Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (Saturday, January 11th, 2020)
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: Why professional networking groups for women remain valuable – Kristen Hicks
Networking
Top: Why professional networking groups for women remain valuable – Kristen Hicks
If You Don’t Know How to Say Someone’s Name, Just Ask – Ruchika Tulshyan
How To Avoid Six Common Networking Mistakes – Jill Huggett
Is Your LinkedIn Content Strategy Making You Look Desperate? – Melonie Dodaro
CVs/Resumes
Top: Top 10 New Resume Tactics Executives Should Be Using In 2020 – Lisa Rangel
How to write the best résumé for 2020 – Marc Cenendella
How to write a resume that will get past job application bots – MARK JONES
The 20 biggest CV mistakes stopping you getting that dream job – from selfies to cliché phrases – Richard Jenkins, Joseph Wilkes, James Rodger
Interviews
Top: Designers Share What They Look For in an Interview Candidate – Andrew Nodell
You Got The Interview — Now, Five Items You Should Bring (Along With Your Resume) – Tammy Homegardner
5 Ways to Save a Terrible Job Interview – Gwen Moran
18+ INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES EVERY EMPLOYER NEEDS TO KNOW – Bailey Reiners
Transferable Skills
Top: The Most In-Demand Hard and Soft Skills of 2020 – Bruce Anderson
How the Best Managers Identify and Develop Talent – Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Jonathan Kirschner
It’s the best time of year to land a new job — how to capitalize in 2020 – Brittany Loggins
The No. 1 ‘soft skill’ you need to compete in today’s job market – Catey Hill
Academic Blues
Top: I wish I’d taken my mental health more seriously in grad school – Desiree Dickerson
Embracing challenge: combining marathon training with graduate studies – Kathryn Wierenga
Academics must balance privacy and honesty to become great role models – Sascha K. Hooker
How a volunteer gig as a ‘barback’ changed my perspective in grad school – Lila Westreich
Industry Positions
Top: These are the 15 fastest-growing jobs that will dominate in 2020 – Jennifer Fabiano
AI Specialist Is The Top Emerging Job In 2020 According To LinkedIn – Louis Columbus
Where the (good) jobs are – Judith Crown
Data science careers and India: the connection and way forward – Pradeep Chopra
Business Acumen
Top: To advance your career, think of yourself as a business – Alaina G. Levine
New R&D commissioner aims to ‘revitalise’ European Research Area, for east and west – Florin Zubașcu
The ethics of neurotechnology come under sharper scrutiny – Richard L. Hudson
Job Cuts, Cancer Rates and Lawsuits: This Week’s News Roundup – Mark Terry
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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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