Doctoral Student Skills offers a comprehensive overview of the key skills doctoral students need to succeed in their studies and prepare for academic and non-academic jobs. Revealing the often-hidden rules of graduate school success, it guides students through challenges like selecting a research topic, choosing an advisor, preparing for conferences, publishing their work, and entering the job market.
The book begins by explaining how to survey the job market and identify "signifiers" that will signal to future employers the student-s suitability for a job. It then guides students to reflect on their own experiences and abilities to identify their areas of comparative advantage. Providing detailed instructions on how to acquire key signifiers - including conference presentations, publications, grants, awards, and teaching experience - the volume prepares students for future professional success, while teaching them how to leverage these activities to enhance thei
