Nat'l Career Development Month - Part 2

Eds note: November is National Career Development Month, an annual observance dedicated to highlighting the importance of career development and planning. This month, we will post relevant articles related to career development in Astronomy, Planetary Science, Physics, and science in general.

Crosspost: How can I break into industry if my CV keeps disappearing into a black hole?

By Miles Lizak

"I’m a postdoc reaching the end of my second two-year contract at a European university. I want to transfer from academia to industry so that I can find some stability and a better work–life balance.

Image credit: cryptojobslist.com

I’ve been looking for a research project-management or data-analysis position ... But I keep receiving impersonal, early-stage rejections (or no response at all) even for positions for which I was sure I had a chance. I’m worried that my CV is getting filtered out by scanning software because of my lack of industry experience, and that it never even gets to a real person.

What can I do to get noticed for these positions? How can I transition out of academia if all the industry jobs want industry experience?"

Nature spoke to three experts to help answer your question, and they said that what you’re experiencing is a common frustration when trying to make the leap from academia to industry. If you feel as if you’re shooting your CV into a black hole again and again without a meaningful response, you should shift your approach. 

Read more at

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02203-0?

More information:

• How To Avoid a Resume Black Hole in 6 Steps (indeed.com)
• How I killed Resume Black Hole (cryptojobslist.com)