These are resources provided by other offices on campus or other organizations.
- ImaginePhD (free resource; developed by the Graduate Career Consortium)
- Purdue Graduate School
- Science Careers resources (some free resources, others behind paywall; excellent for all Science disciplines)
- AHA & MLA (free resource; exemplary work on career development for HSS grad students)
- Inside Higher Ed: mostly free access (only reports seem to be premium/paid content).
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Purdue provides subscription access.
- ImaginePhD https://www.imaginephd.com/ This is a free, public access resource developed by the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC) https://gradcareerconsortium.org/ to help students from the Humanities and Social Sciences with their career development. Has quick assessments (Skills, Interests, Values); job families; planning resources. Available to ALL.
- The Graduate School has several professional development offerings here: https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/workshops/index.php
- Science Careers: https://www.sciencemag.org/careers This is a website managed by AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science https://www.aaas.org/) with a lot of useful and free career content for scientists. Most of the career content is free, especially things like myIDP (my Individual Development Plan) https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/ and their annual Career Handbook (downloadable). https://www.sciencemag.org/booklets/2020-career-handbook They write EXCELLENT articles, too.
- Psychology has their own IDP; Chemistry has their own IDP. ImaginePhD is a version of IDP for HSS PhDs.
- The Graduate School lists Purdue-specific IDPs here: https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/online-resources/individual-development-plans.php
- The American Historical Association (AHA) has been at the forefront of career diversity for the Humanities, and the Modern Language Association (MLA) is a close second.
- Useful links on AHA page: https://www.historians.org/jobs-and-professional-development/career-resources (especially check the Featured Career Resources)
- Useful links on MLA page: https://www.mla.org/Resources/Career/Career-Resources From this page, I would highlight
- AAAS reports/research on Humanities in the Workforce: https://www.humanitiesindicators.org/content/indicatorDoc.aspx?i=10#
- Two-part blogposts on the PhD Employment Problem, though they are based on data up to 2011: https://mlaresearch.mla.hcommons.org/2014/02/26/our-phd-employment-problem/ and https://mlaresearch.mla.hcommons.org/2014/03/11/our-phd-employment-problem-part-2/
- Connected Academics: https://connect.mla.hcommons.org/
- Useful links on AHA page: https://www.historians.org/jobs-and-professional-development/career-resources (especially check the Featured Career Resources)
- Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/.
- Specifically, Carpe Careers column: https://www.insidehighered.com/career-advice/carpe-careers This is Career Advice column for grad students that has major (possibly exclusive) contributions from the GCC.
- General advice here: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice?utm_source=ihe&utm_medium=careers-site&utm_content=header-link
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Purdue University provides everyone with a purdue.edu email address premium access. Some advice here https://www.chronicle.com/section/Advice/66/?cid=UCHETOPNAV