In this Nature article, Dr. Crystal Upperman discusses her own career path and provides tips for diversifying one’s CV as a doctoral candidate. Briefly outlined, the seven steps for making the leap to industry include:
- Learn and inventory your soft skills
- Learn project management
- Less time thinking, more time doing
- Network within and outside your discipline
- Learn technologies that have cross-applicability
- Simplify your science
- Advertise and market yourself
Read the specifics on each step here.
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