Now UPDATED with new links (June 2016)
Blog posts about non-academic careers:
- "Alternate" careers describing actual science jobs (Prodigal Academic)
- Recasting your skills for outside academic (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- List of non-academic career options (Bitesize Bio)
- The value of internships (Just Another Electron Pusher)
- Transferable skills (Just Another Electron Pusher)
- Postdoc at a National Lab (Prodigal Academic)
- Staff scientist at a National Lab (Prodigal Academic)
- Science editing (The Node)
- Interviews with non-academic scientists (Uncertain Principles)
- Advice about non-academic careers (Cosmic Variance)
- More links for job resources from Cosmic Variance
- FrauTech's series on Engineering job statistics: where, by discipline, changes over time, MechEng
- Non-academic careers for PhD holders from (FindaPhD)
- List of non-academic career options (Target Postgrad)
- Career advice (Prospects UK)
CV vs resume:
- Example of a CV turned into a resume
- Differences between a CV and a resume
- Resume advice
Advice on applying for non-academic jobs
- Preparing for the job search (PhD Talk)
- Advice on how to present yourself while applying outside academia (Jobs on Toast)
- How to find a non-academic job (basic advice from Chronicle of Higher Ed)
- Where/how to start searching (Inside Higher Ed)
- Making the transition to industry (Cheeky Scientist)
- Common mistakes when moving to industry (Next Scientist)
Possibly interesting career guidance:
- The Versatile PhD
- Science careers
- Nature Jobs
- AAAS Science careers
- Just Another Electron Pusher (a blog about careers outside academia)
- Materials Research Society Career Connections
- American Physical Society Careers in Physics
- Chemical and Engineering News Career and Employment
- AVS Career Center
- Science Careers in Canada
- Chemjobber (a blog about the Chemistry job market)
- Science Buddies (career profiles for different jobs)
- Environmental science careers
- Resources for information about non-academic jobs (Hortensii)
- From PhD to Life (career coaching, but some electronic resources available)
- Cheeky Scientist (training and resources for industrial scientists)
- Next Scientist (resources to help PhDs get into industry)
- Job Hero (advice for resumes and cover letters, plus job titles)
Interesting non-academic science online discussion:
- Leaving academe forum (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Science careers forum (Science)
- Linked-In group for PhD careers outside academia
5 comments:
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Gosh, those posts by cheeky scientist and next scientist on transition to industry don't match my experience in industry at all. Did you post those because you agree with them or because there really isn't better advice for a scientist interested in industry on the web?
I've never worked in industry myself, but the specific posts on transitioning cheeky scientist and next scientist seem innocuous enough. Advice that networking and interpersonal skills are very important, and that entitlement will get you nowhere is good for all job-seekers. The reason I like to post links for as many different advice pages is because everyone's experience is different, so it is good to hear from lots of different people. Unfortunately, many students and postdocs don't know anyone who has had industry experience in real life. How were your experiences different?
I worked in industry R&D for 5 years in several different positions/firms. The most important criteria for a graduating student to get a position was to publish well and garner a strong scientific reputation (as evidenced by letters, quality 'networking', etc.).
Then the most important attributes once on the job were doing excellent scientific/engineering work and figuring out how to play well on the team.
Thanks for the comment, Grumpy. I think publish well/do good science, network, and be a team player are pretty much the best advice for anyone in science looking for any kind of job. That said, I think that not everyone knows how to network/be a team player. Social skills are not intuitive or obvious to everyone, and may mean different things in different cultures, and so it is helpful to look at how different people went ahead and did it.
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