Ever wondered how to answer 'Why are you leaving academia?' in a job interview? Academic Exit and I teach you how here:
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'I don't have time to grow my network or to work on my career plan. I'm not putting in enough hours into my project as it is!'😨

🎧In this week's episode of Beyond the Thesis, hear Jonathan Adler and I discuss the importance of working on your narrative identity in grad school.

PhDs: What's the fastest way to get an industry job?

Wrong answers only 🙃

PhDs working outside of academia:

What's your favorite resume-esque bullet that translates aspects of your PhD skills and experience into corpspeak?

Let's help PhDs see the 'marketable skills' they already have 🙌

I believed my PhD training was only useful in academia because my research was highly niched: I studied chimpanzee cognitive development.

Then I landed a 6-figure-salary in Tech with no formal work experience.

I've now coached >100 PhDs to make the industry leap. You can too.

Your response when you hear folks talking about academia as if it's a meritocracy...

In GIF form.

Happy April Fools, folks!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

It's OK to want to leave academia
It's OK to leave academia
You'll be OK after you leave academia

Back me up here, commenters: raise you're hand if you've left and you're OK.

Academics can you help to distribute my wife's survey for her dissertation? It takes a few minutes 🙏Academic Exit Academic Chatter™ Chris Cornthwaite