Phd lifesciences and career change....anyone?
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Anonymous
| Phd scientist and jobless. Seriously considering a career change to something that can help me pay bills....any advice? |
Anonymous
| Which field |
Anonymous
| Biomedical sciences |
Anonymous
| What specifically are your degrees in? |
Anonymous
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aaas science and technology fellowship
ticket to change I went from a 34K bench scientist to a 200K lobbyist in about 8 years. |
Anonymous
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My husband has a hard science PhD but currently writes computer models for a gov't contractor (the work is being done for a regulatory agency). Next fall, he begins his MS in computer science.
OP, have you looked into jobs at the nat'l academy of science/institute of medicine? They require science phds of all their senior staff, even tbough the work seems to be coordination, not hard research. |
Anonymous
+1. I doubled my pre-fellowship salary within 2 years of starting the fellowship. Unfortunately you'll have to wait as the cycle just closed in december, but it gives you time to network and figure out a way in (it helps to know what they're looking for, and "unemployed and want to earn more money" is not it). |
Anonymous
| Have you looked into foundations that fund in the lifesciences? |
Anonymous
| Take the patent bar or go be a patent examiner. |
Anonymous
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Hey OP: I posted up thread and just got this in the mail. PP mentioned figuring out a way to become a fellow. I would suggest finding some in DC and asking for info interviews. That's how I started. I info interviewed about a dozen (that's how unhappy I was in my postdoc). And I got the gig! It's a great network for future job searching forever. My boss was a fellow in 81. I was in 2000-ish.
SOme FFs (former fellows) are on the hill, in the white house, doing policy work for non-profits, ect. "On the occasion of our 40th anniversary, we are pleased to present to you FellowsCentral, home of the online directory of the S&T Policy Fellows. The site is launched in its phase 1 state; there will be enhancements and new items added over the coming months. For now, after logging in, please take the opportunity to update and expand your online profile. The more information you provide the better networking among Fellows. You can control how much of your contact information to share. You can update your career history and post your CV. Take a moment to highlight your policy interests, discipline areas, honors and awards, and more. Add a recent photo as well." |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks for the advice and info on S & T fellowships....Will definitely look into that. |
Anonymous
| How about technical/scientific writing? |