Author: Patrick Penndorf

A CV/résumé is one of the most important documents in any application. However, while an academic CV shows your journey, an industry résumé proves your usefulness. Understanding this shift is the single most important step to writing a strong industry CV. The Essence of an Industry Résumé A résumé or industry CV has one job…

While every person will have an individual solution to deal with this challenge, here is an unconventional but often effective approach: > Facing your fear will resolve it and teach you the lesson it wanted you to learn. Concretely picture, in as much detail as possible, what could go wrong. For me this looked like…

Here is a list of over 85 postition for you – those should be an inspiration for because often we understimate how diverse the job market really is. Still, please not that how positions will feel and which tasks they have to take over differs with: Industry (e.g., biotech vs pharma company) Seniority (Junior Assistant…

My Personal Take There is no right or wrong — you must find out which career path fits you best. Often, it’s hard to imagine that in a company you will have almost daily meetings before doing your research to align with your team. I guess you have to experience it yourself. However, there are…