Crafting Your Humanities Resume - A Workshop for Graduate Students

You’ve diligently put together your academic CV throughout your time as a graduate student, but now you realize this format won’t work for most jobs beyond the professoriate. Join this session to gain tips and insights on how to translate your research activities, teaching and other traditional academic labors into skills and assets visible to a broader range of employers.

We’ll be joined by Dr. Derek Attig, assistant dean for career and professional development in the Graduate College at the University of Illinois, a role in which they oversee Graduate College Career Development services, develop new strategies to support graduate students’ and postdocs’ professional and career development, and build relationships on and off campus to help students succeed at Illinois and beyond. Before joining the Graduate College in 2015, Derek taught at the University of Illinois, worked in nonprofit marketing, and advised graduate students at the university’s Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning. Derek holds a B.A. in History and Women’s Studies from Beloit College and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. You can read their work on grad student career preparedness in Inside Higher Ed.

It’s never too early to plan your next move, so this session is open to grad students at any level.