From PhD to Pivot: 4 Steps to Launching Your Non-Academic Career

From PhD to Pivot is a workshop designed by Dr. Jen Polk for current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows affiliated with the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) at the University of Toronto.

Learning outcomes for the workshop and accompanying homework include:
1. Exploring negative assumptions and other beliefs that can gum up your job search
2. Clarifying what’s important to you in your career going forward
3. Identifying career options that align with your goals, needs, and priorities
4. Developing a job search strategy that makes sense for who you are and where you’re headed 

About the Speaker: 

Jennifer Polk, PhD, is a career coach and educator. She launched From PhD to Life, a career coaching and speaking business, in 2013, and later co-founded Beyond the Professoriate, a business she left in January 2020. Jen speaks on university campuses and at academic and professional conferences. Her University Affairs blog is a three-time gold winner from the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. More recently, she was an expert panelist for the 2021 Canadian Council of Academies report, Degrees of Success, on the challenges PhDs face transitioning to employment. Jen earned her PhD in history from the University of Toronto. 

This event is open to current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows affiliated with CDHI at the University of Toronto. It is free and will be held virtually via zoom. Registration is now open.