by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | May 24, 2022 | Career
Searching for non-academic jobs? Here are 3 mistakes to avoid at all costs. It never fails. I log into Twitter and I see a PhD complaining about how hard it is to land non-academic jobs. First of all, I acknowledge that it is hard. It took me two years to finally...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Nov 6, 2021 | Career, Graduate School
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...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Oct 18, 2021 | Career
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...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Oct 2, 2021 | Career
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...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Aug 18, 2021 | Career
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...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Aug 15, 2021 | Career
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...
