Copy
View this email in your browser
Does (or did) your desk look like this when you study?
Well then, PhD grad student, enjoy our...
Welcome to a 3 month chronicle discussing the highs and lows and everything in between of the PhD candidate experience with interviews, comics, and videos!
This episode, we’re featuring Adoc Talent Management who helps PhDs transition from school to work, from academia to industry.
EDITORIAL
 
The natural assumption that PhD graduates go into academia after graduation is logical, but that's far from reality.... read more.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Anthropology, designing relationships, focus groups, town planning, online house sales, working in an old chocolate factory… Kimia evidently loves her crazy job, and why wouldn’t she? Rise and shine, social scientists, industry beckons… Discover more on the blog!
Medical research powered by… artificial intelligence?! Let’s cast the a PhD candidate in applied mathematics and medicine. He describes some of the challenges of a PhD, including luxury hotels in Tuscany – how awful – and how to prepare for a career in what you love... Read more here!
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
A few years ago, we met James Bowers who was a PhD candidate working on metabolism and aging. What about now?

Doing research ? NOT.
NUMBERS OF THE MONTH
PhD and then?

How much money could I earn?
Should I work aboard?
Should I consider a private sector career?
What is the ratio between PhD men and women?

So many questions... check the results!
DRAWING OF THE MONTH
In case you don't know these cynical drawings (if not, where have you been??? anyway...), find all the situations you could encounter as a PhD student.

Follow us on twitter, we will share it the aaaaall summer long. 
PhD EVENTS
GRENOBLE (France) - Phd & Post Doctoral Career Day
WAGENINGEN (Netherlands) - Career Development for Postdocs: Science and the Alternatives
BALTIMORE, ML (USA) - Student and PostDoc Meeting Events
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (USA) - Postdoc Slam 2018
AARHUS (Denmark) - PhD Career Day
MEET THE MSW TEAM HERE
BOZEMAN, MT (USA) - Open Repositories 2018 (speaker)
CHICAGO, IL (USA) - SSP Annual Meeting (speaker)
NEW ORLEANS, LA (USA) - ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Hope you enjoyed the selection this month! To get involved in our Community Newsletter, feel free to give me your opinion and contact me, I will be happy to share your news with the whole community!
 
Sarah Amrani
Communication & Marketing Officer @MyScienceWork
Our mailing address is:
MyScienceWork
180 Sansome street
San Francisco, California 94104

Add us to your address book

Copyright © 2018 MyScienceWork, All rights reserved.