Graduate Students
Explore
Exploring various career paths will assist you in finding careers that will be a good fit based on your interests, skills, values, and professional program. This is a great resource for all graduate students: from those who know exactly what career field they plan to pursue to those who want to see what different opportunities are available!
Exploratory Resources
- Academic Careers You May Not Have Considered
- Connected Academics: Career exploration tool for graduate students of language and literature
- Imagine PhD: Career exploration tool for graduate students in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- AAAS MyIDP: Career exploration and planning tool for STEM students
- CHEMIDP: Career planning tool for chemical scientists
- Faculty Development & Diversity
- Versatile PhD
- Guide to Academic Careers
- Exploring Career Pathways
- Nonprofit Careers
- COGA Career Exploration Resources
- Intersect Jobs: Job simulation exercises to support career exploration for scientists and humanists
- Life Outside the Academy
- Career Guides and Insights
- Career Beyond the Academy: Different career options for a variety of PhDs
Prepare
Career preparation will provide you with guides to help you navigate the basic steps you should be taking as you get ready to apply for positions after graduation. You might know what you generally want to be doing with your degree, and this section can assist you in creating foundational materials.
Preparatory Resources
Apply
Congrats, you’ve found a position or role that fits your passions, interests, and degree! These resources will give you tailored resources to help you specify your application materials to the position of interest and set you up for success!
Application Resources
- Interview Prep
- Salary Negotiation
- KU Career Center Job Search Prep
- KU Career Center Jobs & Internships
- More KU Career Center Resources
- HireJayhawks Job Board
- Contact Kaila Colyott (kcolyott@ku.edu) with the Center for Teaching Excellence for help with applying to academic positions