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Versatile Ph.D. is sponsored by the Graduate & Professional School and the Career Center at Texas A&M University. As a student, you are granted access to all premium content. For more information and to sign up, visit the Texas A&M Career Center. Enter your NetId and password to access content relevant for graduate and professional students, including Virtual Ph.D., then create your VPhD account.

Designed to help graduate students identify, prepare for and excel in non-academic careers, Versatile Ph.D. provides original, first-person content from real-life Ph.D.s and ABDs finding success outside of the academy.

Learn by reading their Hiring Success Stories how they became employed in fields as wide-ranging as business, policy, biotechnology, and intellectual property. Read more about their career paths by checking out their Career Autobiographies. Participate in online panel discussions and forums, in which they describe what their work is like and answer questions from you and other users.

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