Ideas
Resources
Free tools for PhD graduates moving beyond academia. Start by finding out where you stand; then build what your search is missing.
If you’re unsure where you stand
The Career Claimers Index™
A 30-question assessment that places you on two dimensions, Professional Agency and Academic Attachment, and in one of four career readiness profiles.
If you’re actively job searching
The Nine Foundational Job Search Elements guide
The nine elements, in three stages, that a PhD job search must build to produce consistent outcomes, and where your current search has gaps.
If you think you have no skills industry wants
Transferable Skills workbook
A reflective workbook: 10 soft and 10 hard transferable skills, with 200 situational examples, to surface the experience you have but may have overlooked.
If you’re starting to network
PhD Professional Business Cards workbook
How to design and use a professional business card that opens conversations outside academia.
Why the order matters
Each resource sits on the Framework. The Career Claimers Index shows where you stand. The Nine Elements guide shows what a complete search has to build, in sequence. The workbooks help with particular elements once the foundations are in place.