All of these are in or orderable through IU Libraries. Borrow before you buy.
So What Are You Going to Do with That? (Basalla and Debelius)
The classic on finding careers outside academia, written by two humanities PhDs who did it.
Next Gen PhD: A Guide to Career Paths in Science (Sinche, 2016)
Data-driven career guidance for science PhDs, built on surveys of thousands of PhD holders about the skills their jobs actually use.
How to Make Your PhD Work: A Guide for Creating a Career in Science and Engineering
A practical guide for science and engineering doctoral students on turning the PhD into a career.
Leaving Academia: A Practical Guide (Caterine, 2020)
A short, direct handbook on the mechanics and the psychology of the transition out.
The Professor Is In (Kelsky, 2015)
The book version of the site above. Covers the academic job search document by document.
The Academic Job Search Handbook (Vick, Furlong, and Lurie)
The standard reference on the faculty search process from application through negotiation.
Putting the Humanities PhD to Work (Rogers, 2020)
On building a meaningful career with a humanities doctorate, with attention to equity and the economics of higher ed.
A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum (Calarco, 2020)
The unwritten rules of doctoral education, spelled out: how funding, publishing, conferencing, and advising actually work. The students who seem to just know these things usually had someone tell them. This is that someone.
Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students (Haynie and Spong, 2022)
A practical guide to teaching well during the PhD, written for graduate instructors rather than faculty, and useful for turning teaching experience into a documented record.
Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It (Lang, 2020)
On teaching rather than job hunting, but if you interview at a teaching-focused school, being able to talk concretely about student attention sets you apart.
The Slow Professor (Berg and Seeber, 2016)
A case for doing less academic work, more deliberately. Useful perspective before you commit to a faculty path, not just after you land one.
