Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies, July 11th, 2020
Every week, we at Cheeky Scientist scour the Internet for the best articles on topics that help in the search for PhD jobs in 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…
This Week’s Best Articles On PhD Jobs And Job-Search Strategies
Top Article Overall:
Top Overall: How To Pivot Your Career When Your World Burns Down – Andrew Aziz
Networking
Top: How To Network When You Don’t Like Networking – Natalie Fisher
Ways To Create A Better Virtual Networking Mindset – John M. O’Connor
6 Top Business Networking Tips For Ambitious Professionals – Dale Cudmore
Linkedin releases a stamp to indicate that you are looking for a job, do you know how to activate it? – Brian Adam
CVs/Resumes
Top: How to format your resume for the modern job search – Emilie Aries
Advice from Resume Experts on What to Put on a Resume – Resumeble Staff
Q&A: How to prepare your resume – Keith Byers
How to put career failures on your resume? – GISuser Staff
Interviews
Top: 11 common interview questions you’re likely to be asked in a job interview – and how to answer them – Rhona Shennan
Millennial Money: 4 expert tips to get hired from home – Lauren Schwahn
10 Key Tips For Acing Your Video Interviews – Kathy Caprino
Transferable Skills
Top: How To Pivot Your Career When Your World Burns Down – Andrew Aziz
If you really want the job, show you have these 6 qualities – Judith Humphrey
You Have Transferable Skills. Use Them to Land a Job in a New Field – Adam Hardy
Transferable Skills: Your Keys to New Job Opportunities – Laila Nashat
Academic Blues
Top: Seeking an ‘exit plan’ for leaving academia amid coronavirus worries – Chris Woolston
International Students’ Worries During the Pandemic – Elizabeth Redden
How academic institutions make it harder to be a female scientist – Simon Ings
Academia’s Theater of the Absurd – Michelle Chen
Industry Positions
Top: The Perks Of Being A Data Scientist In The 21st Century – Kamalika Some
10 Career Tips for Graduates Seeking a Position in Marketing – Smartercx Team
Entrepreneurship in the Covid-19 Era – Dr. Narendra Shyamsukha
The Best Remote Jobs and Remote Companies to Work For – Nicole
Business Acumen
Top: The Next Normal: Seven Trends Redefining Business Priorities In A Post-Crisis World – Alvin McBorrough
Research: Only 10% of Joint Venture Board Members Are Women – Molly Farber, James Bamford and David Ernst
Drug prices steadily rise amid pandemic, data shows – Sarah Owermohle
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ABOUT ISAIAH HANKEL, PHD
CEO, CHEEKY SCIENTIST & SUCCESS MENTOR TO PHDS
Isaiah Hankel, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the largest career training platform for PhDs in the world - Cheeky Scientist. His articles, podcasts and trainings are consumed annually by 3 million PhDs in 152 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. Isaiah Hankel received his doctorate in Anatomy & Cell Biology with a focus in immunology and is an expert on biotechnology recruitment and career development.
Isaiah has published two bestselling books with Wiley and 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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