Industry Careers
Insights from some of our top Associates on the best industry careers for PhDs that you can use to determine which role(s) are right for you
PhD Jobs: How To Transition From Academia Into Business
By: Isaiah Hankel, PhD
The first step of transitioning out of academia is deciding if you want to stay in research or if you want out. If you want to stay in research, then you’ll seek and apply for R&D or other bench positions. But, if you want to move into sales, marketing, or upper management, your best course of action is to move into an applications-based position. The main job of an application scientist is to teach a company’s customers how to use their products. This often involves teaching customers about the broader fields of science related to the product. The following 15…