PhDs: your dissertation topic is less relevant to finding a role outisde of academia than your *skills*.

Here's a 🧵 on how to translate skills you already have into corpspeak using examples from my own PhD work experience: 1. Leadership.
"Led teams of 2-3 researchers to complete 21 experimental data collection projects."

Here are 8 mistakes I made in my academic career / leaving academia that I'll share for other folks to learn from (a 🧵): 1. I believed in "publish or perish."

I took it too literally and assumed my 17 pubs would get me a job. They didn't.

Contemplating exiting academia in 2024? Here are 6 reasons to leave academia and land an industry role (a 🧵): 1. Your mental health will be better.
Academia asks a religious-like devotion from its followers without giving much in return. If academia is impinging on your mental health, you can be your own strong champion by giving yourself permission to leave.

PhDs: when you're reading an industry job description, it may look like a foreign language.

Here are a few key terms to look out for that can help you if you're not yet corpspeak-fluent (a 🧵): 1. The key insight I want to share here is to look at the verbs in the responsibilities section. These verbs are crucial in indicating the things you'd be doing in the job.

They're still fuzzy/imprecise indicators, but more informative than the job title alone.

PhDs seeking to leave academia: you have a *number* of amazing resources available to you for making this leap here on Twitter. Here are just a few: @FromPhDtoLife : Jen provides wisdom from her years of coaching PhDs here via her Twitter. She also has a career clarity program for those of you ready to make the leap.

Academic Stockholm Syndrome is far too real.

Let's call out some of the lies told by the academic system that erode its participants' self-worth.

Let's call out the lies so folks can make informed choices, not fearful ones.

8 instances of #academicstockholmsyndrome (a 🧵) 1. When academia convinces you that there are equal opportunities available to everyone in academia, and that if you're not seeing those opportunities yet, your turn will come.

PhDs: your dissertation topic is less relevant to finding a role outisde of academia than your *skills*.

Here's a 🧵 on how to translate skills you already have into corpspeak using examples from my own PhD work experience: 1. Leadership.
"Led teams of 2-3 researchers to complete 21 experimental data collection projects."

Here are 8 mistakes I made in my academic career / leaving academia that I'll share for other folks to learn from: 1. I believed in "publish or perish." I took it too literally and assumed my 17 pubs would get me a job. They didn't.

PhDs: your dissertation topic is less relevant to finding a role outisde of academia than your *skills*.

Here's a 🧵 on how to translate skills you already have into corpspeak, including bullets which I used to describe my PhD work in my first corporate resume: 1. Leadership.
"Directed teams of 2-3 researchers to complete 21 experimental data collection projects."

Things PhDs can do *besides* an internship to get context on industry roles available to you. A 🧵: (1/n) Internet research / perusing job listings. This is my least favorite because it's cold and intimidating. But you can get a rough sense of what's out there by scanning published opportunities. (2/n)

One of the most important areas where I work with PhDs seeking industry roles is FIT-FINDING. You're not sure what jobs are out there or what you're qualified for. Fit-finding empowers you to apply for industry roles with precision and focus.
Here's a 🧵on how to fit-find: 1/ Give yourself permission and time to explore opportunities - ideally *before* starting to apply for new roles. Fit-finding can take anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months, but it is well worth the investment to find a strong-fit job. 2/