December 9, 2005

Nonacademic Jobs for Ph.D.'s

To the Editor:

I read with great interest Elle Madison's demystification of hunting for a job outside of the ivory tower ("The Truth About the Nonacademic Job Search," Careers, November 4). I am one of those individuals who, with a Ph.D. in English, had to find work outside of academe — once it became clear that a job as a college instructor in American literature was not in the cards for me.

However, a few salient points ought be raised that Ms. Madison glosses over,

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