The Portable PhD

Patrick Gallagher, PhD, applies behavioral science daily in his position as Director of Research at the BB&T Leadership Institute. His professional roles in industry have included marketing, customer experience, corporate communications, consulting, and employee engagement. Patrick regularly works with managers and C-suite executives, and has been involved in hiring employees with and without psychology backgrounds. He lives in Winston-Salem, NC. Visit www.poatraining.com/ and follow @POAtraining on Twitter.   Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD, is Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Psychology Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She leads the departmental system for academic advising as well as the undergraduate internship program. She teaches courses including an undergraduate course on the career possibilities available to psychology students, and she serves as a faculty teaching mentor to graduate students. She lives in Winston-Salem, NC. Visit www.portablephd.com/ and follow @POAtraining on Twitter.  

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Career Development Timeline

Part I. Premises: A Starting Point
Chapter 1. Academia's Unspoken Assumptions
Chapter 2. Cultural Adaptations You'll Need to Make in Your New Workplace

Part II. Packing Your Bags: Identifying Your Skill Set
Chapter 3. Five Transferable Skills You Definitely Have and How to Talk About Them
Chapter 4. Other Transferable Skills You Probably Have and How to Talk About Them
Chapter 5. Skills You May Need to Acquire or Refine

Part III. Orienting Yourself To a New Culture
Chapter 6. New Culture, New Identity: Developing Your Professional Self
Chapter 7. Communicating Your Story: The Building Blocks
Chapter 8. Communicating Your Story in a New Culture

Part IV. Finding or Charting the Path Ahead
Chapter 9. Well-Worn Paths
Chapter 10. Less-Worn Paths
Chapter 11. How to Apply for Jobs

References
Index
About the Authors