by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | May 1, 2026 | Career, Podcast
Getting out of academia can feel like the hardest part. But once you’re a few years into industry, a new question shows up—quietly at first: “How do I actually grow from here?” If you’re navigating life after exiting academia, this is a completely normal place to be....
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Apr 15, 2026 | Build A Professional Network, Career, Podcast
Your PhD alone is not a competitive advantage in this job market. Not because it lacks value but because most employers don’t know how to interpret it. And even if they do, there are so many people with credentials similar to yours. So what makes you stand out? The...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Apr 2, 2026 | Career, Graduate School, Podcast
For a long time, there was a clear path: finish your PhD, complete a postdoc, become a professor. But that path is no longer the norm. Today, PhDs leaving academia isn’t the exception, it’s the reality for the majority. Data suggests that up to 75% of science and...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Mar 16, 2026 | Career, Podcast
Recently, I ran a poll on LinkedIn asking a simple question: Did your PhD training adequately prepare you to navigate the job market? The results were striking. Out of 472 respondents, 93% said no. That means people who completed one of the most rigorous educational...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Feb 24, 2026 | Career, Podcast
The Bold PhD Podcast: A Career Podcast for PhDs, by a PhD. You worked hard. You sacrificed the years. You studied. You researched. You published. You defended. And yet… here you are. Not where you thought you’d be. Maybe you’re unemployed. Maybe you’ve been on the job...
by Gertrude Nonterah PhD | Feb 17, 2026 | Build A Professional Network, Career, Podcast
The Bold PhD Podcast: A Career Podcast for PhDs, by a PhD. AI is no longer theoretical. Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, we’ve watched generative AI explode into the mainstream. Now we have tools from Anthropic (Claude) and Google integrated across search,...
