Graduate Student Services

The Graduate Career Services at the Duke University Career Center offer career counseling and programs for Master's and PhD students enrolled in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering.  We provide workshops and events to better equip you with the requisite knowledge and skills for shaping and developing your career while at Duke and as you enter the workplace--whether in higher education or in the government, business or non-profit sectors. We connect you with alumni, employers and other experienced professionals who can provide career guidance and may be able to suggest career opportunities in a diverse range of fields. Our aim is to inform you about University resources that will enrich and focus your graduate education toward a set of well-defined career goals and enable you to effectively conduct a job search.

To take advantage of our services and resources, call 660-1050 for an appointment with one of the counselors for graduate students at least one day in advance. Give our receptionist your graduate department, year of study, email address and phone number.

Our office is located at 110 Page Building. Page is opposite the Divinity School, facing the Chapel plaza.

 

News & Announcements

CareerSearch, an online search tool that lets you browse over 1.3 million jobs and career opportunities according to various search categories (e.g. industry, location, inside contacts, IT career specialties).  It also provides other valuable resources like a salary estimator and a search tool for business, industry, and city information.

 

Audio Recordings of Career Advice and Programs

The following recordings are now available for download:

• Immigration Seminar
  

Preparing for the Faculty Career Series: Panel discussions Panel discussions for PhD and postdoctoral students seeking positions in academia.  The 2007-08 recordings for this series are available for download here.

2007-08 Recordings: There are more workshop recordings from last academic year 2007-08 available for download here. 

More than the Tenure Track Series: Panel discussions on career choices for PhD candidates and Postdoctoral Associates.  The 2006-07 recordings for this series are available for download here.

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2008-09 Recordings

Noted speaker Scott Morgan, co author of Speaking About Science:  A Manual for Creating Clear Presentations and partner at the Washington, DC consulting firm Premiere Public Speaking, returns to Duke to reprise his popular workshops on developing effective communication skills. Improving Your Spoken English (a pdf file of the presentation can be downloaded here.) Speaking about Science (Our apologies that the recording of this workshop is not complete.  An earlier version of this lecture [2007] is available in our audio recordings section.  You may also download a podcast of this same lecture from the Premiere Public Speaking website in 12 separate mp3 files with a total running time of 41 minutes.  Just click the website link above and go to the section Podcast.)

From PhD to Industry with Dr Paul L. Domanico

Landing a Job in Academic Biology with Dr C. Ray Chandler (A pdf file of the presentation can be downloaded here.)

Scientific Editors and Editing Panel Discussion with Dr Martha Dimes (Children's Health Editor of NIEHS Environmental Health Perspectives), Dr Mohammed Noor (Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Biology), Ms. Fenella Saunders (Senior Editor of American Scientist), and Dr Jim Siedow (Vice Provost for Research)