Hired at TeslaMatthew
Landed a role at Tesla after a focused, coach-guided search.
Hired at Scentbird after working with her Realign coach.
Career coaching for higher education
A career coach for academics, on the tenure track or off it
Moving into industry, stepping into a chair or dean role, or leaving academia altogether: get matched with a coach who knows how universities promote and how employers outside academia read a CV.
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Sound familiar?
If this is you, a coach can help
- You've done the postdoc and applied to every tenure-track opening in your field. You want a plan that doesn't depend on next year's job cycle.
- You're an adjunct piecing together courses each term and want a role with a steady salary and a future.
- You're interested in UX research, data science, instructional design or consulting, and your CV of publications and grants doesn't read like a resume to anyone outside academia.
- You're tenured or already in administration, thinking about department chair, associate dean or dean, and want to know what search committees look for in a leader.
What you get
Built for an academic career
A coach who knows academic careers
Get matched with a coach who knows how universities hire and promote, from tenure review to administrative searches, and how industry hires PhDs.
From CV to resume
Your coach helps you turn a long academic CV into a resume that leads with projects, methods, results and the people you managed or taught.
Clear industry targets
Instructional design, UX research, data, L&D, consulting and research roles all hire academics. Your coach helps you pick the ones that fit your training and close the gaps.
A path into academic leadership
If you're staying, your coach helps you prepare for chair, dean and provost-track roles: the leadership record, the search process and the campus interview.
If you teach K-12, see our education career coaching. Researchers heading for industry labs can see career coaching for scientists, or browse the full career coaching hub for other specializations.
How it works
You could start this week
01
Take the 2-minute quiz
Tell us your discipline, your role, and whether you want to stay in academia or leave.
02
Get matched
We pair you with a coach who knows academic careers and the industry roles that hire PhDs.
03
Start moving
Leave your first session with a concrete plan, whether that's a dean search or an industry job search.
Real outcomes
Where our clients land
Real people who worked with a Realign coach and landed roles they were excited about.
Hired at Tesla
Hired at ScentbirdSharon
Hired at AmazonLeslie
Made the move to Amazon with a clear plan from her Realign coach.
Hired at VerizonJennifer
Landed at Verizon after working with her Realign coach.
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100% satisfaction guarantee
If you're not happy within 48 hours of your first session, you get a full refund. The only risk is staying stuck.
Questions
Higher education career coaching FAQ
I have a PhD and no industry experience. Will employers take me seriously?
Yes, when you describe your work in terms they use. Your coach helps you present your research as projects with goals, methods, deadlines and results, and your teaching as training and communication. Then you target roles where those skills matter most.
Which industry roles fit academics best?
It depends on your field and the parts of the work you enjoy. Common moves include UX research, data science and analytics, instructional design, learning and development, consulting, policy, and industry research roles. Your coach helps you test a few options before you commit to one.
I'm thinking about becoming a department chair or dean. Can a coach help?
Yes. Your coach helps you decide whether administration fits the career you want, build the leadership record a search committee looks for, and prepare your materials and campus interview. If you're already in the role, coaching can help with the shift from colleague to supervisor.
What if my coach isn't the right fit?
Tell us within 48 hours of your first session and we'll re-match you or refund you. That's our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Ready when you are
Ready to take your academic career somewhere new?
Get matched today with a coach who knows academia and the jobs beyond it.