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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Isaiah Hankel
Isaiah believes--from personal experience--that if you feel stuck somewhere in your life, it’s a clear sign that you need to make a change. Don’t sit still and wait for the world to tell you what to do. Start a new project. Build your own business. Take action. Experimentation is the best teacher.
Isaiah is an internationally recognized Fortune 500 consultant, CEO of Cheeky Scientist, and author of the straight-talk bestsellers Black Hole Focus and The Science of Intelligent Achievement.
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