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Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (November 3rd, 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

*Satisfaction In Science* – Chris Woolston

Networking

TOP Top tech companies like Netflix and LinkedIn say they have no problem with employees interviewing for other jobs — in fact, they might want to help – Shana Lebowitz

How to Turn Leaving Your Job into a Networking Opportunity – John Cole

10 Business Pros Share Their Best Networking Tips – Alex Brown

How to Get the Most Out of Industry Conferences & Events – Dakota Shane

CVs/Resumes

TOP 8 Tips On Using LinkedIn In Your Job Search – Laurence Bradford

Avoid the Resume Black Hole With These Tips – Amanda Augustine

Jargon And How To Avoid It – Sharing Science, AGU

Interviews

TOP 7 Innocent Job Interview Mistakes People Make Daily – J.T. O’Donnell

The 10 Psychological Ideas that Employers, Recruiters and HR People Need to Know  – Kim Tasso

Job Interview Mistakes That You Might Not Notice—But Recruiters WillPaul McDonald

5 Tips To Ace A Phone Interview – Ashira Prossack

Transferable Skills

TOP Ten Tips On How To Engineer A Flexible Career With Your Transferable Skills – Chris Guyott

26 Signs You’re A Good Boss — Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It – Áine Cain

The One Thing I Regret Not Doing In College – Olivia Young

Why Today’s Professionals Are Taking The Career Road Less Traveled – Anant Agarwal

Academic Blues

TOP Satisfaction In Science – Chris Woolston

Positive People: The 3 Emotionally Intelligent Behaviors They Practice Daily – Marcel Schwantes

In my post-Ph.D. Career, I’m Putting My Grad School Angst To Good Use –  Kathrine Bjerregaard Nielsen

Examining Grad Student Mental Health – Abby Olena

Industry Positions

TOP I Quit My Job To Work For Myself 7 Years Ago — Here Are 5 Key Lessons I’ve Learned – Jessica Thiefels

Top Tips For Shortlisting Candidates – Rob Scott

Designing People’s Instagram Stories Is Now A Million-Dollar Business  – Katharine Schwab

The Future Of Work Won’t Be About College Degrees, It Will Be About Job Skills – Stephane Kasriel

Business Acumen

TOP Research: When Getting Fired Is Good for Your Career – Elena Lytkina Botelho, BJ Wright, and Kim Rosenkoetter Powell

How to Navigate Politics at Work – Eileen Hoenigman Meyer

How to Write the Perfect Email, According to Experts – Rachel E. Greenspan

Talent Gap Widens as Firms Battle for AI, Data Skills – Angus Loten

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 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.

"I am delighted to announce that I have accepted the role of Research Scientist with a base salary of 90k. The cheeky scientist resources have helped me immensely and I am really grateful."

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

"Thank you so much for all the help. I got so much help and inspiration by joining Cheeky!"

Hasala Lokupitiya

Hasala Lokupitiya

Senior Polymer Scientist

at Lyten

"I am happy to share that I'm starting a new position as a European Portfolio Manager at Scientific Instruments!"

 Shikha Acharya

Shikha Acharya

European Portfolio Manager

at Scientific Instruments

"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

"Just wanted to say thank you for all your help and motivation.You were great in guiding me in the right direction."

Rittik Ghosh

Rittik Ghosh

Senior Scientist

at Boehringer ingelheim

"Hi Isaiah, I hope you are good....I did receive and accept a job offer!"

Debadrita Pal

Debadrita Pal

Scientist

at Sanofi

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

Sinduri Vuppala

Sinduri Vuppala

Field Application Specialist

at Bruker Daltonics

"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 signed with ASML for 117k! (asked for 120 and they came up from 110) plus a 10% target annual bonus."

Andrew Dawes, PhD

Andrew Dawes, PhD

Senior Applications Engineer

at ASML

"I just accepted an offer to be a Clinical Researcher Coordinator for a pain clinic near me. I'll be helping them run their clinical trial that uses a device to stimulate nerves to relieve patients pain. I start next Wednesday. So excited! I wanted to say thanks to Isaiah and all the members of the Cheeky team for your help! I really appreciate it!"

Natasha Fowler

Natasha Fowler

Clinical Research Coordinator

at Columbia Pain Management, P.C

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Founder at Relearning Earning!""

James Wadsworth

James Wadsworth

Founder

at Relearning Earning

"The decision is final - it is Cormetech!"

Carlos Vargas Garcia

Carlos Vargas Garcia

at Cormetech

"I proceeded with the offer we were discussing and i signed the contract a few days ago. I would like to thank you so much for your support throughout this process. it was really helpful and beneficial!"

Samir Tohme

Samir Tohme

Project Engineer, Optical Development & Simulation Expert

at EDL Rethschulte GmbH (FEV Group)

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