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Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (February 2nd 2019)

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

*‘Design Thinking’ Can Help You Forge A New Career Path* – Ginny Brzezinski

Networking

TOP Easy Networking For Introverts: 7 Tips To Network Effectively In Your Own Company – Caveman

How To Start A Conversation At A Networking Event – Alison Doyle

Here Are 33 Networking Tips You Can Easily Read In Under 5 Minutes – Kaitlyn Russell

Good And Bad Networking – Julia Austin

CVs/Resumes

TOP 13 Tips To Age-proof Your Resume – Amy Elisa Jackson

Top 15 Resume Mistakes (With Good Vs Bad Resume Examples) – Charley Mendoza

5 Tips To Write A Strong Resume – Ashira Prossack

Cue The Two-page Highlight Reel For Resume Success –  Chris Newsome

Interviews

TOP 10 Tricky Interview Questions And How To Answer Them – Alison Doyle

20 Situational Interview Questions And Answers To Nail Your Interview – Tom Gerencer

The Best Answers To The 7 Worst Interview Questions – Katherine Eion

Transferable Skills

TOP Viewpoint: The Case For Soft Skills – Leah Weiss

LinkedIn Report: These 4 Ideas Are Shaping The Future Of Hr And Hiring – Mark Lobosco

These Are The 5 Most Sought-after Soft Skills At Work For 2019 According LinkedIn – John Lim

Academic Blues

TOP ‘Design Thinking’ Can Help You Forge A New Career Path – Ginny Brzezinski

How To Deal With Stress And Burnout In Your Job Search – Rachel Montanez

The Emotional Toll Of Graduate School – Prateek Puri

Turn The Career Of Your Dreams Into Reality – H.V. Macarthur

Industry Positions

TOP Healthcare Jobs 2.0: The Future Of Healthcare And Tech – Maggie Kimberl

Finding My Footing In The Ocean Of Ux Design – Makrand Patwardhan

21 Of The Most In-demand Jobs In The Us — And How Much They’ll Pay – Emma Newburger

6 Most In-demand Technology Jobs Of 2019 – Dale Mckerrell

Business Acumen

TOP Communications In Mergers: The Glue That Holds Everything Together – Oliver Engert, Becky Kaetzler, Kameron Kordestani, And Anish Koshy

11 Ways To Improve Collaboration Between Departments – Ling Wong

The History Of Bio-pharma M&As: An Industry Genealogy – Avid Davidovic

It’s Time To Stop Treating R&D As A Discretionary Expenditure – Vijay Govindarajan, Shivaram Rajgopal, Anup Srivastava, Luminita Enache

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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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"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 just accepted an offer for a position at one of the top pharma companies...I can't tell you how relieved I feel, I'm very excited for what's to come!"

Nahed Jalloul

Nahed Jalloul

Computational Biologist

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

James Washak

James Washak

Revenue Management Analyst

at British Airways

"I am happy to share I started a new job as a senior research scientist in medicinal chemistry at x-chem Montreal."

Nicolas Wlodarczyk

Nicolas Wlodarczyk

Nicolas Wlodarczyk Senior Research Scientist

at X-Chem

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Device and Date Scientist at Intel Corporation!"

Darpan Verma

Darpan Verma

Device & Data Scientist

at Intel Corporation

"I want to notify you I have gotten an industry position...Thank you and Cheeky Scientist for the lessons which made my job search strategy and CV more competitive."

Michael Dioha

Michael Dioha

Senior Energy System Analyst

at Clean Air Task Force

"I aced the interview, I signed yesterday and begin next month!"

Sinduri Vuppala

Sinduri Vuppala

Field Application Specialist

at Bruker Daltonics

"Extra thrilled...I now have a full-time job lined up before I even graduate. Yay! Cheeky Scientist helped me get my internship, 3 offers, and the offer I wanted at a competitive salary because I had other offers to leverage. All before I even graduated."

Srishti Dasarathy, PhD

Srishti Dasarathy, PhD

AI Research Engineer

at Lockheed Martin

"I’m excited to share that i am starting my new job as a technical support engineer at lumencor, inc. the ultimate goal is to grow potatoes on mars by 2050 and make other advaces for mankind."

 Andrii Repula

Andrii Repula

Technical Support Engineer

at Lumencor, Inc.

"New offer - went ahead and signed contract today - - excited and thank you for the confidence booster - grateful for investing in Cheeky Scientist."

Wael Bahnan

Wael Bahnan

Senior Scientist

at Minervx ApS

"I am happy to share I am starting a new position!"

Tharcisse Guedegbe

Tharcisse Guedegbe

Policy Researcher

at African Bank Development Group

"I am thrilled to be starting my position as a Scientist at bioMeriuex! I will be joining the device validation team to bring #invitrodiagnostics to the market!"

Alec Vallota-Eastman

Alec Vallota-Eastman

Scientist

at bioMeriuex

"Thank you for the assistance from the CSA these last couple of months. I was offered the position with a life science investment firm this week and I happily accepted the offer. Growth with the company is guaranteed and I hope that this will be the last time I have to interview in NYC (lol)."

Ilke Roelofse

Ilke Roelofse

"I'm happy to share that I will be starting a new position as MSL at Sanofi! I want to thank everyone that took the time to speak with me about their MSL experience and to help me land this position!"

John Crawford

John Crawford

MSL-Vaccines

at Sanofi

"I am happy to share I am starting a new position!"

Kamrul Hansen

Kamrul Hansen

Principal Scientist - Analytical Technology

at Servier Pharmaceuticals

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