In industry, once you leave a job, you don't keep doing work for them, unpaid. Your old coworkers & managers don't keep contacting you about work.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) May 22, 2022
So why do academics think it's normal to keep working on papers, unpaid, after leaving their Ph.D./postdoc labs? 1/3 🧵
I recently got many new followers, so I wanted to share some quick tips from my completed industry job search.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) March 6, 2022
I go into way more detail on my #blog but I know it's easier to read tidbits! 😌
This is from my U.S., Life Science perspective.🧵 #phdtoindustry #LeavingAcademia
Have you ever felt kind of aimless during your industry job search & just wanted someone to tell you about all the cool life science companies out there?
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) May 26, 2022
Well, here are 9 geographical biotech hubs in the U.S., companies in each, average salary data & more (as of 2022)! 1/11 🧵
Looking for an industry job, but don't want to do benchwork anymore?
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) May 30, 2022
If so, I feel you because I was SO over being in the lab when I was done with my Ph.D.!
Here are 7 cool non-labwork jobs that fresh Ph.D.s with 0 years of industry experience can get. #AltAcChats (1/9) 🧵
Are you a grad student who's not actively applying for industry jobs, but you want to prepare for it? Maybe you're applying soon, and want quick pointers.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) June 12, 2022
Here are 5 easy, low-stakes things you can do NOW to help your future self have a smooth job search! #AltAcChats 🧵 1/7
I found an old resume of mine from early 2022 as I was organizing my files and I CRINGED. It reminded me of how lost I was at the start of my non-ac job search and the mistakes I made.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) June 17, 2022
Here are 3 of them & how I fixed each one to improve my interview invitation rate. 🧵 1/8
Do you ever feel a bit stuck in your industry job search or in applying for jobs because they're not directly in your field of "expertise"?
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) June 4, 2022
One thing I realize now & WISH I knew earlier is just how irrelevant my Ph.D. research topic was in the end. 1/5 🧵
Have you ever wanted to just be told what the most important "transferable skills" are?
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) July 5, 2022
Recently, I asked folks to share what transferable skills from academia were most useful in *their* non-ac jobs.
Here are the 6 most-mentioned skills! 🧵 1/10 #AltAcChats #AcademicTwitter
At the end of my PhD, I was so over labwork. I felt guilty because it felt like that's all I knew – until I realized *most of my former colleagues don't do labwork* either.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) February 1, 2023
Here are 11 cool non-labwork, non-ac jobs that need to be on your radar, and links to learn about them. 🧵
Unsure of how to actually start your non-ac job search? Or maybe you just want to see what's out there.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) January 30, 2023
Here are 5 easy, low-stakes things you can do now, with no preparation, to take that important first step. 🧵
I've been working at a small U.S. medcomms agency as a medical writer for about 10 months. We make various informational products for pharma clients.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) January 20, 2023
Leaving academia and starting my career at a small company has been REALLY rewarding. Here are 5 reasons why: 🧵
5 validating realizations I've had in the ~1 year I've been at my non-ac job: a thread. 🧵
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) January 13, 2023
Have you ever wondered what people actually search on job boards? Here were my go-to's (on Indeed/LinkedIn Jobs) as a U.S.-based medical writer in eLearning/medcomms. 💻
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) January 2, 2023
◽️Medical Writer eLearning
◽️Medical Writer Communications
◽️Clinical Writer
◽️Health Education Writer
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Sprinkling some (much-needed) nuance into Alt-Ac Twitter today. In my hiatus, I felt like Alt-Ac Twitter was turning into a weird beast, and I noticed a few issues I wanted to discuss.
— Life After My Ph.D. (@LifeAfterMyPhD) October 24, 2022
Here are 3 key reminders for when you consume (and create) Alt-Ac content. 🌟