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The Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation is a national survey of doctoral students intended to provide a snapshot of their experiences and goals. Over 4,000 students completed the 20-page survey. These students were from 27 selected universities, one cross-institutional program (The Compact for Faculty Diversity), and represented 11 arts and sciences disciplines.

This article discusses 11 possible non-academic career options with a focus on how graduate training prepares someone for such positions and what is still likely needed to help make the transition.

This article discusses non-academic career options after graduate school, with a handy chart that shows how the skills you learned while completing a Ph.D transfer to other arenas.

The MiSTEM Network’s Greater West Michigan Region recently completed a pilot with Grand Valley State University for the Career ExplorationMap and is now scaling the project up to the entire state. "The goal of the Career Exploration StoryMap is to help educators and students make more real-world career connections in their communities as well as provide a visual resource for students to locate businesses in STEM fields that offer high-wage and high-demand jobs. In addition to items such as apprenticeships and internships, the map can be viewed by individual industry clusters like agriculture, construction, energy, finance, healthcare, IT, manufacturing, and transportation. Although the map is very user friendly, the website does include directions.
The MiSTEM StoryMap aggregates data available from AtoZdatabases in MeL and uses it to build a tool that will help students and adult community members quickly filter, sort, and analyze data in STEM industries by county. Essentially, the interactive map answers the following questions:

Where are the businesses in my community?
What industry has the most growth?
What are the hot jobs in my area?
What growth do businesses project?

The information presented not only communicates the physical locations of business partners and industry clusters in Michigan, but it also helps students identify trends, patterns and opportunities to make better career decisions, which aligns with the guidelines in the Michigan Career Development Model. The MiSTEM StoryMap can also assist adults in preparing for higher education, credentialing, and the workforce.
Whether it’s genealogy research, test preparation, accessing eBooks, finding the perfect article, or the ability to aggregate data, the eResources in MeL provide much support to all Michiganders." - Ann Kaskinen, MeL Engagement Specialist with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services

What's next to learn? If you're interested in learning more about money, try the "Funding Your Research" playlist.
 
If you're interested in more end-of-grad-school resources, try the "Managing Professional Transitions" playlist or the "Defending and Submitting the Dissertation" playlist.
 
If you want to consider a totally different facet of grad life, try the "Sustaining Support Systems" playlist or the "Using Your Teaching Skills" playlist.

Hamid worked closely with Dr. Katy Colbry in envisioning professional development within the College to discuss options for the job market. After engaging with stakeholders from across the College, this was revealed as a specific need (in that many Graduate Students felt under-supported in their knowledge of and development for the job market, particularly in knowing what possible options might be).

Project Title: Early Career Access to Flow CytometryProject Leads: Dr. Susan McQuistonElevator Pitch: Flow Cytometry is an important tool used in medicine and research to analyze specific features of individual cells as they flow past a laser. These features allow scientists to understand how different cells grow and function, leading to new medical and scientific discoveries. Flow Cytometry is used to analyze the specific category and treatment for leukemias and lymphomas.This cell analysis technique is also used to develop new drugs and treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, dementia and many other diseases.Team Bios:Dr. McQuiston graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology and earned a Master of Science in Clinical Science with a focus in Immunology from San Francisco State University. After 15 years in medicine and scientific research, she earned a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco with an emphasis in Intellectual Property. She is ASCP certified and a member of the California Bar and the United States Patent Bar. Dr. McQuiston has experience in clinical laboratories, academic research laboratories, and at biotechnology companies, and in patent law. Dr. Susan McQuiston has been with the Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program since May 2009. She was the first laboratory skills instructor in BLD and served in that role for ten years, in addition to serving as Faculty Mentor and Co-Mentor for the BLD Student Association. Dr. McQuiston currently teaches Hematology and Hemostasis lectures, in addition to Flow Cytometry classes for undergraduate and graduate students. She is also an Academic Advisor. Dr. McQuiston currently serves as the BLD Scholarship Committee Chair and BLD representative to the CNS DEIAC. She is a 2013 graduate of the Walter and Pauline Adams Academy for Instructional Excellence and Innovation. Dr. McQuiston also serves on the board of directors for the Medical Technology Internship Match Program of Michigan (MTIMPM). She awarded the Outstanding Academic Advisor for 2013 and received a CNS Faculty Teaching Prize in 2014.What are some of the successes?
In my original budget, I requested 5 computers and analysis software. When we received our flow cytometer instrument with the help of TLE money, software came with it. This software can be used for analysis and installed on numerous computers. To quote the installation technician, "No one has reached the limit on the number of computers it can be used on". I've decided to use this software as it will be easier for students to use software for analysis that is similar to what is used for data collection on the instrument. Instead, I would like to purchase a 6th computer to use as an analysis station in the teaching lab (Room 160 GH). The computer display is fed to multiple HDTVs. While students will perform analysis in groups in the computer lab, we can also discuss analysis as a class in the teaching lab. What are some of the challenges that you have experienced on this project?The current computer in that room is more than 10 years old and cannot run the software. Due to the expense of the reagents in this field, we have used expired, donated reagents in the past. These are no longer suitable for the new lab exercises. Recently we purchased some reagents to start with that totaled about $1560.00.Image attribution:"Flow Cytometry" by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Improving interpersonal skills is vital to success and more important than technical skills. Follow these 8 networking tips for advancing your PhD career.