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After 20 years of hiring, I refuse to look at resumes that have this common yet outdated section – Gary Burnison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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