What Do PhDs Do? Case Studies

 WDPD? contains extracts from interviews with employers and PhD graduates on their personal insights into the value of the PhD qualification and references to other studies of PhD career paths.

Each profile includes answers to the following questions:

• Why did you do a PhD?
• Describe your current job briefly.
• Why did you decide in this career?
• What was your job search strategy?
• Why do you think you got the job?
• Do you think a PhD has had a positive impact on your career?
• What advice do you have for PhD students to boost their employability?

• Case studies in arts and humanities
• Case studies in biological and biomedical sciences
• Case studies in physical sciences and engineering
• Case studies in social sciences