Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (Saturday, December 14th, 2019)
Every week, we scour the Internet for the best industry transition articles for PhDs – so you don’t have to!
Our two consultants independently search for the most informative articles in the categories of networking, CVs/resumes, interviews, transferable skills, academic blues, industry positions, and business acumen.
Our consultants vote on a top article for each category and a top overall article for the week.
This week’s best articles are…
Top Overall:
Pharm Exec’s 2020 Pipeline Report – Joseph Constance
Networking
Top: How To Stand Out During An Informational Interview: 13 Techniques For Job Seekers – Forbes
Tips for fruitful networking over the holidays – Alaina G. Levine
Advance Your Career By Uncovering Your Personal Brand – Paramita Bhattacharya
Navigating Professional Networking As A Young Female Entrepreneur – YEC Women
Cvs/Resumes
Top: Five Executive Resume Writing Strategies For 2020 – Rosa Vargas
How To Write A Killer Executive Bio – Irene McConnell
After 20 years of hiring, I refuse to look at resumes that have this common yet outdated section – Gary Burnison
How to use technology to get your resume noticed first – Esther Shein
Interviews
Top: Practicing for an Interview: Rehearsed, Mock and Video-Recorded Interviews – Katharine Hansen
A Good Résumé Is Not Enough—Five More Things Job Seekers Need To Land A Job Interview – Caroline Ceniza-Levine
How Should I Answer “Why Are You Looking For A Job Change?” In An Interview? – Monica Torres
Storytelling: The Key To Standing Out At Your Next Interview – Tammy Homegardner
Transferable Skills
Top: Are Field Sales Reps Getting a Bad Deal With Data? – Sandy Jennings
It’s Not All About The Tech! Why Data Scientists With “Soft Skills” Will Rule Marketing Departments – Helen Souness
3 in-demand soft skills that you can develop through online trainings – India Today
How to Stay Productive at Work During the Holidays – Laura Brothers
Academic Blues
Top: Many Public Universities Refuse to Reveal Professors’ Conflicts of Interest – Annie Waldman and David Armstrong
Hunting for Fraud Full Time – Tom Bartlett
How I let go of my guilt as a mother in grad school – Ashley Stenzel
I thought patriarchy in science was fading. Then I saw it in the data – Emma Thomas
Industry Positions
Top: How to become a Chief Marketing Officer – Morgan Phillips Group
This Year’s Hottest Job Involves Artificial Intelligence – Jonathan Vanian
Data science dominates LinkedIn’s emerging jobs ranking – Larry Dignan
You Didn’t Get That Internal Job You Really Wanted. Now What? – Sabina Nawaz
Business Acumen
Top: Pharm Exec’s 2020 Pipeline Report – Joseph Constance
Do large pharma companies provide drug development innovation? Our analysis says no – Emily H. Jung, Alfred Engelberg & Aaron S. Kesselhelm
As Big Pharma Abandons Neuroscience, Can Biotech Provide Answers? – Clara Rodriguez Fernandez
How Microsoft “Renovated” Its Culture by Following These 3 Steps – Samantha McLaren
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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.
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