Best Industry Transition Articles For PhDs (February 22nd, 2020)
In industry, it’s important for professionals and job candidates to maintain a strong knowledge of the business arena.
That’s why every week, Cheeky Scientist scours the Internet acquiring the best industry transition articles for PhDs – that way, you don’t have to!
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.
Then they vote on a top article for each category and a top overall article for the week.
And here are the results! This week’s best articles are…
Industry Transition Articles: Top Overall
Top Overall: How to Work the Room Like a Network Hustler – Kanika Tolver
Networking
Top: How to Work the Room Like a Network Hustler – Kanika Tolver
How to Overcome Your Obsession with Helping Others – Ron Carucci
When and How to Reach Out to Recruiters – Katharine Hansen
How To Empower Yourself In The Job Search And Fight Back Against The AI Robots – Jack Kelly
CVs/Resumes
Top: List of 5 key skills to highlight on your resume (with examples) – Jennifer Fabiano
5 Tips To Update Your Resume In 2020 – Anisha Singh
How to list references: Simple steps for success – Robert Carnevale
5 tips for a data science resume – Aditya Sharma
Interviews
Top: How to use the halo effect to your advantage in a job interview – Art Markman
Preparing for Showtime: The Job Interview – Kanika Tolver
The Top 17 ways to fail a job interview – CW Headley
Baby Boomers: How To Excel In The Job Interview – Robin Ryan
Transferable Skills
Top: 10 Leadership Principles for 2020 – Shubika Bilkha
How To Develop Your Emotional Intelligence (3 Ways) – Thomas Griffin
High-Demand Soft And Hard Skills For Freelancers And Other Professionals – Jon Younger
How to demonstrate 3 important soft skills during an interview – Stephanie Vozza
Academic Blues
Top: Male doctoral graduates more likely to have a full-time, permanent job than their female counterparts, study shows – University of Exeter
How I got through my grad school slump – Katherine Still
Stop making graduate students pay up front for conferences – John Malloy.
3 things to know about women in STEM – Johnny Wood
Industry Positions
Top: Starting Out at a Start-Up – Annie Maxfield and Thi Nguyen
How to Become a Project Manager in 2020 – Hannah Cohen
9 best practices for data science job search – Sejuti Das
Why Working Couples Need to Talk More About Power – Jennifer Petriglieri
Business Acumen
Top: Healthcare Automation Market to be worth US$58.98 billion by 2025, Says TMR – Transparency Market Research
Small Data Can Play a Big Role in AI – H. James Wilson and Paul R. Daugherty
Growth of Health System-Based Specialty Pharmacy to Continue in 2020, Reducing Cost of Care – Don Amorosi and Becky Rand
Budget 2021 – 2027: mixed funding is needed to promote innovation – Florin Zubașcu
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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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