I resigned from my job a few weeks ago. It was a big decision for me to make and one that occurred over a few weeks (with a couple of sleepless nights). I didn’t want to let the company that I work for down. I felt like an idiot for wanting to go back to academia after deciding I wanted […]
This is a topic that I am particularly passionate about being a PhD candidate, like many others, who went into the industry. I am part of what is called a ‘Transformed PhD’ at my university which intends to provide PhD candidates with a broad skill set to be able to go into a range of industries. Unfortunately, I was the […]
There is so much more than academia for PhD graduates and many of us are looking for these other options so I wanted to provide a list of some of the types of positions and industries to look for as a PhD candidate / graduate. This is by know means an exhaustive list but somewhere to get you started. Market […]
Through this blog and the accompanying Instagram, I have been lucky enough to connect with numerous PhD candidates and I have been noticing a real trend towards people wanting to move out of academia and into the industry (something I have done within the last year). So I wanted to share some of my tips for how to land that […]
I have officially passed my probation period at work, which means that I have been working in the industry for 6 months now. I honestly cannot believe how quickly this time has gone and how much I have learnt during this short period. For those of you don’t know I am now a project manager for a market and social […]
If you want to read about the previous ‘sell your skills’ click here. Creativity is an incredibly transferable and important skill for a variety of industries. It is often not an attribute that is listed on job descriptions. However, it is one that employers value and one that can allow you to really make a stamp on your workplace […]
Since I started working in the industry 6 months ago now, I have realised how essential it is for us PhD students to sell our skills. Many industries highly value the skills that we acquire throughout a PhD, however many do not understand that a PhD provides such a wide variety of sought after skills. The first skill we should […]