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skedeebs t1_irtof33 wrote

Congratulations. Having achieved a PhD in what seems a very specialized field, I am disheartened that it took 46 applications to get there, but the result will make that inconvenience just disappear from memory. I hope you get to take part in something ground-breaking at least once in your career, and make things better for everybody.

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badchad65 t1_irtswxt wrote

I thought getting a job in 46 applications was pretty good tbh. The tough part about applying for PhD level positions is that that minimum requirement is a PhD. So every applicant has one.

I finished mine about 15 years ago. It was just before pretty much everything went online so job sites weren't hugely popular. Nonetheless, I put my CV on monster.com hoping for job prospects. I think it was only about a day until I got an email with something like "join our team!" in the subject line. I enthusiastically opened the email, dreaming of how high the pay would be with my fancy new PhD.

It was an offer from McDonald's letting my know I could be a manager. Now, there's nothing wrong with McDonald's, I had just hoped for more with an advanced degree.

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TheWorldEndsWithCake t1_irvhgpn wrote

When I was in grad school, LinkedIn recommended a similarly prestigious position to me and one of my colleagues:

Walmart greeter. For research engineers, both with experience. We roasted each other pretty thoroughly that day.

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zipykido t1_iruk1bi wrote

As someone in the field currently, the hardest part is getting your foot in the door. Everybody has a PhD, and there's a bit of mindset retraining for industry.

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ThePiemaster t1_iru0n8f wrote

Who is upvoting sankeys? They are not interesting, beautiful, original, useful...They are nothing.

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Izawwlgood t1_iru38v2 wrote

This is approximately what my last job search looked like. I have a PhD and six years experience in my field. I had a couple bait and switches, a couple absolute lowball offers, and one offer that after no joke, 8 separate interviews, they offer me the position and tell me that they've reconsidered WFH and expect me to move within 3mo! They compromised to "delay start date by 9 months".

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Job hunting sucks.

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the5horsemen t1_iruxue7 wrote

This sub is just sankeys of people’s job search or budget.

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theimmortalgene OP t1_irtek49 wrote

made using https://sankeymatic.com/

"Raw data"

TOTAL [30] Heard back

TOTAL [16] No Response

Heard back [26] Rejected

Heard back [4] 1st Interview

1st Interview [1] Rejected

1st Interview [3] Multiple Interviews

Multiple Interviews [1] Rejected

Multiple Interviews [1] Taking too long to decide

Multiple Interviews [1] ACCEPTED OFFER

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Playful_Scallion_853 t1_irtjl82 wrote

What was your phd in?

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MortimerAdler t1_irv1swo wrote

Congratulations, CAR-T is fantastic to work in. I was working in it before switching to policy. Whatever motivates you, it’s hard to be unmotivated by the success CAR-T has had in myeloma

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Series_G t1_irtsqmi wrote

Congrats! CAR-T is a great space to be in. Surprised it took that many applications.

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looj87 t1_irvfn7r wrote

This is great. I mentor a 4th year university student every year and always encourage them to apply for every single grad job they see as it's never enough. Having more offers only gives you choice. But as you've proven, lots of applications lead to very few actual interviews let alone offers. I'm going to share this with them.

It also shows, if you're unemployed, applying for 1 or 2 jobs a day just isn't going to cut it. Treat job searching like a full time job.

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nick1812216 t1_iru3ct5 wrote

How long were you searching?

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wiffleballbatlube t1_irw6sey wrote

this is the second data view of the interview process. What program are you using?

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Life-Pangolin-5255 t1_iruhsgz wrote

What type of graph/chart is this? I'm about to start my job search and want to make one. Thanks!

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Cute_Agent7657 t1_irv0dwt wrote

Idk why Companies don't hire students who have masters and PhD in their field

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PraetorG t1_iryewg4 wrote

Their payroll ends up being a larger expense. Smarter to pay less if you don’t need a PhD to do the task.

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