Best Of Transition: PhD Jobs & Job Search Strategies, May 9th, 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 ace a virtual job interview, according to a career coach – Laura Hampson
Networking
Top Article: How to Find Your Next Job Opportunity by Networking from Home – Stephanie Nikolopoulos
10 Steps to Building a Personal Brand that People Buy Into – Sam Winsbury
How to Stay Connected with Coworkers While Working from Home – Laura Brothers
4 Tips To Help You Send More Effective Networking Emails – Kourtney Whitehead
CVs/Resumes
Top Article: Give Your Resume A Facelift: How To Make It Shine And Attract The Right Recruiters & Hiring Managers – H.V. MacArthur
Don’t make these 5 biggest resume mistakes, say Harvard career experts—and examples of what to do instead – Dustin McKisse
Your resume is more important than ever right now – Ladders Staff
8 Simple Steps To Get Your LinkedIn Profile Noticed – Bianca Miller Cole
Interviews
Top Article: How to ace a virtual job interview, according to a career coach – Laura Hampson
Virtual Job Interview Technology CEO Reveals Common Candidate Video Interviewing Pitfalls – Joseph Liu
How to Demonstrate You’re the Right “Fit” for the Job – BioSpace Editorial Staff
Pants or no pants? 3 tips for nailing a virtual job interview – Elizabeth C. Tippett
Transferable Skills
Top Article: Good Leadership Is About Communicating “Why” – Nancy Duarte
Five transferable skills for the future workforce – Murdoch University
7 Soft-Skills You Need To Develop To Get Ahead In Your Career – Neeta Karnik
Going viral: how to boost the spread of coronavirus science on social media – Samantha Yammine
Academic Blues
Top Article: How to handle rejection in your professional life – Alaina G. Levine
Finding motivation while working from home as a PhD student during the coronavirus pandemic – Melina Papalampropoulou-Tsiridou
Students and faculty call on U. to support grad students amid halted research – Katie Busch
Career Exploration — A Grand Experiment – Briana Konnick
Industry Positions
Top Article: Show me the Data: A Guide to the Hottest Jobs in Tech – Alon Mei-raz
MilliporeSigma CEO Udit Batra Shares His Secrets for Career Success – Gail Dutton
This is how each generation can freelance during and after the pandemic – Sunshine Farzan
How to help data scientists adapt to business culture – Mary Shacklett
Business Acumen
Top Article: Clinical Catch-Up: April 27-May 1 – Mark Terry
Remdesivir, check. Now, analysts are looking ahead to ‘several’ COVID-19 drugs to come – Eric Sagonowsky
Digital Transformation Is About Talent, Not Technology – Becky Frankiewicz and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Viewpoint: COVID-19 will reshape globalisation – John Wyles
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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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