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How To Use Effective Note-Taking In Your Professional Life
Note-Taking in Graduate School When you go to graduate school, there’s one skill that you surely developed – notetaking. Note-taking can seem like a simple task that people do in an academic setting, but it can also be a valuable skill to enact in your professional life and help you pivot into a new fulfilling…
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Why Should I Make a Career Pivot?
Let’s face it, there’s no perfect time to pivot in your career. It’s not easy to make the leap from one drastically different field or even an adjancent field. Especially for academics, they can be caught up in semester schedules that often leave little time for the thought of career pivots. Career pivots take time…
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After Your PhD is Back
After a brief hiatus – I’m back to working on the After Your PhD website. If you didn’t know already, I’m Ryan Collins (PhD), the founder of After Your PhD. I wanted to become a film studies professor. However, reality soon set in and I pivoted into a new career path (SEO) after finishing my…
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Embracing Self-Advocacy in Your Career Development
Talking about myself used to be my greatest weakness. I was afraid that if I mentioned my accomplishments offline or online, it would be viewed as bragging. The stigma around self-promotion often makes folks feel uncomfortable advocating for themselves. We may fear that others will perceive us as arrogant or narcissistic, which could damage our…
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Beyond Academia: How To Make A Leap To Industry with Matteo Tardelli
Leaving academia is a pivot for some folks, and a leap for others. I spoke with Matteo Tardelli about his new book called “Beyond Academia: Stories and Strategies for PhDs Making the Leap to Industry.” Matteo is currently a Consultant and Project Leader at PreScouter Inc. He completed his PhD in 2017 for Immunology and…
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How To Stand Out in Informational Interviews
When I started exploring careers outside of academia, my network was thin. That changed after I started scheduling informational interviews with people in careers ranging from, UX, data science, and digital marketing. I slowly began having conversations with folks across different industries and had a better understanding of the world around me. Informational interviews are…