Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (September 28th, 2019)
Every week we scour the Internet to find the best industry transition articles for PhDs, so you don’t have to.
We have two consultants independently search for the most informative articles on networking, CVs/resumes, interviews, transferable skills, academic blues, industry positions, and business acumen.
Our consultants vote on a top article for each category and for a top overall article each week. This week’s best articles are…
Top Overall
*Five Skills To Look For In Business Development Professionals* – Kit Merker
Networking
TOP Where To Look For Jobs And How To Network – Karina Nguyen
How To Write Great Networking Emails – Ellie Coverdale
How To Perfect Your Elevator Pitch – Claudia Willmes
How To Relocate For Your Life Sciences Career – Katharine Hansen, PhD
CVs/Resumes
TOP How To Make A Great Resume – Ed Virgin
How To Properly Tailor Your Resume For The Job – Laura Brothers
Why These Two Critical Job Searching Tasks Often Get Overlooked – Kourtney Whitehead
Will Blind CVs Be The New Normal? – Malavika Kamaraju
Interviews
TOP 10 Ways To Avoid Making $100,000 Hiring Mistakes – Lou Adler
Unconscious Personality Bias Keeps Women From Leadership — And Costs Companies – Sherrie Haynie
Once A Staple Of Tech Hiring, Industry Goes Beyond Whiteboard Tests – Roberto Torres
You Are Likely To Spend Over Five Months Of Your Life In Job Interviews – Abigail Fenton
Transferable Skills
TOP Five Skills To Look For In Business Development Professionals – Kit Merker
How To Demonstrate Your Strategic Thinking Skills – Nina A. Bowman
The Benefits Of Bringing Your Whole Identity to Work – Sandra E. Cha and Laura Morgan Roberts
Let’s Keep Sales Stereotypes In The Early 80s Where They Belong – Becky Schnauffer
Academic Blues
TOP Three Lessons From Industry That I’m Taking Back To Academia – Yumeng Mao
Grad Student Unions Dealt Blow As Proposed New Rule Says Students Aren’t “Employees” – Katie Langin
Lessons I Learnt During My PhD – Martyna Scibiorek
A Guide To Diagnosing And Treating “Undergraduate Awesomeness” – Adam Ruben
Industry Positions
TOP Applying Your PhD To Industry – Molly Mooser
3 Important Reasons For Life Sciences Professionals To Have Great LinkedIn Profiles – Dana Dunbar
Turning Science Into Business Is About Recognising Opportunity – Richard Gray
These 6 Companies All Have Life Sciences Roles Up For Grabs – Aris Suwanmalee
Business Acumen
TOP Top 10 U.S. Biopharma Clusters – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Your 5 Key Takeaways From This Week’s French Tech Announcements – Kat Borlongan
U.S. Biopharma CEOs Have “high appetite” For M&A: KPMG – Angus Liu
African Scientists Seek Slice Of Global Pharmaceutical Industry – Tom Wilson
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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.
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