Getting a job in industry after your PhD is an honorable alternative to an academic career. Despite its appeal, many PhD students seem terrified to take the jump. I want to share with you the one thing you have to do if you want to successfully get a job in industry after your PhD. You [...]
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How To Successfully Start A PhD In A Different Field
Starting a PhD in a different field than your MSc can be tricky. Unless you know how to transition successfully between fields. Here’s the situation: you’ve received your bachelors (or even masters) degree in one subject and along the way discovered that your interests lay elsewhere or you would like to tackle a problem from [...]
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11 Alternative Careers For PhD Students
Considering alternative careers for PhD students? One of the most difficult decisions for any PhD student is whether or not to pursue a career in academia. In order to make this decision, you first need to understand what other alternative careers for PhD students are out there. There was a time when most students pursuing a [...]
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How Science Outreach Saved My Academic Career
Science outreach is fun and a rewarding experience. But if you are looking for more measurable returns, there are not many. Many scientist see science outreach as a waste of time. Let me show you how I approached science outreach and got some definitive returns that helped me and my lab. When I joined Mount [...]
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Graduate School Advice Series: 10 Things You Should Know Before Starting A PhD
From a senior PhD student to a starting PhD student, this is the graduate school advice nobody will tall you but that you need to succeed and get your PhD title. We all join graduate school with rainbows and butterfly ideas in our minds. We will cure cancer, do research in interesting topics, learn a [...]
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3 Questions You Should Ask Your PhD Supervisor Before Choosing A Career In Science?
1 out of 222 PhD graduates will achieve the status “Professor”. Are you still dreaming of a career in science? And are these dreams grounded in the reality of professorial life? This startling statistic shows that betting all your money on an academic career is risky. The risk grows if your perceptions of life as [...]
