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Why You Cannot Let AI Write Your Resume
LLMs like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Claude can help with many things in resume preparation. They can make your resume sharper, cleaner, maybe easier to understand. But what they cannot do is decide what your experience means, which roles define you, or where you should go next. Even the…
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Global shifts in work priorities spotlight meaning and purpose
Humanities PhDs departing academia are part of a global, generational shift in work priorities where purpose, ethics, and well-being outweigh traditional status and compensation.
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To do good and be well: Three major findings of Deloitte’s 2026 Millennial and Gen Z Survey
Deloitte’s 2026 survey of 22,000+ young professionals reveals three major shifts in how they view work, purpose and the conditions shaping their lives. Major concerns many humanists have about leaving academia and entering professional life are the experiences and priorities of younger generations more broadly.
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How To Use LinkedIn Recommendations In Your Post-Academic Pivot
As you move beyond academia, recommendations that highlight your exceptional value shouldn’t just be retrospective statements on your earlier achievements. Treat them as critical opportunities to highlight specific contributions and experiences that communicate your value in the areas you will soon be applying yourself. What is a LinkedIn…
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Cover Letters That Cut Past the Competition
Cover letters are the bane of many jobseekers’ search process. Who wants to pen what is essentially a sales letter after the slog of preparing a resume? And it can be hard to know what to include from one application to the next. Let’s break down this three-part…
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Professional Waypoints for Public Historians
“You made it easier to work through some of the most pressing challenges humanities professionals face today AND gave us real tools to navigate through them.”