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PhD Career Coach
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Hi, I’m Jen. I’ve worked as an academic, life, and career coach for graduate students and PhDs since 2013. To put it simply, I help PhDs launch meaningful careers.

My clients gain confidence, feel less isolated, and ultimately take action that moves them forward. Working together, we get them in charge of their own careers, during and after graduate school.

I do what I do because I care about people with PhDs, not about their research or teaching or publications or “the field” or time to completion or even whether they finish graduate school in the first place. I don’t care whether they launch careers within or far from the Ivory Tower — or somewhere in between — as long as it’s what’s right for them. My aim for my clients is that they stand up tall, take up space, and shout out loud (figuratively, if not literally); in other words, I want them to be who they truly are and do what they’re meant to do. That’s my dream for them.

I’ve worked with individual clients since July 2013. I’ve learned a ton and had amazing experiences working 1-on-1 with hundreds of graduate students and PhDs. They’ve inspired me by their determination, bravery, and by all the hard work they’ve done and goals they’ve accomplished. Right on!

I earned my PhD in history from the University of Toronto in June 2012. (You can read about my dissertation here.) In November, I hired a career coach to help me with my transition, and soon thereafter launched this website (then just a blog) to chronicle my journey and offer resources, community, and encouragement to others. In May 2013 I began coach training with MentorCoach, a training institution accredited by the International Coach Federation. MentorCoach was founded by a fellow PhD and its coaching program is steeped in positive psychology and related evidence-based approaches.

Before taking up coach training, I worked as a website content editor for a concert listings website, and as a freelance researcher and virtual assistant for some small consulting firms. During my PhD I was heavily involved in the Toronto music scene for a few years. My blog, Narratives, is archived at historyjen.blogspot.com, where you will also find information about the ssr小工具官网安卓版 I co-hosted. Before the music scene, I was involved in the graduate student community at the University of Toronto. I’m most proud of the newsletter I created in the summer of my first year as a doctoral student, presiding over the graduate history society the following year, and being an organizer of a grad student conference and lecture series. As a PhD student I loved my time at the archives, as well as running tutorials (small group discussions) and meeting 1-on-1 with students.

My own journey “from PhD to life” involved lots of self-reflection and lots of learning about the world beyond the professoriate. I came to realize over time that I’m fascinated by people and thrive in communities, whoever and whatever they are. That’s always been true. This self-knowledge drives my work with clients individually and in groups is something I love doing, too!

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  1. Lisa BB says:

    just what i needed to read. I am really surprised this final writing stage is make me more depressed, and improvished

    1. Jennifer Polk says:

      Yeah, grad school is all sorts of things, ain’t it? 🙂 Finishing up is a tough slog, and it tends to get worse before it gets better!! Gah. Sending you strength and prosperous vibes!

  2. Dave Kaiser says:

    Wow, you and I have a lot in common. I was a Slavic Language PhD from the University of Chicago, and after a bit of time in corporate training, started my own coaching biz in 2008. I am now PCC-certified and my biz is going well. In the meantime, I also coached grad students to finish the dissertation (via 彩虹城-彩虹城安卓版下载-彩虹城手游最新版下载_天尚网:2021-6-15 · 彩虹城安卓版这是一款非常有趣的策略竞技类的RPG手游,彩虹城安卓版的游戏中采用精美的游戏画面众及炫酷的游戏特效等,在视觉上给玩家不一样的游戏体验。同时多种游戏玩法供玩家攻略,还可众邀请自己的好友哦!感兴趣的小伙伴伔快来试试彩虹城安卓版吧!, Alison Miller there is the owner, she is a psych PhD, very cool). I have often thought that the PhD to entrepreneur path is pretty natural. We are good at project management, analyzing, writing, hand-holding crazy people, etc. I even bought the domain name ssr安卓客户端最新版下载, figuring I might use it someday, but haven’t made the time yet. Anyway, it’s nice to see a fellow PhD~Coach. Give me shout if you want to “talk shop” at all.

    1. Jennifer Polk says:

      I did a Russian Revolution topic for my dissertation and MA thesis 🙂 So we’ve def things in common!

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