BTF’s curated content consists of videos, and it provides information for students across disciplines in the Arts & Sciences. It was designed and built by PhDs - the Beyond the Professoriate team, as well as all of the contributors who deliver workshops and participate in career panels and interviews, are experts in their field who also successfully completed a PhD in the areas of Arts, Social Sciences, STEM, Business, and Education. If you’re curious about the skills you’ve acquired throughout your studies, potential non-academic careers, or strategies for applying and securing non-academic employment, BTF is an invaluable resource. 

Beyond the Professoriate (BTF) benefits graduate students by: 

• supporting career exploration. 

• providing accessible, well-curated resources for busy graduate students. 

• promoting engaged learning through reflective activities that encourage students to apply what they’ve learned. 

• complementing existing on-campus graduate student career supports. 

• offering recorded seminars, reflective prompts, and assessments that guide the student experience and foster user engagement. 

You can bring your knowledge and degree to many career fields. But don't just take our word for it—BTF has interviews with over 170 graduates. Listen to their stories and see for yourself. 

Career Centre Workshops, Appointments, and Services: 

• Masters and PhD Career Counselling 

• Dossier Service 

Preparing for an Academic Career Path 

• Academic Job Search 

• Academic Job Interviews 

Faculty of Grad Studies 

Non-Academic Career Resources: 

• ImaginePhD: a free, online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. 

• From PhD to Life: Transition Q&As 

• Career Snapshots from Drug Discovery Careers archive 

• From CV to Resume by Kim Thompson and Terren Ilana Wein, Chronicle of Higher Education. 

• It's April, and I Still Don't Have a Job! The Panicked Scientist's Guide to Accelerated Job Searches by Peter Fiske, published in Science Next Wave 

• Transferring Your Skills to a Non-Academic Setting by Margaret Newhouse 

• Where to find information on Non-Academic Careers by Gabriela Montell from the Chronicle of Higher Education 

• PhDs at Work 

• Beyond the Professoriate 

• Versatile PhD 

Academic Career Resources: 

• Academic Employment Network 

• AcademicWork.ca 

• HigherEdJobs.com 

• H-Net Jobs Guide (Humanities and Social Sciences) 

• Inside Higher Ed 

• Post-Doc Jobs.com 

• University and College Academic Careers in Canada 

Faculty of Graduate Studies offers a range of personal mental health and well-being appointments, webinars and workshops to help you navigate life as a graduate student. 

FGS Certificate in Personal Wellness and Learning Skills is free and open to all York graduate students. 

The Faculty of Graduate Studies' IDP is a tool to assist graduate students in identifying and developing their goals during their studies. Graduate students that elect to complete an IDP can receive a Certificate of Completion to highlight on their resumé/CV.