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Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (November 13th, 2016)

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, transferable skills, interviews, academic blues, and industry positions.

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

*Promoting Alternative Careers: An Adviser’s Responsibility* – Elisabeth Pain

Networking

TOP This Is The Easiest Way To Expand Your Job Search Network Instantly – Abby Wolfe

How To Network And Build A Personal Brand In Data Science – Roger Huang

Teaching Social Media To Scientists – Bethany Halford

Breaking Down The Anatomy Of A Successful LinkedIn Profile – Mark Wallace

CVs/Resumes

TOP I’ve Read More Than 300 Cover Letters, And This Is How I Decide If They’re Good Or Bad Within Three Minutes – Sara McCord

An Often Forgotten Part Of Your Resume Could Be The Key To Standing Out – Taylor Leddin

Your Experience Is No Longer Enough: 5 Resume Changes Executives Need To Make – Jenny Foss

Interviews

9 Ways Your Insecurities Are Hurting Your Interview – Kitty Boitnott

4 Ideal Questions To Ask In A Phone Interview – Peggy McKee

Common Job Interview Questions – And How To Answer Them – Sarah Archer

Transferable Skills

TOP Why These 10 Soft Skills Could Catapult Your Career – J.T.O’Donnell

How Great Speakers Handle Disruption – Sam Harrison

3 Ways To Better Understand Your Emotions – Susan David

Body Language Blunders That Make You Look Bad – Travis Bradberry

Academic Blues

TOP Promoting Alternative Careers: An Adviser’s Responsibility – Elisabeth Pain

When The Going Gets Tough, Be Kind – Athene Donald

A Linguist In A Roomful Of Sociologists – Sixian Hah

Exactly How Valuable Is your PhD? – Bill Bryan and Furaha Asani

Industry Positions

TOP Science Communication – A Foot In The Door – Payal Bhatia

Company Size: How To Decide What’s Right For You – David Shindler

How To Snap Into Job Search Mode On A Dime – J.T. O’Donnell

Business Acumen

TOP 5 Technologies That Will Disrupt Healthcare By 2020 – Reenita Das

3 Pharmas Relying On Innovation, Not Drug Price Increases For Growth – Alex Keown

Why Biotech Is Wooing Data Scientists From Tech Companies – Ron Leuty

How Analytics And Data Science Is Driving Business Acumen – Amy Porras

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Petro Starokadomskyy

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Senior Scientist

at Kyverna Therapeutics

"I'm excited to share that I'm starting a new position as Senior Filed Application Scientist at NanoString Technologies, Inc.!"

Alex Woychek

Alex Woychek

Senior Field Application Scientist

at NanoString Technologies, Inc.

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Nabina Paudyal

Nabina Paudyal

Senior Computational Scientist

at Colossal Biosciences

"I am happy to share that I'm starting a new position as a Research Scientist at Cellecta, Inc.!"

Chaitali Saqcena

Chaitali Saqcena

Research Scientist

at Cellecta, Inc.

"I have been quiet here for a while but happy to finally share that I've transitioned! It was a long and challenging journey towards transition, being at another full-time job plus being a toddler mom, but I am so thankful I found this supportive community that has helped me and motivated me throughout."

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Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

at Roche

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Senior Scientist

at Minervx ApS

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"I'm excited to announce that I have accepted a position as an Innovations Analyst at Cleveland Clinic. Looking forward to using my background to help commercialize healthcare innovations!"

Joe Thomas

Joe Thomas

Innovations Analyst

at Cleveland Clinic

"I'm happy to share that I am starting a new position as Senior Scientist at Eikon Therapeutics!"

Hank Cheng

Hank Cheng

Senior Scientist

at Eikon Therapeutics

"Thanks to Cheeky Scientist, I now have an offer letter in my hand and a new career in the industry, which makes me incredibly happy and excited for the future. The training Cheeky Scientist provided was successful since it helped me to carefully consider my skills and improve how I approached my job search. I gained more confidence talking to recruiters and engaging in on-site interviews thanks to the many training modules and live sessions Cheeky Scientist offered. I had a lot of back-and-forth interactions with prospective employers as offers came in, and Cheeky Scientist helped me be a good negotiator. Through Cheeky Scientist, I could ultimately search for, negotiate, and select my best career route."

Vishnu Modur

Vishnu Modur

Clinical Trial Associate/Manager

at Medspace

"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

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Amninder Singh Sekhon

Amninder Singh Sekhon

Research Scientist

"I'm excited to share that I am starting a new position as Senior Research and Development Engineer at CORMETECH!"

Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia

Senior Research And Development Enginee

at CORMETECH

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