Job Search the Smart Way

Have you ever wondered what seperates people who make the career transition from people who don't? Often times, it comes down to hard work and perseverance. But there are three additional qualities that PhDs need to cultivate in order to make a career change and thrive in the professional workforce.
In this episode, Maren shares with you what these three essential qualities are, and why they are so important to your job search.

So many PhDs remain in academia because they love teaching. But what they fail to realize is that teaching isn't their passion: they have interests, passions, and values that are met through the experience of teaching.
To dislodge ourselves from academia and move into meaningful professional careers requires that we examine what truly energizes us about the work we're doing now. Do you love mentoring and advising? Strategic conversations? Curriculum design?
In this episode, Maren talks about the importance of spending time in the Discovery stage so that you can clearly articulate who you are, what you love, and what energizes you about your teaching, so you can imagine a life outside of the classroom.

PhDs are often told by employers that they are overqualified for positions. But they're also told that they don't have enough experience. So, which is it? Are we underqualified or overqualified?
In this episode, Maren breaks down this conundrum and provides concrete strategies for you to overcome this obstacle in your job search.

We talk a lot on this podcast about how myths and assumptions that are widely dispersed in academia keep PhDs from making a career transition. In this episode, Maren unpacks three of the most common misconceptions about professional work that keep PhDs back in their job search: negative assumptions about businesses; a belief that the PhD credential will open doors; not recognizing that professional careers can be just as specialized and difficult as academic careers.
Using the skills that you've developed during graduate school, and tapping in to your growing professional network, you can discover ways to overcome these misconceptions and launch a great career.

We're concluding our final episode for Season 1 of the podcast with some big wins!
In this episode, Maren shares success stories of podcast listeners who recently landed nonacademic jobs. What did they do to be successful? They evaluated their strategy and identified where they were going wrong in their job search.
In this episode, Maren shares these wins, what these PhDs did to land their new jobs, and gives you that pep-talk you were needing to make big changes in 2022.