tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post3844076688396881139..comments2023-10-18T08:33:32.948-07:00Comments on Unemployed PhD for hire: Doing everything right and still not getting a job: Or, what every graduate student needs to knowWTF have I done with my life?http://www.blogger.com/profile/12567458532188272050noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-51814044860251684842014-10-07T00:38:25.511-07:002014-10-07T00:38:25.511-07:00Thanks for sharing this information on this websit...Thanks for sharing this information on this website. I really need to know on how to find a good overseas jobs. I need to find an <a href="https://www.jobstar.net.au/" title="Australian jobs" rel="nofollow">Australian jobs</a> because my friend was there and his earnings was really good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-3886992253536184552012-08-13T13:52:01.548-07:002012-08-13T13:52:01.548-07:00How can I put employment in the background when I ...How can I put employment in the background when I have student loans to pay? I'm an MSW (social work) who doesn't do clinical, I'm administrative (grants, funding, policies, government, etc) and can't for the life of me find a job. I'm only 3 years out of school and had a crappy job as a coordinator for 6 months (still not enough experience). <br /><br />Still waiting to show the world my work.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967033715133740141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-44937790740075664102012-07-14T15:49:27.913-07:002012-07-14T15:49:27.913-07:00I quite agree. Having got to the stage where I hav...I quite agree. Having got to the stage where I have a monograph, 10 articles plus the rest, I wonder. But it perked me up to see this. In fact, in my case it has taken 6 years in the UK to get to a stage I'm being shortlisted: irony is, so much expended energy, I'm exhausted!men-o-pausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749933839805791737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-39842753458156948532012-04-05T10:42:06.650-07:002012-04-05T10:42:06.650-07:00The study of unemployed PhDs is different from une...The study of unemployed PhDs is different from unemployed physicians or lawyers or whatever because generally speaking they didn't enter graduate school just to get a job. They didn't dream of seeing patients or clients but to leave a legacy and/or learn how to leave a legacy.Horror Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033620161656832851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-28663615132940862682012-02-01T15:32:50.151-08:002012-02-01T15:32:50.151-08:00Given that there are about 40,000 PhD students at ...Given that there are about 40,000 PhD students at this moment in Australia, and over 7,000 of them graduate in any given year, it's not really surprising that academia can't find a job for all of them. The fed govt is concerned that we won't have enough academics once the baby-boomer generation has retired (5-10 years away), but no-one knows if this is true or not. And that's not true that there are less students - more and more people are coming to Uni - although that might not be a good thing!<br /><br />I have to say this: I'm not sure why you thought that if you had a PhD you would get a job. No-one in our society is finding it easy at the moment - I have a son with 2 Bachelor's degrees who has been made redundant twice and is really struggling with his self-esteem. Academia is not exempt from movements in the financial world. Getting a PhD means that you have demonstrated you have certain skills. If the world doesn't want those skills that's outside your control. You have to figure out what is in your control and act on that. I've chosen to do my PhD part-time, while working in a full-time job. It's taken me many years, but I will still have work when I've finished - and I may have (or may not have) expanded my employment prospects. I didn't do this to get a better job, or any particular kind of job; I did this to find something out.M-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409916623998907121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-19212666041868269022012-01-31T10:24:52.980-08:002012-01-31T10:24:52.980-08:00Good post and good summary of the key points. Yes,...Good post and good summary of the key points. Yes, the culture of the PhD student sucks..and its increasingly getting worse.antheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269725364477824869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-86539130633634011202012-01-27T11:37:13.289-08:002012-01-27T11:37:13.289-08:00Ditto JC on the toxicity of the lack of jobs combi...Ditto JC on the toxicity of the lack of jobs combined with the culture. I don't care how much you love the work -- and I do/did, the teaching, the research, the thinking, the writing, all of it. It just doesn't counterbalance the rest. I don't know about other people, but I can't function on a day-to-day basis well enough to DO the work unless I can live out the nonacademic parts of my life in a "normal" way. The financial constraints and lack of job security make that impossible.recent Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01076749808434578362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373509892682604492.post-79568693975697295452012-01-27T06:50:43.759-08:002012-01-27T06:50:43.759-08:00Bravo!! Well-said.
I agree with all of your point...Bravo!! Well-said.<br /><br />I agree with all of your points, but in particular with the criticism of the argument that choosing an alternate track for your career (or even just doing some outside things that make you happy, like having kids or traveling or just putting work AWAY for a few minutes) you're some kind of stupid slacker.<br /><br />More and more, I'm beginning to think that academia is a seriously poisonous environment. The lack of jobs combined with the culture is, in my opinion, doing real harm to smart young people who should be thriving rather than struggling and getting beaten down emotionally.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468758055878600762noreply@blogger.com