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"I am grateful to Isaiah, Meera, Abha and all the CSA for their constant help and support. This was my transition from academia to the healthcare industry...I accepted this offer as I am in urgent need of a job as my current lab is closing soon. Thank you!"
"You will not believe it..... I got them up another 60K and they changed my title!"
"Thank you for your support. I greatly benefited from your DD talks on the importance of networking on LinkedIn and resume-building tips. Your team member Meera was very helpful in building my LinkedIn Profile and resume. Thank you!"
"I signed the offer today! I am will be working as a technical support manager - it is what you call a field scientist within Cheeky. I am super excited and already feel welcomed!"
"I'm excited to share that I am starting a new position as Senior Research and Development Engineer at CORMETECH!"
"I aced the interview, I signed yesterday and begin next month!"
"I’m happy to share that I started a new position as Medical Science Liaison at Ashfield this January, part of UDG Healthcare (now Inizio) supporting Avita Medical. Thank you to all my mentors, colleagues, and friends who have been incremental in making this dream possible for me.....It is an exciting space/time and I can’t wait for the future."
"I started working with you all back in October 2022 and it took me about four months to secure my new role. I actually had two six figure salary offers in the learning and development arena! One was from a prestigious HBCU and the other one was with a scientific research organization. I signed my six figure offer letter for a Head of Talent Development role with the scientific research organization on March 1st. I negotiated and received a $7,500 increase in salary and I also received an increase in my relocation package. I cannot thank you all enough!"
"I'm happy to share that I am starting a new position as Senior Scientist at Eikon Therapeutics!"
"It feels incredible when you are able to check in with yourself and figure out what is it that you really want. After a long and exciting journey....I am elated to start a new chapter."
"One thing I feel I did great was joining the association as a Diamond member. Modules and Classes helped me to prepare ahead of the search- to do and to go right. The other useful thing was the accountability forum....your classes and modules really helped me to believe in myself and have confidence in myself. I value myself as a PhD. I gave a shot for a senior scientist position, and got one!"
"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Senior Manager, Project Management -Medical Affairs at Horizon!"
"I attended the Transition CHALLENGE and VIP Modality and, as a result, in less than 2 months I have participated in 8 interesting interviews and been offered a wonderful job full of opportunities! Thank you so much for all the great and necessary work you do!"
"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."
"New offer - went ahead and signed contract today - - excited and thank you for the confidence booster - grateful for investing in Cheeky Scientist."
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies June 10th, 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.…
Why Postdocs Are Paid Less Than Fast Food Workers
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
When I started my PhD, I had a figure in mind: $90,000. Whenever the days felt long or the research felt like it was going absolutely nowhere, this number was there in the back of my mind. It was the median salary for PhDs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The eventual reward made the weight of all the work and stress and barely scraping by feel bearable. With graduation a few months away, I decided to start dedicating my weekends to a job search. My biggest worry wasn’t finding work. I was actually afraid I’d have a hard…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies June 3rd, 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.…
Robots Ate Your Precious Technical Skills. Focus On These Transferable Skills Instead
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
I haven’t even graduated yet and my career is already being phased out by AI. Am I going to need a separate degree in machine learning to stand out from the competition? How can I compete in a data-focused industry when software can do most of my job faster and for far less? Messages like these come to me every day. ChatGPT sent shockwaves through every industry when developer OpenAI unveiled the software to the general public in 2022. Within 5 days of launch, it had already seen 1 million users. I work closely with PhDs on a daily basis.…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies May 27th, 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.…
The Power Of The Functional Resume: A Game-Changer for PhDs Seeking Industry Roles
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
Sometimes you’re too close to a situation to really understand it. That was definitely the case for me when it came to my industry resume. As a PhD leaving academia, it took me a long time to understand that I was wasting my time submitting an academic CV to industry employers. It wasn’t until I was hired in an industry role that I understood there was a specific resume format for people like me. When I had a chance to shadow an industry recruiter, that’s when I really understood the goal of a resume – the zoomed-out view that I…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies May 20th, 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.…
5 Positions In Biopharma Perfect For Any PhD
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
It was by chance that I even considered a career in biopharma. As far as I was concerned, academia was all there was. The world of industry was a big question mark to me, and that was fine. I found myself working on a postdoc, waiting for a tenure-track position to open up. At first, it was exciting: a real, paying job as a PhD-level scientist. I showed up early, stayed late, and was happy to do it. But a change happened, gradually. There was so much repetition in my day, and so much emphasis on performing tasks that required…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies May 13th, 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.…
Don’t Ignore These 6 Powerful PhD Job Search Trends
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
What does your job search strategy look like? If you had to describe it in 2 or 3 sentences, what would you say? I ask because, if you’re reading this, you’re in the market for a job. Working with PhDs for more than 10 years, I’ve learned one thing is true above all others: The right job strategy is what’s going to get you hired. That’s right: I’m saying that a concrete job search methodology is more important than anything else in your job search. It’s more important than your skills, your degree, your personality – more important than you,…
Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies May 6th, 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.…
Top 5 Industry Career Tracks For PhDs
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
From the time I started graduate school, there was only one point in the future that I could focus on: the finish line. I was swept up in my own expectations and also caught up in what I thought was expected of me. But something I hadn’t given much thought to was what I actually wanted to do. I was about six months away from defending my thesis. That’s when I started to give some serious thought to what would happen after I added the “Dr.” to my name. It’s when I began to admit to myself that academia was…
