Steve Tippins says the real problem for PhD holders isn't finding jobs, it's translating research skills into language employers understand. Doctoral training teaches you to manage big projects, lead teams, and hit deadlines. Most doctorate holders don't realize how to pitch these skills outside academia.
We are currently right now in a market that is tight for academic and positions. Although people are getting jobs, I'm talking to people multiple times a month who are searching for and finding academic jobs. So it's not that there aren't any, but the market is more limited than it was a few years ago, and it tends to swing through highs and lows as far as numbers of positions. But that doesn't mean there's not opportunity. One challenge people who have Ph.D.s and Ed.D.s and doctorates of any kind is translating that into a non-academic job. Well, Jobs are made up of skill sets, and you have created and learned all kinds of new skills. You can handle large projects. You can handle long-term projects. You may be— learn to manage people. You can meet deadlines. Think of all the skills you've learned in doing this to translate that to an employer or opportunities, and those skills can help you do things you never thought possible.
