The non-academic job search for graduate students and postdocs

This session is presented by the Graduate Pathways to Success Program and the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers

In this three-part session, Dr. Anne Krook will first review her own path through and out of academics and describe the lessons graduate students can draw from it.  She will then show how graduate students can prepare themselves for the non-academic job market at the same time that they do their graduate work and what they must do.  Finally, she will review the process and mechanics of entering the non-academic job market. A template exercise helps students learn to identify and define their skillsets, and the blank template and a filled-out example, will be provided to the students and postdoctoral fellows after the session.

Presenter

Anne Krook

Anne Krook began her professional career as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she taught for seven years before moving to Seattle.  After a stint in restaurant bartending, she joined Amazon.com.  During thirteen years at the company, she held various roles in US  and international website development, program management, internal audit, and infrastructure.  After that, she worked as VP of Operations at a startup, Mindbloom, and then as VP of Operations at Synapse, a product design engineering company in Seattle.  In addition to her consulting work at universities, she serves on the board of director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV.

Registration

Priority will be given to current UBC graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.  For graduate student registration, please visit https://community.grad.ubc.ca/gps/event/12974 .  Postdoctoral fellows may e-mail graduate.pathways@ubc.ca .

Refreshments

Beverages will be provided.  Please bring your own mug. Lunch will NOT be served although attendees are welcome to bring their own.

For info on upcoming Graduate Pathways to Success events, visit: www.grad.ubc.ca/pathways  

We appreciate the support of UBC Graduate Student Society for this event.