Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies, August 8th, 2020
Every week, we at Cheeky Scientist scour the Internet for the best articles on topics that help in the search for PhD jobs in industry.
Our two consultants independently search for the most informative articles in the categories of networking, CVs/resumes, interviews, transferable skills, academic blues, industry positions, and business acumen.
Our consultants vote on a top article for each category and a top overall article for the week – if it’s a recent article that can help readers find and acquire PhD jobs, then we want to include it in this weekly digest.
So without further delay, here are…
This Week’s Best Articles On PhD Jobs And Job-Search Strategies
Top Article Overall:
Top Overall: 10 Networking Tips to Help Boost Your Career – Daniel Hopper
Networking
Top: 10 Networking Tips to Help Boost Your Career – Daniel Hopper
Understanding inside recruiting and hiring – Green Shoot Media
Career Building in the Time of Coronavirus – Toria Rainey
How to Actively Grow Your LinkedIn Network During Social Distancing and Beyond – Stefanie Marrone
CVs/Resumes
Top: The magic ingredient you need in your resume – William Hickey
6 cover letters that will get you any job (including templates) – Ashley Jones
7 Tips to Take Your Resume to the Next Level – Steve Kux
7 Critical Steps To Make Your Cover Letter Stand Out – Gwen Moran
Interviews
Top:5 ways to close an interview that make you unforgettable to the hiring manager – Steve Adcock
Acing the online job interview – Julie Weed
Video interview tips: how to nail a virtual job interview, according to the experts – Lauren Geall
Transferable Skills
Top: The importance of soft skills in a tech-focused world – Sascha Giese
During Time of Budget Cuts, Don’t Eliminate Soft Skills Training: Champion Them – Patti Phillips, Jack Phillips and Rebecca Ray
Innovation Leadership During Times Of Multivocality – Erika Jacobi
Opinion: How to be an effective leader during a crisis – Janelle Bruland
Academic Blues
Top: Providing Postdocs the Support They Deserve – Vipul Sharma
University redundancies, furloughs and pay cuts might loom amid the pandemic, survey finds – Madeline Bodin
A Crusade Against Terrible Advising – Scott Carlson
It’s time to fix the broken higher education transfer pipeline – William Crowe
Industry Positions
Top: B.Tech 2020: High-demand career options for Biotech engineers – TOI Staff
5 Essential Business-Oriented Critical Thinking Skills For Data Science – Rahul Agarwal
Where are STEM jobs? Charlotte is No. 1, Raleigh No. 5 in new index – Allan Maurer
PhD Students Win Highly Competitive Fellowships From Industry – Laura Schmitt
Business Acumen
Top:4 Trends That Are Shaping the Future of Work – Entrepreneur NEXT Staff
‘It’s like we’re going back 30 years’: how the coronavirus is gutting diversity in science – Chris Woolston
Innovation Supports Growth at Big Pharma/Big Biotech Companies – Damien Conover, CFA and Karen Andersen, CFA
NIH launches clinical trials for COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment – Sara G. Miller
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ABOUT ISAIAH HANKEL, PHD
CEO, CHEEKY SCIENTIST & SUCCESS MENTOR TO PHDS
Dr. Isaiah Hankel is the Founder and CEO of Cheeky Scientist. His articles, podcasts and trainings are consumed annually by millions of PhDs and other professionals in hundreds of different countries. He has helped PhDs transition into top companies like Amazon, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, Merck, Genentech, Home Depot, Nestle, Hilton, SpaceX, Tesla, Syngenta, the CDC, UN and Ford Foundation.
Dr. Hankel has published 3X bestselling books and his latest book, The Power of a PhD, debuted on the Barnes & Noble bestseller list. His methods for getting PhDs hired have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Nature, Forbes, The Guardian, Fast Company, Entrepreneur Magazine and Success Magazine.
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