Hello, how are you? I am conducting a survey of PhDs and ABDs who have left the academy and entered the nonacademic workforce. I am looking for people who meet the following criteria:
* are PhD or ABD in any discipline (i.e., must have at least taken qualifying exams)
* do not also have a JD, MD or MBA degree
* currently have a post-academic career (between jobs OK)
* are not currently a graduate student, tenure-track faculty member or academic researcher in any academic department
* are not a K-12 teacher
* do not currently spend more than 10% of their total paid working hours teaching or doing scholarly research.
If that's you, please take the survey and add your experiences to the data pool.
If that's someone you know, kindly forward this email to him or her.
The study will be conducted by means of an online survey which will take about 20 minutes to complete, plus however much discursive writing you choose to do. All questions are optional. You can even go away and come back later: there is no pressure to finish the whole thing in one sitting (as long as you use the same computer).
I cannot pay you, but there are benefits. Participating offers a rare opportunity to...
* Reflect on this very important career transition
* Express your thoughts, feelings and experiences to a keenly interested audience (me)
* Contribute to scholarly knowledge about people like you
* Relieve pain for grad students who would like to know what to expect in this type of career transition
Click here to learn more: Clicking on the link does not commit you to participate.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6Pp... If you know others who meet the criteria, please forward this message to them so they can join in. I want the study population to be as big and diverse as possible. Anyone who meets the criteria is welcome and every response will be valued.
Thank you for reading this and I do hope you will participate.
Respectfully,
Paula Foster Chambers, Ph.D.
Founder and List Manager, Work For Us
http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulachambers http://career.studentaffairs.duke.edu/grad...
Posted By: Paula Chambers
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 at 9:14PM
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