Is a PhD dangerous outside academia? Potentially – we have problems for every solution. Not to mention an potentially over analytical and over critical mindset….
How to Identify Industries That Could Employ You
Start with the transferable skills you identify yourself as having. Then combine that with the area you did your PhD in. In both cases you might need to increase the level of abstraction. So, if your transferable skill is technical writing, maybe think about it as writing more broadly. If your PhD is in biochemistry, […]
What Industries Employ PhD Graduates?
The short answer – all! ? A PhD teaches a way of thinking about problems and solutions useful to all organisations.
How to Identify Transferable Skills
When looking to change industries or careers, it can be hard to know what skills you have that other industries are interested in. That can make choosing a new sector, industry or job difficult. Identifying transferable skills is difficult. We can often see them in other people, but rarely in ourselves. Here are different approaches […]
Four Things to Do Now, to Help Transition to Life Beyond Your PhD
I listen a lot to Gary Vee (Gary Vaynerchuk). In a podcast1, he talked about 80% of football (NFL) players going bankrupt.
What Could Make a PhD Program Fail – Part 5
The is the final blog in the series on What could make a PhD program fail. This blog covers insufficient data about the program and its operations.
What Could Make a PhD Program Fail – Part 4
We’ve already looked at two other failure points – number of students and neglecting participants and knowledge transfer. Here, we look at making sure we plan well in advance of students starting – the fourth point of failure.
What Could Make a PhD Program Fail – Part 3
Failure to transfer knowledge We’ve already looked at two other failure points – number of students and neglecting participants (students and supervisors alike). Here, we look at the next failure point – failure to transfer (program) knowledge amongst key staff.
What Could Make a PhD Program Fail – Part 2
Last week we looked at student or supervisor neglect, this week its critical mass.
What Could Make a PhD Program Fail – Part 1
Failure – lack of success; the action or state of not functioning1