Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (December 17th, 2017)
Every week we scour the Internet to find the best industry transition articles for PhDs, so you don’t have to.
We have two consultants independently search for the most informative articles on networking, CVs/resumes, interviews, transferable skills, academic blues, industry positions, and business acumen.
Our consultants vote on a top article for each category and for a top overall article each week. This week’s best articles are…
Top Overall
*What Are The Ingredients For Bio/Pharma Career Advancement?* – Rita C. Peters
Networking
TOP How To Make The Right Connections When You Don’t Already Have An “In” – Dorie Clark
Holiday Season Is The Perfect Time For Networking – Robin Ryan
7 Counterintuitive Networking Hacks You Probably Aren’t Using – Anisa Purbasari Horton
The 3 Things You Can Do To Farm For Referrals – Ivan Misner
CVs/Resumes
TOP The 13 Best Resume Tips Of 2017 – Lillian Childress
6 Impressive Skills To Include On Your Resume – Sarah Greesonbach
New Microsoft Word Resume Tool Recommends LinkedIn Job Postings – Roy Maurer
Interviews
TOP J&J Exec Reveals How You Can Stand Out Among 3,000 Job Seekers – Mark Terry
What Questions Should A Job Candidate Ask The Interviewer? – Rebekah Rombom
How To Turn Interviews Into Job Offers – Ochuko Dasimaka
Use These Tips To Crush Your Next Job Interview – Brooke Wentz
Transferable Skills
TOP Time To Take A Hard Look At Soft Skills – Yossi Sheffi
The 4 Drivers And Derailers Of Leadership Success – Kevin Kruse
Hard Skills Vs. Soft Skills: What’s The Difference? – Alison Doyle
Stop Obsessing: Here Are 7 Areas Where Perfectionism Hinders Good Writing – Amanda Zantal-Wiener
Academic Blues
TOP Changes To The U.S. Tax Code Will Harm Graduate Student Mobility And Career Prospects – Aliyah Weinstein
A Guide To Birthing A Dissertation, Post-Baby – Rebecca Pero
Changing Careers? Do This First – Katharine Brooks
An Interview With Nobel Laureate Janni Nüsslein-Volhard – Kathy Weston
Industry Positions
TOP What Are The Ingredients For Bio/Pharma Career Advancement? – Rita C. Peters
MedImmune Exec Shares 4 Life Science Career Tips – Mark Terry
Are You Suited For A Start-Up? – Jeffrey Bussgang
Ten Rules For Negotiating A Job Offer – Haseeb Qureshi
Business Acumen
TOP How Biopharma Companies Are Bolstering R&D Pipelines Through Deal-Making – Philip Pfrang, Kelley Dealhoy, Tatjana Heller, and Sonal Shah
How A Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team For Long-Term Success – Frank V. Cespedes and David Mattson
Total Societal Impact: A New Lens For Strategy – Douglas Beal, et al.
Six Top Biotech VCs Take A Look At The Latest Trends, And Offer Their Thoughts On 2018 – Brittany Meiling
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Dr. Isaiah Hankel is the Founder and CEO of 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.
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