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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface Why I Now Feel Sorry for My Academic Advisor -- Introduction How PhDs Can Transition Out of Academia -- Step #1: Understand That You Are Your Biggest Obstacle -- Chapter 1 Academia Destroyed Your Industry Job Search Strategy -- Chapter 2 You Can't Hit a Target You Don't Set -- Chapter 3 All Industry Jobs Fit into Six Career Tracks -- Case Study 1 Sarah Yunes, PhD -- Chapter 4 The Number One Reason Industry Employers Are Ignoring You -- Step #2: Communicate Skills Employers Actually Care About -- Chapter 5 Your Technical or "Specialty" Skills Won't Get You Hired in Industry -- Chapter 6 Could Anyone Work with You for Eight Hours without Going Insane? -- Chapter 7 No One Wants to Hire the Posturing PhD Who Can't Commit to Anything -- Case Study 2 Eric Johnson, PhD -- Chapter 8 Confirming Your Career Interest with a Cover Letter -- Step #3: ATS-Proof (and Garbage-Proof) Your Résumé -- Chapter 9 Why No One Is Reading Your Industry Résumé -- Chapter 10 The Gold Standard Résumé Format for PhDs -- Chapter 11 How to Format Your Résumé if You Have No Industry Experience -- Chapter 12 Three Additional Résumé Formats for Unique Job Search Situations -- Chapter 13 The Perfect Three-Part Résumé Bullet Point -- Chapter 14 Keyword-Hacking ATS Software Programs -- Case Study 3 Ravikiran Ravulapalli, PhD -- Step #4: Dominate LinkedIn® (or Whatever Social Media Platform Comes Next) -- Chapter 15 Why Employers Can't Find You on LinkedIn® -- Chapter 16 Why You Should Delete Your LinkedIn® Profile and Start Over -- Chapter 17 How to Make Your LinkedIn® Profile a Magnet for Industry Employers -- Step #5: Crack into Any Career Network (and Stand Out) -- Chapter 18 The Crucial Difference between Connecting and Networking -- Case Study 4 Emma Lirette, PhD. |
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Chapter 19 How to Participate in In-Person Networking without Feeling Awkward or Exhausted -- Chapter 20 Turning Your Unique Selling Proposition into a Rationale-Based Elevator Pitch -- Chapter 21 Networking Online Starts with Discovering Your Target Companies and Contacts -- Step #6: Follow the Straight-Line Referral Method -- Chapter 22 Using Company Culture to Qualify Your Job Leads and Networking Efforts -- Chapter 23 Reactivating Your Current Network and Expanding It -- Chapter 24 Guiding Networking Contacts to Deeper Levels of Professional Intimacy -- Chapter 25 Executing Informational Interviews Like a Friendly Student Journalist -- Case Study 5 Elizabeth Thatcher, PhD -- Step #7: Prepare for the Three-Stage Interview Funnel -- Chapter 26 The Industry Interview Funnel Starts before You Interview -- Chapter 27 Phone Calls, Video Interviews, and Other Early Screening Methods -- Chapter 28 Site Visits, Surveillance Cameras, and Hotel Operatives -- Chapter 29 The Four Types of Interview Questions All PhDs Are Asked -- Chapter 30 Answering Interview Questions with the STAR Technique -- Chapter 31 Credible Questions to Ask Industry Employers -- Step #8: Nail Your Interview Presentation and Close the Deal -- Chapter 32 Confession from a Failed Interview Presentation -- Chapter 33 The Fastest You Will Ever Make (or Lose) Money -- Case Study 6 Sonali Pandhe, PhD -- Chapter 34 The Eight Tenets of Salary Negotiation -- Conclusion What to Do Once You're Hired -- Next Steps -- About the Author -- Appendix A: Industry Job Title Examples -- Appendix B: Transferable Skills List -- Appendix C: Technical Skills List -- Appendix D: Quantified Results List -- Appendix E: LinkedIn® Headline Examples -- Endnotes. |
| Summary |
PhDs are in demand in industry, but often, these PhDs are invisible to potential employers. Dr. Isaiah Hankel, leverages his expertise as the CEO of the world's largest career training platform for PhDs, Cheeky Scientist, to help PhDs overcome their biggest obstacle: obscurity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Doctor of philosophy degree -- Vocational guidance.
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Doctoral students -- Employment.
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Job hunting.
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Career changes.
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Career changes |
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Job hunting |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hankel, Isaiah. Power of a PhD. New York : Morgan James BOGO, [2023] 1631958461 (DLC) 2021951967 (OCoLC)1291878471 |
| ISBN |
9781631958472 (electronic bk.) |
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163195847X (electronic bk.) |
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9781631958465 (paperback) |
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