Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (June 22nd 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…
Networking
TOP Why Collecting Business Cards Is Not Networking – Ivan Misner
How To Make Job Search Connections In Surprising Places – Alison Doyle
How To Excel At And Enjoy Your Next Social Networking Event – Eizabeth Mcgrory
13 Informational Interview Questions You Should Always Ask – Fairygodboss
CVs/Resumes
TOP How To Attract New Opportunities On LinkedIn Late In Your Career – Daniel Bortz
Resume Tips & Tricks: 49 Insider Secrets – Mark Slack
How To Make A Resume Shine When Re-Entering The Workforce – Jill Koziol
9 Rookie Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Resume – Randle Browning
Interviews
TOP Sending An Email To Confirm An Interview – Alison Doyle
How To Tell If A Job Candidate Is Lying – Stephanie Vozza
How To Show Passion In A Job Interview: 4 Tips & Tricks – Beth Braccio Hering
3 Common Interview Tips Not To Take – Derek Loosvelt
Transferable Skills
TOP 19 Soft Skills Every Leader Needs To Be Successful – Allana Akhtar
The New York Times Has A Course To Teach Its Reporters Data Skills, And Now They’ve Open-Sourced It – Joshua Benton
R Vs. Python: Which Is A Better Programming Language For Data Science? – Alison Denisco Rayome
5 Transferable Higher-Education Skills – Stephon Brown
Academic Blues
N.I.H. Head Calls For End To All-Male Panels Of Scientists – Pam Belluck
More Women Are Authoring Medical Research Than Ever Before – Liesl Goecker
College Grad Flees US To Avoid Crippling Student Loan Debt – Yaron Steinbuch
Industry Positions
TOP Ex-Chemistry Teacher Becomes Richest Self-made Woman In Asia – Venus Feng
A Career Summer Checkup For Professional Growth – Jessica Pliska
The Best Ways To Use A History Degree – Michella Chiu
Here’s Where The World’s Most Influential Tech CEOs Went To College — And What They Studied – Page Leskin And Nick Vega
Business Acumen
TOP The Future Of Women At Work: Transitions In The Age Of Automation – Anu Madgavkar, James Manyika, Mekala Krishnan, Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee, Jonathan Woetzel, Michael Chui, Vivian Hunt, And Sruti Balakrishnan
Here’s What KPMG Thinks About Blockchain – Jennifer Kite Powell
China Leads World In Digital Health Adoption, Philips Survey Finds – Nick Paul Taylor
Pfizer To Buy Cancer Drug Maker Array Biopharma For $10.64 Billion– Jared S. Hopkins And Kimberly Chin
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