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The Work Seminar is the podcast for people with liberal arts advanced degrees considering work outside their fields of study. Join me for unscripted conversations with MAs, MFAs, PhDs, and the like who made the leap to adjacent or (seemingly) unrelated work after grad school. You'll hear about life's unexpected turns, what guests have learned along the way, their thoughts and advice for finding enjoyable work, and work's role in their lives.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
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English
United States
38 episodes
since Oct. 23, 2021
episodic
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And once again, a semester of The Work Seminar comes to an end. We’ll return with Season 4 after the break.
In the meantime, here’s hoping you’ve learned as much from these conversations as we have. See you back here in 2023.
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Zakiya's debut book Dump Your Degree is a practical guide for thinking beyond academic credentials as you pursue a new career. And she’s followed her own advice, transitioning from the professoriate (with a PhD in religious education) to full-time author.
We delve into her methodology through …
Judith finished grad school with a passion for increasing student retention. As she spent more time — and moved up the ladder — in higher ed administration, she became equally committed to expanding access.
And she did, indeed, make retention and access top priorities in positions across student af…
A self-branded writer/poet, Austin relished the opportunity to hone his creative skills in grad school. And he was open to divergent work after graduation.
Just as he found his footing as a copywriter and social media strategist at a small marketing agency, the Great Recession reared its head, endi…
Jackie held down six (six!) part-time jobs after grad school. But a couple years into her first full-time gig, her art and career hit a lull.
That’s when she started devoting her commute time to learning everything she could about digital marketing. In relatively short order, she secured a full-ti…
Jesan pivoted from student affairs leadership to entrepreneurship in a novel fashion: He started with revisiting his grad school curriculum. After combing through the syllabi from his master’s program, Jesan thought, “I could take that topic and turn it into a product.” And so he did, marketing his…
A future of intellectual exploration and research drew Tory to grad school. But two seasons of an unfruitful tenure-track search prompted her to question what she wanted out of work — and where she wanted to do it.
After 40 or 50 informational interviews with anyone willing to chat about their care…
And once again, we’ve reached a temporary end.
After a little rest, The Work Seminar will return with Season 3.
In the meantime, here’s hoping you’ve learned as much from these conversations as we have. See you back here this fall.
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Jon taught guitar lessons — including to, once upon a mid/late 90s time, yours truly — while finishing his liberal arts degree. Not long after graduation, his passion for animal rights drew him to leave teaching music for advocacy, and he’s worked full-time in the field ever since.
In his first 10…
Amie studied fine arts with no intention of working professionally in the field. She took office jobs during college, and shortly after graduating parlayed that experience into a full-time job for a clinical research company.
Without a technical background, she was moved to the company’s quality t…
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