These are resources provided by other offices on campus or other organizations.

 

  1. ImaginePhD (free resource; developed by the Graduate Career Consortium)
  2. Purdue Graduate School
  3. Science Careers resources (some free resources, others behind paywall; excellent for all Science disciplines)
  4. AHA & MLA (free resource; exemplary work on career development for HSS grad students)
  5. Inside Higher Ed: mostly free access (only reports seem to be premium/paid content).
  6. Chronicle of Higher Education: Purdue provides subscription access.

 

  1. 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.
  2. The Graduate School has several professional development offerings here: https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/workshops/index.php
  3. 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.
    1. Psychology has their own IDP; Chemistry has their own IDP. ImaginePhD is a version of IDP for HSS PhDs.
    2. The Graduate School lists Purdue-specific IDPs here: https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/online-resources/individual-development-plans.php
  4. 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.
  1. Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/.
  2. 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