Leaving Academia: A Summer Coaching Program for PhDs

Name: Leaving Academia: A Summer Coaching Program for PhDs
SKU: 12604
Price: 150.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Karen Kelsky

5 Stars

425 session participants

This summer, join Dr. Karen Kelsky of The Professor Is Out in a coaching program that helps you, in community, confront what’s holding you back from leaving academia, construct a new professional identity, and showcase that identity in a short biography that you can use in your job search.

$30.00 per session$150.00

This workshop has finished and is no longer accepting new participants.

Meets 5 times on

June 14, 2022, 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
June 20, 2022, 4:30pm – 6:00pm EDT
June 21, 2022, 9:00pm – 10:00pm EDT
June 28, 2022, 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
July 12, 2022, 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT

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Exercises, materials, and feedback
Peer-to-peer, online space
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Who This Is For

PhDs

thinking about leaving academia
academics

thinking about leaving academia
grad students

thinking about leaving academia
professors

thinking about leaving academia
scholars

thinking about leaving academia

Workshop Details

Everyone in this program will walk away with a new short “bio” that you can use on LinkedIn and in your cover letters for jobs. But writing that bio takes rethinking who you are! And so the coaching focuses on helping you tell a new story about your identity and your profile, drawing from your academic background but not limited by it. Over the course of 3 live workshops, plus readings and the short writing project, you’ll leave the coaching program with

An understanding of the emotional obstacles holding you back
A new professional story about yourself independent from academia
A short biography that showcases your identity that you can use in your job search
A community of fellow travelers

The journey is best shared! the worst part of leaving academia is the isolation (and the shame and feelings of failure isolation breeds). Working together we can share insights and resources and you will come away not just with assets for your job search, but the peace of mind of knowing you are not alone.

Dates for live coaching sessions are: June 14, June 28, and July 12, all at 6 PM EST. If you can’t make a time, i will make sure you get the recording!

This workshop has our standard refund policy.

Schedule

June 14, 2022 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
June 20, 2022 4:30pm – 6:00pm EDT
June 21, 2022 9:00pm – 10:00pm EDT
June 28, 2022 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
July 12, 2022 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT

What People Are Saying

425 Session Participants for 13 Workshop Reviews : Stars 5.0 out of 5 overall

Knowledge of Subject Material : 5 out of 5
Engagement in Live Sessions : 4 out of 5
Materials Provided Pre or Post Workshop : 4 out of 5
Overall Knowledge Gained by Enrolling : 4 out of 5

Reem Jaafar for Leaving Academia: A Summer Coaching Program for PhDs
Rating: 5 out of 5

The workshop provides the space, the community, and the initial information needed to assist participants in examining and pursuing alternative opportunities.
Plus: a bonus guest speaker.
Kathryn Mockler for Advice for the Pre-Tenure Years
Rating: 5 out of 5

Excellent advice for pre-tenure professors.
Arianne Boileau for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5

Straightforward, useful information about what to expect from the first year on the tenure track.
Elena Cohen for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5

Great experience. Very knowledgeable & prepared, answered many questions.
Yen-Fang Su for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5

Very informative speech and eased my nervousness about entering my first academic job.
Yuting Zhao for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5

It was super helpful! I've already read a bunch of stuff online and still I learned new things from the workshop.
Paco Chen-Lopez for Surviving Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Rating: 5 out of 5
Terri Russ for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5

This was an awesome experience!
Evelin Barbosa de Melo for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5

Excellent workshop! Dr. Karen Kelsky is very knowledgeable and goes straight to the point. Everyone in the audience had a chance to speak up and share their stories (if they chose to do so). Karen also created a very safe and compassionate environment where we felt heard and seen. In addition, we got a lot of practical advice on what to do moving forward.
I'd love to participate in a follow-up session with similar format or we could create a meet-up/ support group so we can continue to meet, share experiences and learn more from each other.
Thanks Karen (and all fellows that joined) for all the encouragement!
Rima Franklin for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5

Excellent session! Karen has so much experience and wisdom to share, and she does it with humor and compassion. This session was a great balance of information delivery interwoven with discussion questions. I loved connecting with colleagues experiencing similar challenges and hearing their stories.

In the future, it could be beneficial to have sessions targeted toward specific groups (e.g., early vs. mid-career) or disciplines (e.g., STEM vs. social sciences). I don’t think having everyone mixed was a problem for this session, but I can see some separation might be useful for more advanced topics.
Lydia Roll for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5

I really enjoyed being in a small group setting with other academics who understand the desire to leave academia. The ideas shared were incredibly helpful.
Sharon Chan for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5

Dr Kelsky is a very experienced speaker inviting and facilitating participants to share their own stories, which is one of the most beautiful parts in this workshop. Thank you for the amazing workshop, which had greatly helped me look at my own situation in academic using a wider angle. I am glad that I, as well as other scholars joining this workshop, am not alone. I look forward to more workshops like this. Thanks again!
Cookie Woolner for Leaving Academia: A 2-Part Workshop for Academics Moving Out and Moving On
Rating: 5 out of 5

Dr. Karen Kelsky has a wealth of knowledge about life inside of academia and how to strategically pivot out of it. She offered lots of helpful tips on how to begin to envision and make a life outside of academia while acknowledging the emotional trauma and burnout many of us shoulder in this process. The chat and Q&A during the workshop made it feel like a really supportive community and I would love to continue to connect with everyone here via Zoom (maybe doing peer support with feedback in small breakout rooms?), LinkedIn, or other opportunities.

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Karen Kelsky

Hi, I'm Dr. Karen Kelsky!

Hi, I am Dr. Karen Kelsky and I am the Founder and CEO of The Professor Is In, and more recently, The Professor Is Out. Since 2011 The Professor Is In has provided a full-service individual and institutional consultancy on the academic job search and all elements of the academic career. I am building The Professor Is Out initiative to focus more resources on assisting academics in the often painful and challenging process of transitioning out … read more

Leaving Academia: A Summer Coaching Program for PhDs

Karen Kelsky

Meets 5 times on

All Klatch Workshops Include

Who This Is For

PhDs

academics

grad students

professors

scholars

Schedule

What People Are Saying

425 Session Participants for 13 Workshop Reviews : Stars 5.0 out of 5 overall

Meet Your Klatch Facilitator

Karen Kelsky