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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...
Networking online when you’re shy: 7 tips to help you win that game.
I'm not going to lie: networking when you're a shy person is hard. Yet, in the current era, networking is crucial to helping you land work. So how do you go about it? When I was younger, my teachers regularly wrote on my report cards "does not mix well", introvert"...
No, you have not wasted your life.
No experience is wasted. Every part of your experience is important and where you can, you should leverage it to get into the role that you want. Here's what to do. Take a piece of paper out and write it all down. Let me give you a few examples. 1. In college, I was a...
Should you quit your PhD program? Why I didn’t quit mine.
My guess is that you've landed on this post because you've thought about quitting your PhD program? Believe it or not, many students have been in your shoes. In fact, for a while, I was one of those people who wanted to quit her PhD. I didn't quit but I know at least...
Want to leave academia? Make sure you’ve done these first.
I recently made a post on LinkedIn about my reasons for wanting to leave academia. That post has now been viewed over 29,000 times, has 484 reactions and 48 comments. It is by far my most popular social media post to date. I learned an important lesson through that...
How I Balanced Having A Baby In The Middle Of My PhD
A baby and PhD? I recorded a video on my YouTube channel on this topic, if you'd rather watch there, here you go: https://youtu.be/Sw79ECbm394 I started my PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in 2009. In 2011 I got married and in 2013, I had my first child. Balancing a...
3 Money Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Sooner As a PhD
You don't have to wait until you graduate from your PhD to learn important money lessons that will make you successful. I wish someone would have shared these very simple yet crucial money facts with me when I first began. Nevertheless, I am glad I learned them so I...