Studies on doctorate employments rarely pay attentions to Ph.D. students especially in humanities and social sciences. Confronted with ever-changing environments, Ph.D. students must learn to meet the needs of job markets. A good grasp of their job perspectives as students would eventually help solve doctorate employment problems. This paper therefore explores how Ph.D. students in humanities and social sciences normally experience the long course of doctoral study in Taiwan and whether such experiences and trainings sufficiently prepare them for eventual employments. In contrast to old studies that are mainly structure-oriented, the author explores from the perspectives of agency, while significantly based on personal experiences. He argues that Ph.D. programs should help Ph.D. students in a way more directly and efficiently, by providing employment information not just limited within Taiwan; that the government should take seriously the tendency of "casualization of academic labor" and improve job conditions for Ph.D. degree-holders.