Find Career Allies | Student Resources

Find Your Career Allies

Nobody builds a career alone. We all need a community of mentors, colleagues and friends who will share their networks, help us think through our options and find our way into meaningful work that fits our values, skills and interests.

Resources for Faculty and Staff

EXPLORE It's best to have several mentors — both inside and outside the university. Talk with lots of people about their career paths.
LEARN You can learn a lot about other people's career paths online. Search AlumniFire or narrow a LinkedIn search to focus on Ohio State alumni who hold degrees like yours. You'll often be able to see what they're doing now and what steps they took to get there.
CONNECT Alumni are usually glad to talk with students. Once you've found them on AlumniFire or LinkedIn, you can ask for an informational interview to find out about their work lives. The Imagine PhD tool, (which requires a free, confidential account) explains how.
LISTEN Ohio State subscribes to Beyond the Professoriate and Beyond Grad School, which offers advice about searching for work and events that are free to Ohio State students.
REACH OUT Ohio State faculty and staff with Career Ally door hangtags, stickers or desk signs have agreed to support students in career exploration. Feel free to reach out to them.
ENROLL ARTSSCI 6000: Career Exploration for Graduate Students is a one-credit course that offers support in finding your allies and making a plan.

Learn more about the Imagined Futures Graduate Professional Development Initiative