Targeted facilitation of high-impact career pivots for ex-academics
Effective altruism
Effective altruists/longtermists have targeted their movement-building efforts to young people (undergraduate and high-school students), an effective strategy given that young people are more likely to be in the process of career exploration and investments in them will be long-lasting.
Another effective movement-building strategy may be to help Ph.D. graduates, postdocs, etc. who are pivoting out of academia. Ex-academics are likely to have difficult-to-obtain, and often impactful/generalizable skills, and are likely undervalued by the hypercompetitive academic job market (due to academics’ strong, social-norm-based preference for academic jobs and consequent oversupply). Ex-academics are likely to be in the process of career exploration. Targeted outreach, fellowships, and careering coaching by student organizations and EA movement-building experts may help direct more of these ex-academics to high-impact career pivots.
Targeted facilitation of high-impact career pivots for ex-academics
Effective altruism
Effective altruists/longtermists have targeted their movement-building efforts to young people (undergraduate and high-school students), an effective strategy given that young people are more likely to be in the process of career exploration and investments in them will be long-lasting.
Another effective movement-building strategy may be to help Ph.D. graduates, postdocs, etc. who are pivoting out of academia. Ex-academics are likely to have difficult-to-obtain, and often impactful/generalizable skills, and are likely undervalued by the hypercompetitive academic job market (due to academics’ strong, social-norm-based preference for academic jobs and consequent oversupply). Ex-academics are likely to be in the process of career exploration. Targeted outreach, fellowships, and careering coaching by student organizations and EA movement-building experts may help direct more of these ex-academics to high-impact career pivots.