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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