Best Industry Transition Articles For PhDs (February 8th, 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: The 10 most-anticipated drug launches of 2020 – Kyle Blankenship, Angus Liu
Networking
Top: 7 LinkedIn Tactics To Attract Recruiters – Robin Ryan
Finding a Mentor. What I learned from a guest lecturer who changed my life – Nicole Serena Silver
10 Ways Newer Entrepreneurs Can Expand Their Network – Expert Panel, Young Entrepreneur Council
3 ways to build a community that leads to business success – Ngan Nguyen
CVs/Resumes
Top: The Better Way to Word These 7 Common Cover Letter Phrases – AnnaMarie Houlis
Google’s director of talent explains how to write a killer résumé – Stephanie Vozza
Why I Just Rewrote My Resume – William Vanderbloemen
What should a resume look like in 2020 – Pamela Grossman
Interviews
Top: Never ask these 5 questions during job interviews — ask these 4 alternatives instead – Deborah Sweeney
The 5 Best Interview Questions Candidates Ask During Job Interviews – Terina Allen
7 common job interview questions that are actually illegal – Ali Parr
Transferable Skills
Top: Cultivate soft skills to climb up the professional ladder – Aravind Kumar Rajendran
Rethinking your learning and career development – Alex Badenoch
How Can You Assess Your Career Fitness? – Jelena Radonjic
Critical thinking: the art of asking questions – Emma Sue Prince
Academic Blues
Top: A person before a PhD: understanding and combatting an academic identity crisis – Robert Seaborne
Three bad reasons to do a postdoc – Karin Bodewits
Out of office replies and what they can say about you – Stephana Cherak
Value people as well as papers to improve research culture – Christopher Jackson
Industry Positions
Top: Three Ways To Ensure Your Career Success At A StartUp – Eric Guidice
3 important ways entrepreneurs think differently than other business people – Jeff Cornwall
What Product Managers Do And How To Become One – Sophia Matveeva
Get Hired for a Remote Job by Doing These 3 Things – Luke Thomas
Business Acumen
Top: The 10 most-anticipated drug launches of 2020 – Kyle Blankenship, Angus Liu
So long, and thanks for all the research: UK is out, but what does the future hold? – Éanna Kelly, Richard L. Hudson, and Florin Zubașcu
GSK Sets Plan to Split the Company into Two Separate Entities – Alex Keown
EU to strengthen green energy R&D partnerships with Africa – Florin Zubașcu
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ABOUT ISAIAH HANKEL, PHD
CEO, CHEEKY SCIENTIST & SUCCESS MENTOR TO PHDS
Isaiah Hankel, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the largest career training platform for PhDs in the world - Cheeky Scientist. His articles, podcasts and trainings are consumed annually by 3 million PhDs in 152 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. Isaiah Hankel received his doctorate in Anatomy & Cell Biology with a focus in immunology and is an expert on biotechnology recruitment and career development.
Isaiah has published two bestselling books with Wiley and 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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