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"I have been quiet here for a while but happy to finally share that I've transitioned! It was a long and challenging journey towards transition, being at another full-time job plus being a toddler mom, but I am so thankful I found this supportive community that has helped me and motivated me throughout."
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Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies July 22nd, 2023
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
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.…
6 Ways To Turn AI From Destroyer To Matchmaker In Your Job Search
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
When it comes to artificial intelligence, there seem to be two types of people: those who are curious about new tech and want to learn how to use it, and those with a healthy skepticism about how much power we give to machines. I was in the second camp. It’s not that I don’t appreciate progress. I’m a PhD, after all. But sometimes I feel like the tech that makes it to the mass market is dumbing down things that shouldn’t necessarily be easy. That’s why, in silent protest, I tried to do everything in my job search the old-fashioned…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies July 15th, 2023
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
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.…
Does Your PhD Resume Spell A Bad Culture Fit?
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
One of the biggest reasons that I left academia was the constant negativity. Instead of collaboration, I was pitted against my fellow PhDs. The system forced us to compete against one another. I couldn’t look to my advisors for support either. It was more trouble than it was worth to even get them to make time, and in the end, their “advice” was little more than common sense. And that’s to say nothing of the wrath I’d face if I picked the wrong time to speak up or advocate for my research. I persisted, though, and looked forward to applying…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies July 8th, 2023
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
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.…
8 Corporate Buzzwords And What They Actually Mean On Job Postings
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
Most PhDs fail to understand something extremely important about their job search going in. I certainly did. Your PhD is incredibly valuable, and so are you… … but your degree does not put you above the job search process. Your PhD is not a free pass to skip the leg work that every other industry job seeker has had to learn through their own trial and error. You have to learn to speak the language of industry. You’re not above following up with employers after you apply. You absolutely need to emphasize your transferable skills along with your technical ones.…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies July 1st, 2023
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
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.…
3 Entry-Level PhD Jobs Pay Six Figures A Year
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
I was determined to stay in academia… until I wasn’t. It took almost six years for me to reach the conclusion that academia just wasn’t for me. My PhD defense was just a few months away, and I can’t lie: I was literally willing myself to stick it out. But what about after that? Professorship had been the goal for me before I ever even enrolled in college. It had been my dream. I had absolutely no idea what to do if it wasn’t going to teach. I knew what I didn’t want: I didn’t want to be tethered to…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies June 24th, 2023
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
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.…
Academia Gave Up On PhDs. Industry Is Saving Them (5 Proofs)
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
For most PhDs, pursuing their degree is more than just a career choice. It’s the fulfillment of a lifelong goal. Pursuing a goal like that, for so long and with such great focus, can sometimes come at a cost. The emotional momentum it takes to earn a PhD can keep bright, talented researchers from seeing a problem brewing. They miss the signs of stress, anxiety, and exhaustion. They’re so singularly focused on making it to the finish line that they don’t realize they might not arrive there in one piece. That’s what happened to me. I think I set a…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies June 17th, 2023
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
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.…
Your Professional Brand Is Academia. 5 Questions To Change It
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
What’s your professional brand? As a researcher, my conclusions are based on proven facts and quantifiable results. The concept of something as subjective as brand or image had never felt particularly relevant to me. I’d heard the question, of course. When you’ve been looking for a job for over a year, you’re bound to come across the idea. But now, face to face with a recruiter who had turned me down for a job, I was really trying to come up with an intelligent answer. “What’s my brand?” I asked. I guess feigning ignorance was one way to go. “Yes,…
