tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post1824636942115213353..comments2023-06-02T04:54:07.811-04:00Comments on After Academe: Another reason post-acs have such a hard time finding nonacademic workrecent Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01076749808434578362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-58037068791204885872012-12-07T23:10:34.825-05:002012-12-07T23:10:34.825-05:00Yes, Comrade Physioprof is right about being able ...Yes, Comrade Physioprof is right about being able to find the niche(s) that your profile fits and finding the 'gatekeepers' and presenting yourself so that you can gain access. I think that Recent PhD is right that we're living in a time where we just have to take possibly bigger risks and be far more ambitious than we ever been given the dire job situation that exists. Antheahttp://www.senseworlds.com/bewilderness/2012/12/07/the_new_serfs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-44105860545792090712012-12-07T08:05:46.413-05:002012-12-07T08:05:46.413-05:00Your point about privilege-based access is an exce...Your point about privilege-based access is an excellent one, and I definitely had that when it was relevant to me. There are corporate headhunters who specialize in this kind of placement, although I'm not sure nowadays how to find them.Comrade Physioprofhttp://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-40668060277207955922012-12-05T17:06:42.014-05:002012-12-05T17:06:42.014-05:00Yeah, that is the trick, and I'd say social cl...Yeah, that is the trick, and I'd say social class and gender complicate figuring it out. If you're not travelling in the right circles, you're going to have a much harder time getting access to the people who control the access to where you want to be. You might not even know where you want to be or where and how to find such people because your upbringing prevented you from seeing that such people and places even existed. <br /><br />Coming from where I came from, academia seemed like the only place where my intellectual and personality traits would be appreciated. Of course, I have since discovered that is not entirely true, but the lag time in working out where and how to situate myself outside academe, caused in no small part by the detour spent inside, has put me way behind the curve. It's frustrating to see people my age who didn't take that detour at very different places in their careers now. In ten years, I don't want to be where they are now but where they will be then or even ahead.<br /><br />Hopefully, some of my readers will figure it our sooner -- and my own ambition and proclivity for risk-taking will pay off.recent Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01076749808434578362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-54028404136095178132012-12-04T21:17:55.859-05:002012-12-04T21:17:55.859-05:00There are specialized niches within the non-academ...There are specialized niches within the non-academic corporate world where academics are needed and valued for their intellectual and personality traits. Earlier in my professional life, I occupied one of these niches, and the reason I got the opportunity to do so was precisely because of my academic traits and not in spite of them.<br /><br />Of course, the trick is identifying these niches and presenting yourself to the people who control access to them.Comrade Physioprofhttp://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprofnoreply@blogger.com