Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies, January 23rd 2021
Every week, we at Cheeky Scientist scour the Internet for the best articles on topics that help in the search for the Best of Transition: PhD Job Search in the industry.
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 – if it’s a recent article that can help readers find and acquire PhD jobs, then we want to include it in this weekly digest.
So without further delay, here are Best of Transition: PhD Job Search articles for the week of January 23rd 2021 for PhDs.
This Week’s Best Articles On PhD Jobs And Job-Search Strategies, January 23rd, 2021
Top Article Overall
Top Overall: ‘Can you work with less-qualified people?’ and 19 other curveball questions to navigate at industry interviews – Tina Persson
Networking
Top: 3 Ways To Level Up Your LinkedIn In 2021– Kate Talbot
7 Networking Tips for Getting a Job– Indeed Editorial Staff
Job Networking Tips– John E. Kobara
8 Essential Tasks to Jumpstart Your 2021 Job Search – Kate Ashford
Cvs/Resumes
Top: How to define your career objective and get what you want– Ashley Jones
How to Write a Cover Letter: The All-Time Best Tips – The Muse Editor
How to Write a Resume– Glassdoor Editorial Staff
Hire calling: How to update your CV for a pandemic-era work world– Rachel Lopez
Interviews
Top: ‘Can you work with less-qualified people?’ and 19 other curveball questions to navigate at industry interviews – Tina Persson
How To Interview For a Job Over Zoom – Gabrielle Olya
10 Remote Job Interview Questions You’ve Got to Be Ready to Answer – Jaclyn Westlake
Job interview questions: What to ask and how to answer – Jem Collins
Transferable Skills
Top: Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What Are They and How Can You Show Them Off in Your Job Search?– Regina Borsellino
What recruiters need: Skills and capabilities of the future– Mint Kang
Future of work: top skills to succeed in the remote job marketplace – Cecilia Amador de San José
5 tips for those seeking new careers during the pandemic– Aimee Lewis
Academic Blues
Top: My university plans to terminate my department. We’re trying to save it – Paul Bierman
COVID-19’s trail of devastation at many NJ colleges – Colleen O’dea
Deserted university campuses undercut businesses that rely on student spending – Tina Lovgreen
Ph.D. Alumni: Hidden in Plain Sight – Anna De Cheke Qualls, Natalie Lundsteen and Tiffanie N. Purvis
Industry Positions
Top: Biotech In-Demand Jobs: Project Managers– Kymberlie Krieger
15 Kinds of Jobs That Are In Demand—and Growing—Heading Into 2021– Stav Ziv
From Agent to Examiner and Back Again: Practical Lessons Learned from Inside the USPTO– Brian Downing
4 culture shifts organizations are embracing in 2021– Anouare Abdou
Business Acumen
Top: A Look at This Week’s Biotech IPOs– Mark Terry
Earnings Call and Earnings Release– Pam Velazquez
5 Top Penny Stocks To Watch During January’s Biotech Boom– D Marie
3 Lesser-known Biotech Stocks That Are Surging– Namrata Sen Chanda
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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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