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PhD Transition Report On-Demand

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Isaiah Hankel
Isaiah Hankel
Chief Executive Officer Cheeky Scientist

The premier podcast by industry PhDs. With thousands of monthly listeners, the Cheeky Scientist Radio podcast is dedicated to helping PhDs transition into their first or next industry position. Every episode provides leading edge insights on how PhDs can avoid career failure and job search rejections, and instead attract hiring managers and recruiters to get hired into top industry jobs. Recent shows cover industry resumes, LinkedIn profiles, creating a job search strategy, identifying surging career tracks and avoiding dead end career tracks, successfully preparing for and passing phone screens, video interviews and site visits, and much more. This show features top industry PhDs in 50+ different industry positions. Subscribe now and listen.

Episodes

2024 Shift In Hiring Criteria & New Job Search Strategies For The Digital Age

Thursday February 8, 2024

Ready to start your transition into industry? Apply to book a free Transition Call with our founder, Isaiah Hankel, PhD or one of our Transition Specialists here.

Beating The Job Market Correction In 2024 & 4 Ways To Identify Ghost Job Listings

Tuesday February 6, 2024

Ready to start your transition into industry? Apply to book a free Transition Call with our founder, Isaiah Hankel, PhD or one of our Transition Specialists here.

How To Correct Salary Negotiation Mistakes. Plus, Fair Versus Reasonable Salaries For PhDs.

Thursday February 1, 2024

Ready to start your transition into industry? Apply to book a free Transition Call with our founder, Isaiah Hankel, PhD or one of our Transition Specialists here.

Why New AI Resume Filters Are Ignoring PhD Resumes & 10 Keys To Passing The First Interview

Thursday January 25, 2024

Ready to start your transition into industry? Apply to book a free Transition Call with our founder, Isaiah Hankel, PhD or one of our Transition Specialists here.

Apply First, Or Wait For A Referral? Top Tips For Getting Hired Fast In 2024.

Tuesday January 23, 2024

Ready to start your transition into industry? Apply to book a free Transition Call with our founder, Isaiah Hankel, PhD or one of our Transition Specialists here.

Why Getting A PhD Is Absolutely Worth It

Friday January 19, 2024

Join us as we talk about… In this week’s episode… You will what the challenges are from transitioning from Academia to Industry You will learn that if a PhD is leveraged correctly it can be a gateway to personal and professional advancement Finally you learn that having a PhD gives opportunities for innovation, making contributions to knowledge, meaningful collaborations, and professional relationships. If PhDs struggle to get hired in industry, then why should they get a PhD in the first place? I had a PhD send me this question recently and wanted to share it because I get asked it a lot. The problem is not that a PhD is not worthwhile, it’s that the academic-publishing complex doesn’t train PhDs on how to leverage their PhDs to get hired into a meaningful career that rewards them for their investment. And to be fair, why would academia or academic publishers want to help PhDs get out of academia? All of higher education and academic publishing is held up on the backs of underpaid PhD labor. Think about it. Have you ever been given a royalty for a paper you published? Nope. You were indoctrinated on the publish or perish culture keeping…