Thread by @science_latte

Looking for an industry job, but don't want to do benchwork anymore?

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) 🧵

Technical Support Scientist 📞
▫️"Applications Scientist"
▫️Biological research supply companies
▫️Think of reagents/kits you have experience with! 🧫🧬
▫️Help customers troubleshoot via phone, email, chat
▫️This & medical writer were my goal jobs! (2/9)

glassdoor.com/Salaries/techn…

Field Application Scientist 🔧
▫️You may have met FASs before!
▫️Installations, maintenance, training users in-person
▫️Travel/on-site, local area
▫️Popular for fresh Ph.D.s - you're already specialized in certain applications/tools.
▫️Great transition to many other roles. (3/9)

Medical Writer/Editor 📑
▫️Pharma ads, patient decision aids, magazine/newspaper, marketing materials, regulatory docs, sales materials, slide decks, etc.
▫️For my remote job, I write quite colloquially & gather figures/visuals. It's fun. (4/9)

Must-read! info.amwa.org/ultimate-guide…

Scientific Consultant 🧩
▫️Provide expertise to businesses
▫️Ph.D.s sought by top management consulting firms!
▫️Project management, problem-solving, critical thinking, consolidating information
▫️Varying degrees of travel/hours, great pay (5/9)

science.org/content/articl…

Technical/Scientific Sales 🛍
▫️Ph.D. research experience is appealing to companies & customers
▫️Inside sales vs. Field sales (in-person), usually in an assigned region.
▫️You probably have emails from scientific sales people to get info from! (6/9)

Technology Transfer 👩🏻‍🔬
▫️Work for research institutions/universities to commercialize findings
▫️Register/maintain IP & patents
▫️Use scientific expertise to bring product to the market
▫️Look up tech transfer offices at your/local universities! (7/9)

asbmb.org/asbmb-today/ca…

(Associate) Product Manager 📋
▫️Responsible for strategic planning & execution of a product
▫️Liaison between sales, tech support, legal, scientific development
▫️You have great expertise on some technologies already! (8/9)

medium.com/@grace.gohys/p…

This is a small selection of non-labwork jobs you can get straight out of your Ph.D./postdoc. I'm not an expert on any of them, so feel free to do your own research on the roles that interest you. 💁🏻‍♀️

Your technical experience is valued in MANY roles outside the lab! (9/9)

Here are my 2 blog posts where I go into these (& other) non-labwork roles in more detail. 🤗

▫️7 Non-Labwork Industry Jobs I Wish I Knew About During Grad School: science-latte.com/2022/03/11/7-n…

▫️5 More Non-Labwork Jobs I Wish I Knew About During Grad School: science-latte.com/2022/04/10/5-m…