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| A Few More Words of Advice After You've Drafted a R�sum� | |
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| Case Studies and Sample R�sum�s | |
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| Cover Letters That Will Get You Hired | |
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| Post-Academic Profile: Bryan Garman, Prep School Headmaster, 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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| Negotiation | |
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| Adjusting to Your New Job | |
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| Post-Academic Profile: Annie Hurlbut, Founder of Peruvian Connection, A.B.D. in Anthropology | |
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| Conclusion | |