Access curated, expert-designed tools to guide your career exploration and job search as an ASC graduate student or postdoc.
Our Top Recommended Tools & Guides
- Graduate-Level Career Courses: Explore specialized career development courses offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, designed specifically for graduate students. These courses focus on job search strategies, professional communication, and career planning to prepare you for a variety of career paths.
- ARTSSCI 6000 – Graduate Career Exploration: This one-credit course is tailored for graduate students and focuses on discovering a variety of career paths, assessing personal fit, cultivating necessary skills and networks, and preparing to enter a profession. For questions, contact Dr. Danielle Fosler-Lussier at fosler-lussier.2@osu.edu.
- ASC 6194 – Innovation and Commercialization: A graduate-level, team-based course focused on evaluating new technologies, creating business plans, and developing entrepreneurial skills. For questions, contact Paul Reeder at reeder.6@osu.edu.
- ARTEDUC 5222 – Arts Careers: An introduction to a wide range of arts professions, helping students explore personal fit, work experiences, and job-seeking strategies in the arts. For questions, contact Dr. Rachel Skaggs at skaggs.131@osu.edu. More info: https://aaep.osu.edu/courses/arteduc-5222.
- ARTSSCI 6191 – Experiential Learning for Graduate Students: A variable-credit course allowing graduate students to gain practical experience through internships, projects, or job-shadowing, supervised by faculty. To register, email grad-schoolregistrationservices@osu.edu with session details and faculty permission.
- Beyond the Professoriate: A comprehensive career training platform created for PhD students and holders, offering in-depth guidance for pursuing careers outside the professoriate.
- Beyond Graduate School: Tailored for master’s-level students, this platform delivers essential career insights and practical tools for navigating diverse paths after graduation.
- ImaginePhD: An interactive career exploration and planning tool for humanities and social science advanced degree students and graduates. Assess your skills, interests, and values, explore careers, and build your Individual Development Plan (IDP).
- MyIDP: Designed primarily for advanced degree students and holders in the sciences, this tool helps you evaluate your skills, explore career options, and set development goals.
- Informational Interview Guide: A step-by-step resource to help you prepare for, conduct, and follow up on informational interviews—key for expanding your professional network.
- Princeton University's Guide to Transforming Your CV to a Resume: Expert advice on converting your academic CV into a targeted resume that resonates with non-academic employers.
The goal of the Graduate Student Career Accelerator (CAF) is to provide financial support for skill-building, networking, and professional development that will facilitate career exploration and education outside the professoriate. This includes experiential learning (like internships) as well as other career-building activities (like joining professional organizations, attending professional conferences, etc.) that can help a student develop valuable skills, professional contacts, expanded understanding of an industry or a non-academic career pathway, and more.
Our career coaches specialize in supporting graduate students and postdocs exploring careers beyond the professoriate. Whether you need guidance using these tools or want personalized career coaching, we’re here to help.
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