From: Jane Chin, PhD
A PhD Alternative Career Road Warrior!
Dear PhD Colleague:
I have had 4 non-traditional science careers straight out of grad school: industry R&D, pharmaceutical sales, medical affairs, and entrepreneur/consultant.
I worked at 3 pharmaceutical companies, 1 biotech company, and started 1 pharmaceutical consulting company.
In my corporate employment, I was often the first PhD hired on the team.
I had to prove again and again that my PhD was not a handicap but in fact, my strongest asset. Don’t even get me started on the stereotype
about why I must not have people skills because I was trained as a scientist!
I have met countless PhDs like myself who want a career beyond academia and beyond the lab. These PhDs faced isolation, as I had. They struggled with their transitions, as I did.
I always had a problem with the disadvantage that PhDs face coming out of school. We are older than the average workforce, much more educated/schooled, yet appear to have less experience than most of our peers.
We graduate “under-experienced and over-qualified”! What’s wrong with this picture?
I decided that I wanted to shorten the learning curve for PhDs like me. I want us to be competitive in the job market, no matter what type of job, even non-science jobs. I believe that we PhDs make a valuable contribution to the world – BOTH in science AND BEYOND the science.
This is why I first shared my lessons learned in my PhD Career Transitions book. This is why I am offering this e-course for my PhD colleagues, like you!
The resources I offer are what I wished I had, when I was a graduate student and frustrated with my career prospects and scared of making the leap.
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About: Dr. Jane Chin has been profiled in The Scientist, PharmaVoice, and numerous industry magazines and journals (see publications list). She is also well-renowned for her advocacy of the field-medical science liaison profession, publishing more papers (peer-reviewed and launching a management journal in the subject) in this subject matter than anyone in the world.