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Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (December 1st, 2018)

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

*25 Tips to Help You Hack Your Career* – Emily Moore

Networking

TOP How To Build (And Maintain) An Effective LinkedIn Network – Lizabeth Li

Why Introverts Are Better At Networking – Karen Wickre

5 Expert Networking Tips That Really Work – Paul Grossinger

How These Three Companies Are Revolutionising Recruiting in Asia Pacific – Gracy Fernandez

CVs/Resumes

TOP How Writing A ‘Great’ Resume Can Cost You The Job – Gary Burnison

LinkedIn Is Rolling Out A New Share Box – George Carey-Simos

Why Your Personal Brand Is Your New Resume – Celinne Da Costa

S.M.A.R.T. Resume Goals & Get Your Dream Job –  Steve Miller

Interviews

TOP How To Ace The Interview When You Have Confidence But Lack The Required SkillsJack Kelly

Top Salary Negotiation Tactics to Get Higher Pay – Alison Doyle

5 Phrases To Retire From Your Interview Vocabulary Right Now – William Vanderbloemen

7 Bad Interview Answers & How to Improve Them – Emily Moore

Transferable Skills

TOP Time To Change Into A New Career, But No Experience? Don’t Be Scared, You Have More Than You Think – Adele Cochrane

Walking The Walk: How To Go From Learning The Skills, To Using The Skills, To Successfully Changing Careers – Christopher Watkin

Soft Skills: Necessary, And Not Just A Temporary Buzz Word – Ericka Harney

How to Hire for Soft Skills – Carmen Bryant

Academic Blues

TOP Mindfulness Can Help PhD Students Shift From Surviving To Thriving – Karen Barry, Emma Warnecke, and Megan Woods

Graduate School Can Have Terrible Effects on People’s Mental Health – Alia Wong

8 Steps to a More Rewarding Job –  Vicky Webster and Martin Webster

8 Signs Foretelling You’re Destined To Be Successful – Erica Wagner

Industry Positions

TOP 20 Small Business Trends and Predictions for 2019 – Adam C. Uzialko

How To Pick A Career That Counts – Dylan Matthews and Byrd Pinkerton

Curiosity-Driven Data Science – Eric Colson

The 13 Most In-Demand Tech Jobs For 2019 — And How To Hire For Them – Sarah K. White

Business Acumen

TOP 25 Tips to Help You Hack Your Career – Emily Moore

Moderna Sets Terms For Biggest US Biotech IPO Ever – Priyamvada Mathur

Top 10 IT & Technology Buzzwords You Won’t Be Able To Avoid In 2019 – Sandra Durcevic

If you’re ready to start your transition into industry, you can apply to book a free Transition Call with our founder Isaiah Hankel, PhD or one of our Transition Specialists. Apply to book a Transition Call here.

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ABOUT ISAIAH HANKEL, PHD

CEO, CHEEKY SCIENTIST & CAREER SUCCESS MENTOR

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 professionals transition into top companies like Pfizer, Tesla, Amazon, Pearson, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, Merck, Genentech, Home Depot, Nestle, Hilton, SpaceX, 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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Here's What Others Are Saying

"I'm happy to share that I'm stating a new position as Medical Science Liaison at Celltrion Healthcare Co, Ltd.!"

Tammy Virdi

Tammy Virdi

MSL

at Celltrion Healthcare Co, Ltd

"I finally signed my contract and will be starting soon! I am very happy with the compensation package they have offered me and it meets my expectations."

Indrani Mukrajee

Indrani Mukrajee

Product Manager

at Miltenyi

"I landed a dream job as a revenue management analyst at british airways."

James Washak

James Washak

Revenue Management Analyst

at British Airways

"I accepted my job offer today. I was able to get 5k more + the exact PTO package I wanted. I am very happy and very thankful for everything that I learned through the event. I plan to stay involved with Cheeky Scientist as I love what y'all are doing and I'm still learning."

Tracy Gardner, PhD

Tracy Gardner, PhD

at Pearson

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Scientist in Pharma Division at NeoGenomics Laboratories! After all the trainings and advice I could get a 25% increase in my salary! So I’m very happy for that."

Maribel Donoso

Maribel Donoso

Scientist in Pharma Division

at NeoGenomics Laboratories

"Hi Isaiah, I got hired yesterday!....Thanks for all of your encouragement provided by way of your presentations."

Beverly Brereton

Beverly Brereton

Compliance Manager

at Enel North America

"I would like to express my appreciation and assure that your school was eye-openning, thanks! I registered on your course 2 months ago and from total ghosting I ended up with a dream job in biotech."

Petro Starokadomskyy

Petro Starokadomskyy

Senior Scientist

at Kyverna Therapeutics

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Senior Actuary, Pricing at HDI Seguros!"

Claudia Wehrhahn

Claudia Wehrhahn

Senior Actuary, Pricing

at HDI Seguros

"I am deeply grateful for all the incredible support, professional and personal, I got here and was essential for me to get here. I just completed 4 months at my present company and successfully transitioned, from the training process to working full-time in the team in the team I was hired for, this last week! I never fully thanked Cheeky for all the help they gave me in the training in the job search process, in a way that I was able to realize succes on one of the first jobs I applied for, only a bit more than a couple of months after joining the association. I heard and was told it was possible to have such quick results,but I never believed that it would happen to me; for this I am deeply grateful for you all! Joining CSA was one of the best decision I have ever made, and is something that will still help me for many years to come, for as long as my career goes on!"

Jose Hugos Elsas

Jose Hugos Elsas

Geophysical Researcher

at CGG

"I attended the Transition CHALLENGE and VIP Modality and, as a result, in less than 2 months I have participated in 8 interesting interviews and been offered a wonderful job full of opportunities! Thank you so much for all the great and necessary work you do!"

Veronica Pascual

Veronica Pascual

Research Projects Coordinator

at SEMERGEN

"I picked the Planet job! It ended up being the better fit for me... Thanks for all of your help!"

Emily Martin

Emily Martin

Hardware Systems Engineer

at Planet

"I started my new job as an MSL on the 13th. I never would have got an interview without your company's help on CV and interview prep. I am on a much better salary and have a much better quality of life than I did as a postdoc. So thank you."

Edward Law

Edward Law

MSL

at AbbVie

"I just wanted to say that I officially accepted a job! I want to thank everyone at Cheeky Scientist for all the help and support. Overall, my job search went pretty smoothly and I have CS to thank for that. I am now convinced that making connections and networking is how you find jobs, and once I began implementing what CS teaches, I started to see more results. I hope this helps others who are in the job search process!"

Jack Schultz

Jack Schultz

Research Computer Scientist

at Southwest Research Institute

"You will not believe it..... I got them up another 60K and they changed my title!"

Ryan Hendricks

Ryan Hendricks

Project Manager, Rapid Industry Solutions: On-Set Virtual Production

at SMPTE

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Clinical Scientist at Arvinas!"

Ana Luiza C. Zaninotto

Ana Luiza C. Zaninotto

Clinical Scientist

at Arvinas

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