Dear Reader, The Faculty Uplift summit starts tomorrow—have you registered yet? It’s a free online event for academics, with short pre-recorded sessions you can watch on your own schedule. The summit runs July 13 to 16, and my session goes live on Th...
Dear Reader, How are you doing this month so far? I'd love to know. (And, who are you rooting for in the World Cup? Or is your team already out?) I'm writing today because there's a free event that will be of interest to many folks on this list, call...
Dear Reader, A PhD who already works outside academia asked me an interesting question last week: How many of the folks in my program are still grappling with whether to leave? The answer? Almost none. In my experience, people who are genuinely undec...
Dear Reader, Somehow it’s already the middle of June. Rude, I know. (Classic summer behaviour.) A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a question I think is worth asking at this time of year: What do you want figured out by September? It can be easy to th...
Dear Reader, There’s nothing like the start of a new season—it now feels like summer where I live—to inspire action. One thing that’s meant for me is making sure all the resources available to my program members are easy to find and use. Not because...
Dear Reader, When folks first learn about the PhD Career Clarity Program, I think some imagine it's a course they’ll log into, work through alone, and it will be boring and maybe useful. That's hardly a ringing endorsement, eh! Well, good thing that'...
Dear Reader, Earlier this week, I wrote about people who don’t hate academia but still want something else. That distinction matters. Because if you’re not in crisis, it can be easy to tell yourself you should wait. Wait until you feel more certain....
Dear Reader, “I turned 40 last year and I feel very satisfied with my academic career. I just really have nothing else I want to do.” One of my program members said this during a group discussion. She’s tenured. She likes her colleagues. She genuinel...
Dear Reader, Here for co-working info? Sign up for the new session starting tomorrow on this page: Co-Working Sessions. I have two reflections for you this morning, both about what gets misunderstood in career change. First, who actually needs suppor...
Dear Reader, Did you watch any of the NASA livestream on Monday, when the Artemis II astronauts were on their lunar flyby? I had it on for a lot of the day. So exciting. (And, yes, I'll be checking on things as they splashdown today at 8:07pm EDT!) T...
Hi ,This is your invitation to join the program at a big alumni discount!I formally launched the PhD Career Clarity Program about six months back, and your participation and feedback during the beta was crucial. Thank you so much!And now that your ac...
Dear ,I'm hosting a launch party for the new folks that have joined the PhD Career Clarity Program and you're invited to join us!It's happening Thursday (that's tomorrow) starting at 3pm EST on Zoom.Here's the link: https://zoom.us/s/89118480974If yo...
Hi ,I'm doing a webinar on Thursday and wanted to let you know! It's a sales webinar about the program, but will include what I think is good info in the first half. Feel free to join if you like!Speaking of, if you'd like to pass on any comments abo...
Dear ,I started my career as a PhD job search coach back in 2013. Over the years, I’veworked 1-on-1 with individual clients, including graduate students, tenured professors, and everyone around and in between;organized multiple virtual career confere...
Dear ,There was a hiccup with extending your access but I believe that's now been successfully accomplished. Your additional six months access to the courses starts now.(You can log in on the web here or use the Gurucan mobile app, available in the...
