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PhD Career Stories is a podcast where PhDs share their stories and experiences in life after a PhD, inspiring you to take the next step in your career development!
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PhD Career Stories
Oct 13, 2023
#127: Interview with Gry Wester on Shifting Mindsets in order to Succeed
Are you feeling frustrated and unproductive in academia? Do you feel compelled to quit and completely change your career? Join us for an inspiring episode hosted by Tina Persson, featuring Gry Wester, a fellow PhD Career Stories listener who transitioned from academia to consulting.
Gry holds a PhD focused on health inequality and population health ethics, and she was a lecturer in bioethics in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King's College London for nearly five years, after which she pivoted careers. Today, she works at the consultancy company IQVIA, in London.
In the episode, Tina and Gry reminisce about early coaching sessions and important topics they brushed on back then, such as persistence in the face of the grueling job-search, and then dive deeper into Gry’s self-discovery journey, as she shares the mindset shift that propelled her into the consultancy world. They reflect on the initial challenges of Gry’s first job as well as the key working style differences that made her realize she was a better fit for the corporate world, rather than academia.
Gry also offers you valuable tips on career shift, highlighting the importance of networking, maintaining your personal well-being during the job search, and learning to let go of perfectionism. At the end of the day, you have to “trust the process!”.
For the transcript, please click here: https://phdcareerstories.com/pub/gwester
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English Archives – Papa Phd Podcast
Mar 4, 2021
Retelling Your PhD Career Story With Kerri Twigg
This week on Papa PhD, I’m bringing you my recent conversation with Kerri Twigg, career development coach, TEDx speaker, and author of “The Career Stories Method”. During our conversation, we talked about her book and about how her approach applies to PhDs transitioning out of academia and wanting to learn how to retell the ir...
The post Retelling Your PhD Career Story With Kerri Twigg appeared first on Papa Phd Podcast.
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The Sequel to a PhD Podcast
Nov 7, 2022
Introducing: The Sequel to a PhD Podcast!
Coming soon: The Sequel to a PhD Podcast!
*Equipping PhDs to make inspired career and life moves
*As PhDs, we often define our career, identity, ambitions based on the story we wrote for ourselves before starting our PhD. But what happens when we discover along the way that that story we created for ourselves back then no longer feels right? How do we walk away from something we’re good at, that defines us, that makes us feel like we’re contributing something important to the world, even if it no longer fulfills us?
Through The Sequel to a PhD Podcast, we will share personal stories, strategies, perspectives, and lessons learned to facilitate change towards a career path that feels right for who you are now. Hosted by Shirley Markant, PhD, a scientist-oriented career mentor, former cancer research scientist, self-employed oncology medical writer, and mom of two young kids. For more, visit www.sequeltoaphd.com.
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The PhD Life Raft Podcast
May 15, 2023
Why The World Needs PhDs with David Mendes
David Mendes is the host of Papa PhD, a podcast that shares stories of post-PhD career journeys. He is also the co-founder of a media agency dedicated to serving the research community.
In this episode David reflects on his own journey as, at the end of his PhD, he chose to look to for work beyond academia.
We also talk about why the world needs PhDs - and the valuable skills and experience that doctoral researchers can bring to the workplace and society at large.
David shares a wide range of examples of post-PhD careers - from Google to government - including a surprising route for a doctorate in Chemistry.
We finish with top tips for networking without the schmooze.
You can find out more about David here:
Twitter - @papaphdpodcast
Youtube.com/PapaPhDYT
Email - david@papaphd.com
If you would like a useful weekly email to support you on your PhD journey you can sign up for ‘Notes from the Life Raft’ here: https://mailchi.mp/f2dce91955c6/notes-from-the-life-raft
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Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design
May 2, 2022
Successfully Quitting Your PhD to Find Career Happiness
What happens when the career plan you’ve alway had falls apart? Anna VanRemoortel's identity was heavily tied to her academic job, so when she realized she was no longer excited about her work and questioned her career’s direction, she was left feeling like she was lacking in all areas of her life.
In this episode, Anna details the highs and lows of dropping out of her PhD program and becoming an executive director (in less than a year!)
To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts on the Happen To Your Career Podcast Page
Want to know how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over? Check out our Career Change Guide
Have career change questions or want to make an introduction? Email scott@happentoyourcareer.com
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