Center for Career Exploration
Information for PhD Students
The Brown Center for Career Exploration supports Brown Ph.D. students through every step of their graduate careers. Our services and resources are focused on assisting Brown graduate students in exploring the many career options open to them, preparing for their chosen career paths, and navigating the academic and non-academic job market.
Information for PhD Students
The Brown Center for Career Exploration supports Brown Ph.D. students through every step of their graduate careers. Our services and resources are focused on assisting Brown graduate students in exploring the many career options open to them, preparing for their chosen career paths, and navigating the academic and non-academic job market.
Resources and tools that can support your individual career planning goals:
Our services are designed to complement the essential advice of faculty mentors and advisors. We encourage you to use our services and programs early and often.
Schedule an appointment through Handshake with Zhichun Lin, Ph.D., the Assistant Director of Career Counseling for Graduate Students
Meet with one of our highly trained Graduate Career Fellows during open hours to help you get oriented to all the resources of the Brown Center for Career Exploration.
All PhD students are welcome to attend any of our workshops, employer sessions, career fairs, or alumni events listed on the Events@Brown site.
The Brown Center for Career Exploration has support for every step along the way. Let’s get you started in the right direction.
Your resume and cover letter must make a great first impression when you are looking for a job or internship. Learn how to craft resumes and cover letters that are specifically focused, well organized and well written. The Brown Center for Career Exploration provides resume and cover letter support for all students.
Our students find mentors, friends and collaborators within and among Brown’s wide alumni network to explore careers and life after Brown.
Connect with Alumni to receive real world advice on how to navigate your individual career journey.
The Brown Center for Career Exploration works closely with students who know from early on in their graduate work that they do not plan to remain in academia or their discipline and students who decide to leave academia later in their careers. Regardless of when or how you come to consider a career transition, we are here to help.
Many, but not all, Brown PhD students will seek faculty positions. Not all faculty positions have the same style and requirements. If you are more interested in teaching than research, a small liberal arts college might be a better fit than a R1 research institution for you. On the other hand, a career in academia is much more than just being a professor.
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