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careers – academic and otherwise – are on the minds of many vanderbilt graduate students this winter as they begin applying for positions, interviewing and awaiting offers. at the cft we can tell because the career-focused session “beyond the ivory tower: alternative and non-academic career choices” at our upcoming gradstep event is a popular choice. so popular that we’ve decided to add a second session of this workshop to our line-up that day to accommodate everyone who is interested in exploring some of the issues and opportunities in careers outside of academia.<\/p>\n
\u201cbeyond the ivory tower: alternative and non-academic career choices,\u201d set to take place on january 26<\/span>th<\/sup> from 12:45-1:50pm (this session is full) and <\/span>will repeat from 2:00-3:05 <\/strong>at buttrick hall (room tbd).\u00a0 both sessions of the workshop will feature dr. ruth schemmer, assistant dean for career development, who will speak and answer questions on the alternative and non-academic job markets.\u00a0 whether you\u2019re on the job market now or planning ahead, we hope to see you there!<\/span><\/p>\n held in january each year,gradstep<\/strong> provides several workshops and discussions on teaching, learning, and professional development issues across the disciplines. this year’s line-up includes a session on alternative and non-academic careers featuring dr. ruth schemmer, assistant dean for career development.\u00a0\u00a0registration and more details<\/a> about gradstep are now available. a blog post <\/a>written by adam wilsman earlier this month explores this topic in more depth. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" careers – academic and otherwise – are on the minds of many vanderbilt graduate students this winter as they begin applying for positions, interviewing and awaiting offers. at the cft we can tell because the career-focused session “beyond the ivory tower: alternative and non-academic career choices” at our upcoming gradstep event is a popular choice….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":12873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[149,119],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154439\/gradstep-logo-city1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}