Ashleigh H Gallagher, M Patrick Gallagher

The Portable PhD

Taking Your Psychology Career Beyond Academia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows graduate students how to apply their social and behavioral science¿related skills in non-academic careers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 181
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781433831256
• ISBN-10: 1433831252
• Artikelnr.: 58015712

Autorenporträt

Patrick Gallagher and Ashleigh Gallagher

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Career Development Timeline
Part I. Premises: A Starting Point
Chapter 1. Academia's Unspoken Assumptions
Chapter 2. Cultural Adaptations You'll Need to Make in Your New Workplace
Part II. Packing Your Bags: Identifying Your Skill Set
Chapter 3. Five Transferable Skills You Definitely Have and How to Talk
About Them
Chapter 4. Other Transferable Skills You Probably Have and How to Talk
About Them
Chapter 5. Skills You May Need to Acquire or Refine
Part III. Orienting Yourself To a New Culture
Chapter 6. New Culture, New Identity: Developing Your Professional Self
Chapter 7. Communicating Your Story: The Building Blocks
Chapter 8. Communicating Your Story in a New Culture
Part IV. Finding or Charting the Path Ahead
Chapter 9. Well-Worn Paths
Chapter 10. Less-Worn Paths
Chapter 11. How to Apply for Jobs
References
Index
About the Authors