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W-2 vs. 1099: What Every New Therapist Should Know Before Accepting Their First Job

You made it! After years of classes, internships, papers, and countless hours spent learning how to support others, you’re ready to begin your career as a counselor or social worker.

Then comes one of the first big decisions you’ll make:

By Patty Greenfield
Patty Greenfield Associate Director, Nursing/Education/Social Work
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How to Plan Your Faculty Job Search Calmly & Strategically

As you reap the well-earned rewards of summer—vacation, warm weather, a reprieve from coursework or teaching—the last thing you probably want to do is think about job searching. But for PhDs and postdocs interested in faculty roles, the job search …

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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New Resume Samples to Help PhDs and Postdocs Tell Their Story

Most PhD students and postdocs are very familiar with curriculum vitaes (CVs), and you probably already have one!  CVs are used for lots of academic purposes – applying for graduate programs, grants and fellowships, and for academic jobs.  You probably don’t …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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From Hospitals to Student Unions: My Summer of Professional Development

Sophia Neaman, COL ’26, Hazleton, PA

This summer I had the opportunity to stay in Philadelphia and work under several different individuals through the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania.

I began my summer in …

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Career Services
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Consulting Recruiting from Non-Consulting Recruiting Backgrounds

How your academic training translates – and how to navigate the process.  To access the slides with links to resources, please click here.

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Career Resources

If you’re applying for faculty jobs, it’s important to keep good records of where and when you’re applying, which documents …

The Academy of Certified Archivists is an independent, nonprofit certifying organization of professional archivists. The job board lists jobs open …

EdSurge offers news articles, research reports, and a job board.

EdTech Index provides a list of EdTech products indexed by …

Not All Organizations Offer Internships or Hire New Grads

In this resource, please find a regularly updated externally managed list …

From designing your experiments to advancing your career, Nature Masterclasses offer on-demand courses that cover the whole research cycle.

The Nature …

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