The Truth About the Academic Job Market + Alt-Ac Careers

If you're PhD student, PhD candidate, ABD, a newly minted PHD, or someone who has been on the academic job market for what feels like forever, I made this video because I wish I had had something similar when I first entered the job market in 2018.

Finding a tenure track faculty position is nearly impossible. In this video, I'll discuss the lack of stable, high paying tenure track jobs in academia as well last he growing interest in Alt-Ac careers. The latter, I think, is the way of the future for advanced degree granting programs. I'm not claiming to be an expert here. I'm a new academic, but this is my perspective as a first-gen graduate to PhD turned Assistant Professor.

In any case, I hope this video is helpful for you, at whatever stage of your career that you find yourself.

Here's a link to the article that I mentioned: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice...

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