Best Industry Transition Articles Of The Week For PhDs (Saturday, January 18th, 2020)
Every week, we scour the Internet for the best industry transition articles for PhDs – so you don’t have to!
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.
This week’s best articles are…
Top Overall
Top Overall: Stress, anxiety, harassment: huge survey reveals pressures of scientists’ working lives – Alison Abbott
Networking
Top: 4 Tips for Building Your Dream Network – Imran Tariq
Networking to recession-proof your career – Amy Morrison
Navigating a New Job with a Very Different Culture – Dorie Clark
The Next Level of Networking – Karim Benaïssa
CVs/Resumes
Top: Google’s career experts say that your resume should always have 5 things – Peter Economy
Computers Reading Resumes & Your Job Search in 2020 – Ladders
How to craft a project manager resume to land your dream job – Moira Alexander
8 tips to get your resume past hiring bots and to a real person – Christa Geraghty
Interviews
Top: How To Design Your Interview Based on Behavioral Science – Aline Holzwarth
Background Research: The Key to Preparing for an Interview – Porschia Parker
Ladders 2020 Interviews Guide: What you must know about behavioral interviewing – Marc Cendella
The easiest trick to ace a job interview – Marc Cendella
Transferable Skills
Top: 20 soft skills every leader needs to be successful – Allana Akhtar
What Are Soft Skills? 5 Soft Skills Hiring Managers Value Most | Real Simple – Maggie Seaver
Nice guys finish first: Soft skills key to success – Kathy Rentsch
Five Daily Habits To Unleash Your Creativity In 2020 – Gabriella Goddard
Academic Blues
Top: Stress, anxiety, harassment: huge survey reveals pressures of scientists’ working lives – Alison Abbott
Humanities degree: Can a PhD holder get careers outside the university? – Study International Staff
Being a caregiver while caring about a PhD Luke Yates discusses how he coped with his – Luke Yates
Who put the cult in faculty? – Michael Marinetto
Industry Positions
Top: A New Decade is Here: These are the Best Jobs in 2020 – Amanda Stansell
How to Land an Awesome Remote Job in 2020 – Syed Balkhi
How to Achieve a Win-Win Hiring Outcome by Categorizing Your Metrics – Lou Adler
Work From Home 2020: The Top 100 Companies For Remote Jobs -Alexandra Talty
Business Acumen
Top: Top 5 Leadership Development Trends For 2020 – Kevin Kruse
How Optimism Bias Can Be a Workplace Weakness – Susan Heathfield
With Rising Drug Prices a Concern, Some Companies Enact Their Own Control Plans – Alex Keown
Industry calls on governments to invest more in antibiotics research – Florin Zubașcu
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