Episode 28: PhD wins in 2021, and what we should do going into 2022.

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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Episode 27: Entry level isn't an insult. It's an opportunity.

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.

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Episode 29: Focus on the student and everything else follows

We talk about "graduate students" as though doctoral and master's students are the same. They are not. PhD and master's students pursue their education and training with very different goals in mind. Doctoral programs and master's programs look nothing alike. The challenges that master's and doctoral students encounter when they apply for jobs in industry are also very, very, different.
In this first episode of season two, L. Maren Wood, PhD, shares research findings about the unique challenges facing doctoral students and master's students. To provide effect career and professional development training, we need to understand the different segments of the graduate student population.