Rating: 
Summary: Too Optimistic!
Review: The book is a good resource for graduate students and recent alumni. The authors offer some good advice on researching alternate career options and creating a resume. I agree that informational interviews are a great way for collecting information. However, the authors are overly optimistic about the job search process for those with Ph.D.'s. They have several success stories of people finding jobs outside of the academic world. The authors make it sound too easy. They fail to describe or even mention the struggles that many Ph.D's go through.
Rating: 
Summary: Targeted towards grad students and other academics
Review: The real strength of this book is that it is addressed directly at graduate students and other academics. Most of the advice that is in this book can probably be found in other career books but here it is tailored to the needs (and anxieties) of graduate students who are looking for careers outside of academics. The authors provide many anecdotes of people (including themselves) who have sucessfully left academics as well as those who have chosen to remain or return to academic position. Further, they provide concrete advise for making the decision to stay in academics or leave and how to present that skills that have been gained in the graduate school experience to potential employers.As a graduate student who expects to receive his Ph.D. in the next 6 month, I enjoyed reading this book and found that it addressed many of the anxieties that I have concerning leaving academics.
Rating: 
Summary: Not just for Grad students
Review: The section on networking and interviewing for information
is applicable to a wide range of careers. I'm recommending the
book to several of my career change clients (site is movinglady.com)
who are having trouble transforming themselves for new careers.
The approach is easier to take than the classic "parachute"
version.
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