STEM Soft Skills: 5 Valuable & Transferable Skills for PhDs
Are you a STEM PhD about to embark on a post-academic career? Check out this list of 5 great ‘soft skills’, or transferable skills for PhDs in STEM fields.
Post-ac Job Search
Learn more about the basics of a post-ac job search including self-assessment, career exploration, job search strategies, interviewing, and hiring and negotiating a job offer.
How to Nail Online Interviews: 4 Things You Need to Know
Here we advise PhDs on how to prepare for online interviews. We go over how to prepare answers and mitigate the stress that comes with interviewing online.
Build a Better Online Brand in 4 Easy Steps
Build a Better Online Brand in 4 Easy Steps Your personal online brand is a fundamental part of any job hunt. Understandably, many people don’t like the idea of reducing themselves to a “brand.” Academics and PhDs seem particularly averse to this way of thinking. Which is ironic, considering how much personal branding goes into …
I Want to Quit My PhD. But What Will Employers Think?
“I want to quit my PhD! But what will employers think?” Not much, as it turns out. Here we look at why quitting your PhD is far from the end of the world.
5 Terrific Transferable Skills in Teaching
5 Terrific Transferable Skills in Teaching Of all the myriad skills and experiences you acquire while doing your PhD, teaching skills are some of the most valuable, applicable, and transferable to other careers. What are transferable skills for teachers? Well, many transferable skills in teaching pertain to communication in some way. Good communication is key in …
4 Fantastic Careers for PhDs Who Love Teaching
4 Fantastic Careers for PhDs Who Love Teaching Very broadly speaking, people pursuing PhDs fall into one of three camps: First, there’s the researchers. These are the academics who love reading, writing, and talking about their research, who would be perfectly happy to carve out a cozy little research niche and spend their entire professional …
Not Hearing Back from Jobs? 4 Things You Need to Know
Not Hearing Back from Jobs? 4 Things You Need to Know It’s getting ‘ghosted.’ It’s screaming into the void. It’s throwing your carefully tailored resume into a corporate black hole. We’ve all suffered the cold-iron frustration of filling out a bunch of job applications and never hearing anything about any of them. Most academic employers …
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The Post-Academic Hiring Process: 4 Secrets You Need to Know
The Post-Academic Hiring Process: 4 Secrets You Need to Know The first few months of post-academic job hunting are a profound exercise in finding out what you don’t know. Sure, you knew that academic and post-academic hiring processes are very different. You knew that a resume is not the same as a CV. But do …
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4 Reasons Why PhDs Should Consider Careers in the Private Sector
4 reasons why every PhD should consider a career in the private sector By L. Maren Wood, PhD | Founder of Beyond the Professoriate I spend a lot of time each week on the phone advising graduate students and postdocs about jobs for PhDs outside of academia. From these conversations, and my research interviewing …
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3 Great Social Media Tips for Your Post-Academic Job Search
3 Great Social Media Tips for Your Post-Academic Job Search What is the value of social media in a job search? Well, stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” You’ve surely come across this piece of advice. Well, regardless of what you think about it—and …
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LinkedIn for PhDs: 5 Reasons Why You Need It Now
LinkedIn for PhDs: 5 Reasons Why You Need It Now Show of hands: how many people routinely delete LinkedIn email invitations? Yup! Guilty. A few years ago, John Oliver did a bit (way back when he guest-hosted The Daily Show) on LinkedIn’s excessive email spamming habits: “What do you do, LinkedIn? You seem to have monetized irritating …
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Starting Your Post-PhD Career Exploration the Right Way … With You in Mind!
Starting Your Post-PhD Career Exploration the Right Way … with You in Mind! Take some time out for self-reflection As you begin your career exploration, it is essential to take some time to reflect on your interests, strengths, and values. Academic life can sometimes be all-consuming. The long hours and weekends spent running experiments in …
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