PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.

PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    OP didn’t touch on a major issue for PhD holders: over qualification. I’m a good example, even not having earned a degree. Can’t get a low-level IT job because my experience is too much. Nobody wants to hire somebody that’s able and likely to jump ship at the first opportunity.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        My relevant experience is in the last 10-years, unless I go further back, and then the experience is irrelevant due to age.

        • WildPalmTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          15 hours ago

          I took some college courses, backpacked and lived for a short while in Vietnam and tried to find myself and what I want to pursue in the future. Or just have a one man consultancy company. You worked freelance.