Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (Saturday, December 7th, 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
9 Ways to Become a Strategic Talent Advisor to Your Business, According to John Vlastelica – Samantha McLaren
Networking
Top: What You Should Do When Meeting with a CEO – Paul Petrone
Networking Tips From Stitch Fix’s Founder Katrina Lake – Elana Lyn Gross
Job Search Networking 101 For Engineers – Nader Mowlaee
This Is How You Should Be Networking Your Nonprofit – Kelly Hoey
CVs/Resumes
Top: How One Common Phrase Can Undermine Your Job Search – Mike Firmand
5 Things That Will Screw Up Your Cover Letter – Nick Kolakowski
What Hiring Managers Value vs. What Job Applicants Think Matters – Ayaz Nanji
5 Resume Hacks for Engineers – Nader Mowlaee
Interviews
Top: Landing a Job Offer: How to Overcome Objections During an Interview – Katharine Hansen, PhD
How to Answer the Most Challenging Interview Question With Emotional Intelligence – Alexandra Hayes
5 reasons you’re not being remembered after an interview – Erica Lamberg
Steps in the Job Interview Process – Alison Doyle
Transferable Skills
Top: 9 Ways to Become a Strategic Talent Advisor to Your Business, According to John Vlastelica – Samantha McLaren
Data Scientists: Machine Learning Skills are Key to Future Jobs – Nick Kolakowski
How to Provide Great Feedback When You’re Not In Charge – Farnam Street
Soft skills will dominate all jobs by 2030 – Lilia Guan
Academic Blues
Top: In academia, there’s a caste system for parents and it could backfire – Kay Lazar
PhD students in China report misery and hope – Chris Woolston & Sarah O’Meara
More college students are seeking help for mental health, but what happens when there aren’t enough counselors? – April Baumgarten
How to welcome a new international researcher into your team – Lara Pivodic
Industry Positions
Top: The Full-Stack HR Professional – Josh Bersin
The Project Manager (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance) – Robbin Schuurman
A cell biology path outside of academia – Nic Fleming
Business Acumen
Top: The top 15 biopharma M&A mistakes of the last decade – Eric Sagonowsky
Vaccines: A Healthcare Revolution and High Return on Investment – Mark Terry
How Machine Learning Gives Life Sciences Sales a Competitive Advantage – David Weiss & Bill Woywod
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is taking over as CEO of Alphabet – Anthony Ha
To learn more about transitioning into industry, including 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.
Get Free Job Search Content Weekly
ABOUT ISAIAH HANKEL, PHD
CEO, CHEEKY SCIENTIST & SUCCESS MENTOR TO PHDS
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.
More Written by Isaiah Hankel, PhD
