Transitioning from Academia to Industry

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. — Reddit user, r/LeavingAcademia

Over the past couple of years I’ve had quite a few folks ask me for help revising academic CVs for industry job applications. I was always happy to do it. I love working on resumes/cover letters, and have missed them since leaving UChicagoGRAD, where I interned for two years during my PhD.

The post I quoted above (which was posted this past Friday) is what spurred me into action. I’ve been thinking about ~officially~ offering career services for a while, and it’s not right that people are feeling scammed when academia is such a dumpster fire and the job market is so unforgiving.

And so… I am very pleased to announce that 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 30-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 for academics transitioning into industry.

My priority is to give you actionable, concise feedback. No fluff, no packages, just super fast and super practical. So many of us have no training in how to write up a resume, and think that simply copy-pasting our CV into a resume template will do the trick. That isn’t going to work, unfortunately. Hiring managers only spend about 30 seconds on our resumes, if that. They’re not going to read a full CV.

Our challenge is to condense what we know we can do into language that is culturally legible to someone outside of academia.

My offerings are tailored to be fast, affordable, and high-quality. I don’t think most people need ongoing coaching to get the information they need. If you want ongoing coaching, obviously, have at it! But most of us don’t have the kind of money required to hire a really good career coach at this stage in our lives, even though this is the time when that knowledge and support is most helpful.

This is a new service, so I am offering them for super, super discounted rates until the end of March. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 1, 2026, so if you or someone you know could use a resume review or a get-me-out strategy session, I invite you to jump on it!

More info can be found at my (new!) academic career services page, found here.