Welcome to the Career Knowledge Hub for graduate students!
This is where you can find information and advice on fundamental career development topics of relevance in particular to Master's and doctoral students.
Self-Reflection Exercises
- Exercise: Career Reflection – Getting Started
- Exercise: Career Reflection – Values and Skills
- Exercise: Skills Inventory
- Exercise: Career Focus Reflection Boxes
- Exercise: Achievement Stories
- Exercise: Writing Your Own Job Description
- Exercise: Job Search Road Map
- Exercise: Career Development Plan for Doctoral Students new!
Job and Internship Search Handouts
- Handout: Job Search Strategies
- Handout: Internship Search Strategy
- Handout: Academic Job Search and Early Career Opportunities new!
- Tool: Career Tracker (BA)
CV/Resume Templates
- Template: Non-academic CV/Resume 1 (Graduate)
- Template: Non-academic CV/Resume 2 (Graduate)
- Template: Academic CV for Early Career Researchers
- Template: CV for Academic and Research Roles
CV/Resume and Cover Letter Guidelines and Tools
- Handout: CV Resume Guidelines (Graduate)
- Handout: Cover Letter Guidelines and Sample
- Tools: CV Resume Action Verbs
- Tools: CV Resume Bullet Points
LinkedIn Guidelines
Guidelines for Academic Applications
- Handout: Applying for a PhD
- Handout: Applying to Post-Doctoral Postions new!
- Handout: Common Academic Applications Documents new!
Networking and Informational Interview Handouts
- Handout: Career Networking
- Handout: Informational Interview
- Handout: E-mail Requesting Informational Interview - Sample
Interview Preparation