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Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (Saturday, December 21st, 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

Top Overall: How to be a Successful Chief Data Officer – Ahmed Inam

Networking

Top: Network Your Way Into the New Year – Rebekah Layton

Networking – University of Oxford

How To Stand Out During An Informational Interview: 13 Techniques For Job Seekers – Forbes Coaches Council

The 7 Deadly LinkedIn Sins – Stephen Key

CVs/Resumes

Top: The Top 4 Resume Myths – Busted – Robert Hellmann

Cover Letters – University of Oxford

10 Tips for Writing a Great Resume – Samantha Ruff

Resume tip: Why be “passionate” when you can be a “thought leader” – Naomi Datta

Interviews

Top: Second, Third and Subsequent Interviews: How to Keep the Momentum Going – Katharine Hansen, PhD

Top Data Science Interview Questions and Skills to Know – Nathan Eddy

Top 4 Mistakes People Make During the Coding Interview – David Golightly

Don’t Let Impostor Syndrome Derail Your Next Interview – Susan Peppercorn

Transferable Skills

Top: Let’s Stop Talking About Soft Skills: They’re Power Skills – Josh Bersin

Trends 2020: The Broadening Role of L&D – Ken Taylor

Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: Strategies and Resources – Dara Fontein

5 product design skills that psychology graduates actually have – Edith Khairani Cresson

Academic Blues

Top: The hidden costs of academia: 4 things professors should realize – Gloria Oladipo

Why I stopped turning a blind eye to the ethics of my research—and personal life – Eva Kinnebrew

Rude paper reviews are pervasive and sometimes harmful, study finds – Christie Wilcox

Scientists on the Move – Mark Howard-Banks

Industry Positions

Top: How to be a Successful Chief Data Officer – Ahmed Inam

Indeed’s top tech skills trends: JavaScript, containerization, and data science – Macy Bayern

The Modern Chief Marketing Officer Is Also Chief Change Agent – Claire Darling

Inside sales training: What is it? Why it matters? How to do it right – Steli Efti

Business Acumen

Top: The Route to Market Access in Europe – Julian Upton

Remember the caregivers: Thanks to aging boomers, they’re pharma’s next key demographic – Beth Snyder Bulik

The key factors behind Adobe’s record $11bn annual revenue – Kelly Earley

COP25: Longest climate talks end with compromise deal – Matt McGrath

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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 PhDs transition into top companies like Amazon, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, Merck, Genentech, Home Depot, Nestle, Hilton, SpaceX, Tesla, 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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Edward Law

MSL

at AbbVie

"I am deeply grateful for all the incredible support, professional and personal, I got here and was essential for me to get here. I just completed 4 months at my present company and successfully transitioned, from the training process to working full-time in the team in the team I was hired for, this last week! I never fully thanked Cheeky for all the help they gave me in the training in the job search process, in a way that I was able to realize succes on one of the first jobs I applied for, only a bit more than a couple of months after joining the association. I heard and was told it was possible to have such quick results,but I never believed that it would happen to me; for this I am deeply grateful for you all! Joining CSA was one of the best decision I have ever made, and is something that will still help me for many years to come, for as long as my career goes on!"

Jose Hugos Elsas

Jose Hugos Elsas

Geophysical Researcher

at CGG

"I'm happy to share that I will be starting a new position as MSL at Sanofi! I want to thank everyone that took the time to speak with me about their MSL experience and to help me land this position!"

John Crawford

John Crawford

MSL-Vaccines

at Sanofi

"I am happy to share that I have started a new position!....I look forward to learning from experience colleagues and apply the"

Augustina Kwesie Osabutey

Augustina Kwesie Osabutey

Water/Wastewater Engineer

at Barr Engineering Group

"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

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Petro Starokadomskyy

Petro Starokadomskyy

Senior Scientist

at Kyverna Therapeutics

"Thank you for the assistance from the CSA these last couple of months. I was offered the position with a life science investment firm this week and I happily accepted the offer. Growth with the company is guaranteed and I hope that this will be the last time I have to interview in NYC (lol)."

Ilke Roelofse

Ilke Roelofse

"I am happy to share I am starting a new position!"

Mary Hidde

Mary Hidde

Clinical trial manager

at Medspace

"A new chapter begins! I'm thrilled to launch Wenwirth Scientific, where sincere meets creativity with a mission to make medical communication more engaging, impactful, and effective. I am ready to bring game-changing ideas to help you unleash the power of words and medicine. Many thanks to those who have supported me in this journey, I can't wait to work with you and start serving the healthcare community and patients."

Huey Wen Lee

Huey Wen Lee

Creative Medical Communications

at Wenworth Scientific

"Thank you for your support. I greatly benefited from your DD talks on the importance of networking on LinkedIn and resume-building tips. Your team member Meera was very helpful in building my LinkedIn Profile and resume. Thank you!"

 Taranum Sultana

Taranum Sultana

Research Administration

"I accepted my job offer today. I was able to get 5k more + the exact PTO package I wanted. I am very happy and very thankful for everything that I learned through the event. I plan to stay involved with Cheeky Scientist as I love what y'all are doing and I'm still learning."

Tracy Gardner, PhD

Tracy Gardner, PhD

Senior Measurement Advisor

at Pearson

"Hi Isaiah - I have news to share! I applied for a position on Monday night. I had an interview Tuesday and was just offered the position! (Wednesday). I can't believe it! All the hard work. The LinkedIn Messages. The resume building All your keys. I countered 5k more than they offered and they accepted it! I am so over the moon right now and so excited!"

Brittni Levasuar

Brittni Levasuar

"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

"I am happy to share I started a new job as a senior research scientist in medicinal chemistry at x-chem Montreal."

Nicolas Wlodarczyk

Nicolas Wlodarczyk

Nicolas Wlodarczyk Senior Research Scientist

at X-Chem

"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."

Shobana Sekar

Shobana Sekar

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

at Roche

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