Humanities PhDs should consider careers in advising, given that their skillsets often align with this role, writes Yoonha Shin (Princeton University). Shin writes that career advising especially complements the strengths developed by humanities PhDs, enabling them to provide thoughtful feedback on applications, motivate students in their career journeys, and collect information to help students clarify their thoughts. Additionally, humanities PhDs can use their metacognition skills to understand that their own perceptions are subjective and to continually improve their advising practices.
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