Job Search the Smart Way
Dr. Maren Wood
We help master's students and PhDs thrive in today’s fast-changing economy. This podcast provides tips and strategies for embarking on the next great phase of your career with confidence. In each episode we’ll talk about career options for master's graduates and PhDs, demystify the job search, and discuss the psychological barriers graduates encounter in their job search after academia. Your host, Dr. Maren Wood, is Director and CEO of Beyond Graduate School and Beyond the Professoriate. She is a successful entrepreneur and international keynote speaker.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Job Search the Smart Way episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Job Search the Smart Way for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Job Search the Smart Way episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Episode 27: Entry level isn't an insult. It's an opportunity.
Job Search the Smart Way
11/03/21 • 11 min
A lot of PhDs are frustrated by the idea that they need to start entry-level in their nonacademic careers. That somehow, entry level is an insult to our advanced education and training. In this episode, Maren talks about why entry level positions are actually an opportunity and a critical component of building a new nonacademic career.
Episode 25: Here's where jobs for grad students and PhDs actually are.
Job Search the Smart Way
10/06/21 • 18 min
A lot of "alt ac" jobs that are promoted by academic departments to their students are unicorn jobs - they are rumored to exist in nature, but are rare and difficult to find. That's because so many of the jobs PhDs were landing in the 1980s and 1990s aren't growing fields anymore. They've become saturated with PhDs, just like the academic job market.
For PhDs who are moving out of academia, you want to move into careers where there are numerous opportunities to be paid well and make a difference. Here are the growing career sectors you should look into if you're serious about career security.
Episode 24: 5 ways faculty can be better mentors
Job Search the Smart Way
09/29/21 • 16 min
Many faculty are worried about the career prospects of their doctoral students and postdocs, but are often unsure of how they can help students transition into meaningful nonacademic careers. In this episode, Maren suggests ways faculty can become more familiar with the professional job market, and the challenges their students face when they begin a career transition.
Episode 23: Are these common networking mistakes holding you back?
Job Search the Smart Way
09/16/21 • 21 min
Networking, it might as well be a four-letter word. Talking to strangers, talking about yourself, there's nothing more awkward, right? Yah, that does sound terrible. But the good news is ... there's another way to think about networking, which is about building community, gathering information, and making connections.
In this episode, Maren will help you rethink networking so that you're building lasting connections with people who will help you in your job search because your connections are real, genuine, and built around common interests and values.
Episode 20: Go on the academic job market this fall with confidence. Know your worth in industry.
Job Search the Smart Way
08/04/21 • 19 min
The academic job market is awash in a sea of talent - so many PhDs competing for the same job that universities have little incentive in offering competitive offers or positive working conditions. If you say not to the academic job, there are 90 people willing to accept that offer.
You don't have to be one of those PhDs. Instead, when you go on the academic job market this fall, go on with confidence, knowing you have options. Then, if an academic opportunity comes along, you can decide if it's right for you.
Knowing you have options puts you in a position of power, and it will lesson the anxiety, stress, and fear, that too many PhDs feel when they're applying for limited academic jobs.
Episode 19: 3 Qualities You Need to Have to Succeed in Your Career Transition
Job Search the Smart Way
07/21/21 • 17 min
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.
Episode 18: What I really love is teaching ...
Job Search the Smart Way
07/14/21 • 15 min
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.
Episode 16: Overqualified or Underqualified. Which is it, and what to do about it.
Job Search the Smart Way
06/16/21 • 17 min
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.
Episode 15: 3 Misconceptions about professional work that hold PhDs back in their job search
Job Search the Smart Way
06/09/21 • 24 min
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.
Episode 28: PhD wins in 2021, and what we should do going into 2022.
Job Search the Smart Way
12/16/21 • 15 min
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.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Job Search the Smart Way have?
Job Search the Smart Way currently has 36 episodes available.
What topics does Job Search the Smart Way cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Job Search the Smart Way?
The episode title 'Episode 33: Why your resume isn't getting you interviews' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Job Search the Smart Way?
The average episode length on Job Search the Smart Way is 20 minutes.
How often are episodes of Job Search the Smart Way released?
Episodes of Job Search the Smart Way are typically released every 7 days, 6 hours.
When was the first episode of Job Search the Smart Way?
The first episode of Job Search the Smart Way was released on Feb 20, 2021.
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