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Do you think about life after your PhD, in terms of career perspective? Probably not. You live now, the future seems miles away. All your blood, sweat and tears go into writing your thesis. It doesn’t feel like you have any headspace left.But did yo…

Are you figuring out what you want after your PhD?To help you and your fellow researchers find your career path, we developed a new platform: AcademicsConnected. Here you can explore six research focused career journeys, get expert advice and read p…

As a researcher, you will find many times that you need to learn new skills. You may need to learn a new programming language during your PhD, a new experimental technique during your postdoc years, or perhaps a new analysis technique when you are a…

Are you figuring out what you want after your PhD?To help you and your fellow researchers find your career path, we developed a new platform: AcademicsConnected. Here you can explore six research focused career journeys, get expert advice and read p…

The research conducted by PhD students is an essential fuel that makes the university engines work. It forms a large part, if not the majority, of the research work done in many labs across the world. Yet, I find that most of the studies done by PhD…

Did you know that recruiters from universities, university medical centers, research institutions, the business industry, government, and not-for-profits are looking for candidates on our platform?If you have an account on AcademicTransfer, you can …

If you have an interest in productivity writing, then you may have noticed that time blocking has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Time blocking is being praised as the best solution to battle distraction in our age of relentless email floo…

In the Netherlands, many PhD candidates are university employees with a salary. Some students may be on a scholarship from their home country, or have another arrangement to do their PhD. For these students, as well as those on the regular PhD candi…

In Soft skills for PhDs - part 1 I shared five important soft skills that you train during your PhD trajectory: critical thinking, time management, brainstorming, ethical decision making and negotiation & teamwork. Today I would like to add five…

In the fast paced academic world of today, soft skills can either make or break the future of a PhD candidate. Contrary to popular belief, academics and PhD students require soft skills and management techniques along with their usual rigorous techn…