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Comment on Lack of job security: PhD students reject academia by Destaw

Destaw — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:16:27 +0000

I completed my PhD in law in 2012, and moved to the US, with the hope of securing an academic job. I couldn’t get one. Since I need to get job, I convinced myself to hold my academic ambitions for a while, and started applying to other jobs openings, even to paralegal positions. Yet, I coudn’t get one. Does anyone have any advice?

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Comment on Work-life balance by Jennifer Sanders

Jennifer Sanders — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:53:01 +0000

As a busy teacher in my last job I really resonate with what you are saying! Although in holiday time it is tempting to do more work to mkle preparations this can be an added stress that weighs you down. I think it is really important to focus on your interests and passions that you have in this time. Then you get to experience lots of different things in your life and can bring this perspective into your teaching.
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Comment on Lack of job security: PhD students reject academia by Developing a career plan | Puh-hud

Developing a career plan | Puh-hud — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:19:02 +0000

[...] This week, instead of doing my PhD, I have been thinking about what I want to do after my PhD. Somewhat futile, since the thinking about the after has delayed the after actually coming about… Yet, all PhD researchers that have an end in sight inevitably get distracted with thoughts of the future, and this may be no harm. In fact, it may be a smart move, considering the story in the Guardian newspaper from August that many recent PhD graduates really struggle to find a job, and that doesn’t mean for those of us who may want to stay in academia with its famous lack of opportunities and lack of job security. [...]

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Comment on Lack of job security: PhD students reject academia by Holding a permanent academic post

Holding a permanent academic post — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:05:13 +0000

I was very fortunate to be able to secure a permanent academic position after graduating last year, or so I thought. Whilst the idea of a permanent contract sounds much more agreeable than years as a post-doc on short-term contracts, I feel as though my intellectual wings have been clipped and I’m tied down to a never-ending stream of administrative duties. As a result I’m ‘stuck’ in an institution from which I cannot escape because my research profile is having to be neglected in favour of filling out endless forms for government information requests, solving mundane timetabling issues, entering student data onto various systems etc., because the institution will not employ the administrative staff to support the academic talent for which I was originally employed. The number of hours that I work , stress I’m put under, skill sets (councelling, web design….) that are demanded from me and level of problem-solving skills that I must demonstrate on a daily basis would see me earning around double the salary I’m currently on were I in, say, marketing, in the City.

Think twice before hankering after these academic posts-there is a reason why so many academics live in smaller houses, have failed marriages, commit suicide, go ‘crazy’, wear tweed……