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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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 professionals transition into top companies like Pfizer, Tesla, Amazon, Pearson, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, Merck, Genentech, Home Depot, Nestle, Hilton, SpaceX, Syngenta, the CDC, UN and Ford Foundation.
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