Do you fear networking because you don’t know what should come out of your mouth when you first meet someone? It’s one thing to network with other scientists and go right into scientific discourse. It’s another when you’re aiming for a career transition and suddenly find yourself in a non-scientific crowd. We become nervous when [...]

A lot of PhDs are interested in working as medical science liaisons because they don’t want to do research anymore and they don’t want to do sales. I appreciate that. I’ve done all 3 jobs (research, sales, and field-medical science liaison). I can’t say I miss the sales job very much. I liked the research [...]

A common question I’m asked by life science professionals is whether they should go back to school to get an additional degree. Often they ask about getting an MBA. I took 7 years to earn my doctorate and I was utterly sick of school by the time I got done. If you’re like me, you [...]

Did you know that your PhD training has built-in entrepreneurial skills training? Here is an entrepreneurial skill that you have developed as a PhD scientist that you may not even know you have: You know how to prospect different opportunities and identify one most likely to succeed within a given time-frame. As part of your [...]