PhD Pathways
PhD Pathways 2017 has concluded
Thank you to everyone that attended and participated! We appreciated the great energy and loved hearing the many stories about finding meaningful work with a PhD.
PhD Pathways
Your Career. Your Choice. Your Future.
PhD Pathways is a day-long Career Education Conference open to PhD students and Postdocs from all disciplines to inform and educate you about what types of career paths exist beyond academia with a PhD degree. PhD Pathways is organized by a team of Stanford PhD students, postdocs and staff under the leadership of BEAM, Stanford Career Education.
- Over 80 speakers and panelists
- Keynote by Bill Burnett, co-author of Designing Your Life
- 4 sessions of parallel panels, with each panel composed of panelists working in a specific career sector
- Career workshops & coaching sessions
- A networking lunch
- A networking reception
After attending the conference, you will have:
- Clear examples of PhD-level careers in a variety of sectors beyond academia
- Learned what skills are important in these sectors
- Heard personal stories of how professionals have gained entry into these sectors
Ultimately, the conference will educate you about the breadth of opportunities that are available to you.
Tickets for PhD Pathways are SOLD OUT
Tips for finding jobs outside academia from panelists at the 2016 conference (video)
Contact us (Email Arne Bakker at ahbakker@stanford.edu)
Impressions from the sold-out 2016 PhD Pathways conference:
“The panels covered so many different career paths, and it was extremely valuable to hear about the different experiences ranging from legislative government to start-ups.”
“The fact that a lot of panelists were local and open to meet again and chat more about their experiences was great.”
“There were so many interesting sessions, I walked away from a day chock-full of valuable encounters and insights.”
“It's been a month and I'm still telling people about it.”
“It was probably the best conference I've ever attended.”
