The Power of a PhD, Dr. Isaiah Hankel
The Power of a PhD, Dr. Isaiah Hankel
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The Power of a PhD
How Anyone Can Use Their PhD to Get Hired in Industry

Author: Dr. Isaiah Hankel

Narrator: Mike Lenz

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/25/2023


Synopsis

What if all your years of hard work in academia finally paid off?

Imagine never having to work in another dead-end academic position, or being able to tell the world you are in a leadership position within a thriving company. PhDs are in demand in industry, but often, these PhDs are invisible to potential employers. Dr. Isaiah Hankel, leverages his expertise as the CEO of the world's largest career training platform for PhDs, Cheeky Scientist, to help PhDs overcome their biggest obstacle: obscurity.

The Power of a PhD is the stepwise blueprint that eighteen million PhDs worldwide are seeking. Dr. Isaiah Hankel's eight core steps within The Power of a PhD include: industry career options for PhDs; communicating the right skills; writing industry résumés; mastering LinkedIn profiles; networking and job referrals; generating informational interviews; acing industry interviews; and negotiating your salary.

This eight-step approach provides a consistent and proven methodology that allows PhDs to transition into industry without suffering the painful process of trial and error.

You could be the next PhD hired at Amazon, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, ERM, Merck, or Genentech!

About Dr. Isaiah Hankel

Dr. Isaiah Hankel is the founder and CEO of Cheeky Scientist, the largest career training platform for PhDs in the world. His articles, podcasts, and trainings are consumed annually by three million PhDs in over 150 different countries. He has helped PhDs transition into top companies like Amazon, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, Merck, Genentech, Home Depot, Nestle, Hilton, SpaceX, Tesla, Syngenta, the CDC, UN, and Ford Foundation. Dr. Hankel has published two bestselling business books on career transitions and his methods for getting PhDs hired have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Nature, Forbes, The Guardian, Fast Company, Entrepreneur magazine, and Success magazine. He currently runs Cheeky Scientist in Miramar Beach, Florida, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julia on July 30, 2024

A great 'how to' book on getting into corporate America after coming out of a PhD program. Dr. Hankel neatly organizes this book into appropriate career-planning sections: choosing an industry career path, networking, applying, interviewing, and negotiating a salary. While a bit culty at times towar......more

Goodreads review by Lucy on February 07, 2023

Even though I don’t have a PhD (and have no intention of working towards one) this book was incredibly helpful in tips on building connections/networking and how to successfully search for jobs.......more