What We Do for PhDs
The Versatile PhD mission is to help graduate students, ABDs and PhDs identify, prepare for and excel in professional careers. We currently serve many of the leading North American research universities, including their PhD students, post-docs and alumni, by providing unique and instructive content, networks, job analytics and readiness tools.
Why We Do It
The value of a PhD in terms of transferable skills, domain knowledge, professional acumen, persistence and raw intelligence is recognized far beyond academia. In fact, there are increasingly more PhDs making an impact across industry, government, research, multilateral organizations and start-up ventures than those on the tenure track. Recognizing these critical contributions, we are committed to assisting and supporting PhDs as they transition from academia to their career of choice. Let us help you get there.
options 4 success course
Engaging career discovery and readiness modules
power search & networks
Networking tool that finds post-ac PhDs
forums & webinars
Archived and ongoing advice and support from the PhD community
phd career finder
Overview of non-academic careers by discipline, informed by resumes, cover letters and narratives
vphd smart jobs
High volume PhD appropriate job postings, new trends and frequent analysis
versatile career planner
Individualized milestones for careers and degrees.
How we make an impact.
- 0% of users spent time exploring non-academic careers
- 0% identified at least one new career that interested them
- 0% started reading non-academic job announcements
- 0% learned the value of non-academic networking
- 0% learned that their skills have value in non-academic settings
- 0% feel they have more career choices than they previously thought
- 0% feel more optimistic about their future
- 0% feel more excited about things they can do with their skills
- 0% feel more in charge of their career
- 0% feel encouraged that non-academic career help is available
Increasing engagement and outcomes
within a diverse PhD community
- 0% post-exams⁄quals doctoral candidates
- 0% alumni
- 0% pre-exam⁄quals doctoral students
- 0% postdocs
- 0% of users are in Arts, Humanities and Social Science
- 0% are in STEM, with the remainder in a variety of other fields
- 0% of STEM users are in Life Science
Source: VPhD survey and usage data.
FIND OUT HOW WE CAN
HELP YOUR INSTITUTION
An increasing number of PhDs are working outside of academia and will continue to do so. Are your students and post-docs being given the support they need in a competitive marketplace?
How Institutions Benefit
Benefits your unit & institution in tangible ways
Your bridge to the PhD job market
Real-time intelligence from the US and global job market that provides PhDs and post-docs with the opportunity to expand their career options, think confidently about their future, and take concrete steps to achieve their goals.
Working with hiring enterprises to understand their hiring needs and expectations, while being an energetic advocate for our PhD community and its vast array of skills and talent.
Encouraging PhD entrepreneurs by providing insights on the less visible areas of the employment market, including start-ups, social entrepreneurship, and smaller enterprises at the forefront of innovation.
Subscribing Institutions
Alabama
University of Alabama, TuscaloosaArkansas
University of ArkansasCalifornia
University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California Davis
-Graduate Studies
-Internship and Career Center
University of California, San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
University of Southern California
Colorado
University of Colorado BoulderConnecticut
University of ConnecticutYale University
Florida
Florida International UniversityFlorida State University
University of Miami SOM
Georgia
Emory UniversityGeorgia Tech
Illinois
University of Chicago-- Students: Login to GradGargoyle, then find the VPhD link in the Shortcuts menu.
-- Faculty/staff: Login here, then find the VPhD link under Student Services in the Resources tab.
Indiana
Indiana University, BloomingtonKentucky
University of KentuckyLouisiana
LSU Health ShreveportTulane University
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Maryland
University of Maryland, College ParkClick here.
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Massachusetts
Boston CollegeHarvard University
Michigan
Michigan State UniversityUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Wayne State University
Western Michigan University
-- Login to GoWMU, go to My Self Service and click on "VersatilePh.D. subscription service login"
Missouri
University of Missouri (Mizzou)New Jersey
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyRutgers University–New Brunswick
-- Grad. Studies
-- Post Docs
New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. SinaiThe New School
-- Log into MyNewSchool On the Services tab, click the "Versatile PhD Premium Login" link in the channel named "Versatile PhD"
CUNY Graduate Center University at Albany - State University of New York
-- Students
-- Employees
North Carolina
Davidson CollegeDuke University
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
North Dakota
University of North DakotaOhio
Ohio State UniversityOregon
University of OregonPennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh
Temple University
Rhode Island
Brown UniversityTennessee
Vanderbilt UniversityTexas
Baylor UniversityRice University
Texas A&M University
University of Texas, Arlington
University of Texas at Austin
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityWashington
Washington State UniversityQuebec
Concordia University, Canada