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5 Questions To Ask Yourself As You Navigate Non-Academic Careers
"I had no idea jobs existed outside academia for PhDs." Several PhD holders have sent me a version of this message over the last couple of years. It sounds shocking but until recently, very few academic institutions actually prepared PhDs for non-academic careers. It...
3 Reasons To Use LinkedIn For Your Non-Academic Job Search
LinkedIn is no longer that old, cold, resume platform it used to be. Yes, it is still more of a professional platform than other social media channels but it has evolved into so much more. If you're currently on your non-academic job search, I'm going to give you...
5 Tips to Break Into Medical Writing
If medical writing seems difficult to break into, you are not alone in that feeling. Back when I was trying to break into the industry, I got a lot of rejections. However, like anything difficult in life, a breakthrough came and I landed my first full-time role as a...
5 Best US Visa Options For PhD Holders
What's the best US visa for PhD holders who are non-US citizens but want to work in the US? For most international PhD students, there might not be family to depend on if you don't land a job right after graduation. Thus finding work is crucial. But to find work, you...
5 Tips to Survive The First Year of Your PhD
You got in and now here are five tips to survive the first year of your PhD. Everyone starts at the same place. ZERO. EVERYONE - this includes your fellow students to the professors you admire to Nobel laureates - all start at zero. So if you're feeling unsure or...
How to continue your job search when you’re exhausted.
It has been months of looking for roles you thought you qualified for. In fact, some of those roles have downright been the kind where you know you're overqualified for. Yet, you're still hearing nothing. For PhDs, this can be especially challenging because your mind...
3 books you should read before you start your PhD
Here are three books you should read before your start your PhD. Congratulations! You’re about to start grad school! These books will help to prepare your mind for PhD work and inspire you to continue when things get tough. Grit by Angela Duckworth Angela Duckworth...
How I Became A Medical Writer
Academia was a dream for me for a really long time. I still love academia. Maybe one day I will go back, but in this season, I am a science writer and I’m loving it. I get a lot of questions in my inbox, especially on LinkedIn, about how to become a science...
There are careers outside academia. Here’s what students and grad schools can do about it.
"Nobody ever told me there was anything I could do with my PhD apart from being in academia." "It's looked down upon to leave academia in my field." "I wish somebody had told me this when I was working on my PhD." These are a handful of the comments I received on a...