#03. Why PhDs struggle to land non-academic jobs. 622 Words | 4 Minutes Over the past two years, I've talked to 1,000s of PhDs who want to leave academia. Many PhDs submit 100s of resumes, receive countless rejection e-mails, and then conclude (erroneously) that no one will hire them outside of academia. That's just not true. You are have so many marketable skills. That's not your problem. The problem is our academic training. In the words of Karen Kelsky: "academia is a cult." We've spent...
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#02. How to leave academia (6 steps). 596 Words | 4 Minutes January 2022, I decided to leave academia. In a few weeks, I had made a LinkedIn profile, converted my academic CV to a non-academic resume, and submitted ~60 applications to various non-academic jobs. I only got one offer. A 1% success rate. Since that time, I’ve fixed all my mistakes and optimized my job search. The result? Two applications. Two offers. A 100% success rate. I used to think I was just “lucky." But it's more than...
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#01. 3 mistakes PhDs make when leaving academia. 839 Words | 4 Minutes In January 2022, I decided to quit my prestigious post-doctoral fellowship. I was desperate to leave - I was staring down another year (or more) on the academic job market, begging universities to hire me. The prospect filled me with anxiety. I needed a non-academic job. ASAP. Within a week, I made a LinkedIn profile, converted my long academic CV to a short non-academic resume, and directly applied to ~60 job ads. I...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read