2022 Year in Review
While we focus on ramping up big things for the summer and fall, we are excited to share a bit about our accomplishments from 2022. And what a year it has been! We’ve been very busy launching, scaling our operations, working with new partners, and of course helping PhDs find careers they love.
Check it out!
ProPhounD Announces New CEO Ali Deatsch
As our former CEO Shalini Nag steps into a strategic advisor role at ProPhounD, she confidently passes the torch to Ali, one of our founding members who radiates ProPhounD values. And there is a lot more on the horizon! As we continue to grow with our community, we’ll be launching more multi-employer events, a revamped networking platform, and career tips galore.
From Andy’s Desk: Engaging Your PI
A deep understanding of your employability in research or teaching roles in academia informs your “Stick or Quit” decision and opens the door to creatively envision other career opportunities that may suit you. Don’t wait until the end of your postdoc to find an “alternative” career. Graduate and postdoctoral training is incredibly valuable outside of academia, so why wait to check it out?
Shalini’s Career Tip: 3 ways to leave an impression in every virtual meeting
You’ve signed up for a virtual event. Maybe you’re interested in the topic. Perhaps someone you admire is on the panel. Maybe, you believe that what you’ll hear will help you do your current job better, learn how to land your next job, or build your network.
The question is - will you reap all the benefits that you can? Or will you make (again) the mistakes you have probably been making since virtual events became the norm in 2019?
From Andy’s Desk: The Great Reframe
If you are interested in a societal problem, or have been involved in an interesting technology, a good start to your career transition is to simply identify and engage the organizations that are also interested in these problems and ask them directly how you can be of assistance.
Shalini's Career Tips: Say no to your inner self-saboteur!
Too often, highly qualified job seekers, like PhDs seeking their first non-academic jobs, sabotage their own job search process. Here are 3 behaviors common to job search self-saboteurs and what to do instead.