What if I told you one of the most powerful tools for landing your first industry job is completely free, takes 30 minutes, and most PhDs aren't using it?
I'm talking about coffee chats (aka informational interviews – but let's keep it casual).
When I was halfway through my PhD at Karolinska Institutet, I had that constant background noise: "What can I do after my PhD? Where do my skills fit? What if I don't want to stay at the bench?"
Starting conversations with people who'd already made the jump changed everything for me.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why coffee chats are my absolute favorite free tool for career transitions
The two main reasons PhDs should be doing these (and neither is "asking for a job")
Three strategies for finding people to talk to – even with zero network
The outreach message formula that actually gets responses (with examples)
What questions to ask that can't be Googled
How one PhD got a referral from a single coffee chat
Why "not everyone will reply" is totally normal (and what to do about it)
Here's the truth: You can read hundreds of job descriptions about data science or medical science liaison roles and still have no idea what it actually feels like to do the job. That information only comes from real people working in industry.
Stop sitting alone with your laptop feeling overwhelmed. Start having real conversations.
Your challenge this week: Reach out to ONE person and ask for ONE coffee chat. That's it. Share in the comments how it goes!
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