Abstract: The number of available faculty positions has trended steadily downwards over the last decade. This comes at a time when admissions to PhD programs in IR are trending upwards, meaning that there are increasingly less positions for more graduates. Given this reality, many graduate students and those graduates not on the tenure track are looking for alternative areas for employment. Where should they look? What kinds of skills do they bring from graduate studies? And, what are the differences (both possibilities and drawbacks) to pursuing employment outside of academia?
Recognizing that many graduate programs are not set up to address these questions, this panel will bring together individuals who have completed graduate work in international studies, and used these studies to build a career outside of academia. Panelists will provide their experience and advice from a number of non-academic sectors, including: the non-profit and private sectors, government and policy-making, alt-ac, and think tanks.