Lessons from the MLA Career Development Boot Camp: “Alt-Ac” is not so “Alt” after all
byConnected Academics Career Development Boot Camp Fellow Molly Appel on why we shouldn’t divide jobs into “ac” and “alt-ac.”
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Rethinking the Dissertation
byBy Natalie Berkman For our second session, the Connected Academics proseminar fellows visited Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit higher education think tank in Manhattan. While…
What Counts as Experience? Diversity as an Asset
byBy Carolyn Ureña This was my first year attending the MLA convention as a Connected Academics representative, and I was encouraged by the number…
MLA Career Exploration Activity Packet: Skills Self-Assessment, Job Ad Analysis, and Next Steps
byThe MLA Career Exploration Activity Packet is designed to help you work through some of the more common blocks and obstacles to exploring a wide range of humanities careers. The three activities walk you through the process of learning what you have to offer, thinking about what types of work are out there, and creating a plan for your next steps. While these activities won’t give you all the answers, they’re designed to get you thinking.
What I Learned as Arizona State University’s 2015–16 Connected Academics Fellow
byOver the course of a year as a Connected Academics fellow, says Shannon Lujan, “I came to realize that all my work during graduate school was just another “alternative” track in my more traditional teaching, research, and service history. Connected Academics taught me that I have transferable skills in both academic and nonacademic markets.”
Resource: Transferable Skills and How to Talk about Them
byConnected Academics project coordinator Stacy Hartman introduces two downloadable documents to help job seekers in the humanities identify their skill sets and describe them in ways that make sense to potential employers.