Welcome to The Diverse PhD

Have you ever walked out of a career workshop or seminar hosted by your institution's grad student or postdoc association excited about life and then realized that you have absolutely no idea what to do next? Have you been offered advice that sounded good but served no purpose? Are you frustrated that you have invested in a degree that may not be worth the paper it is printed on? Have you ever wondered why no one really wants to help you navigate life?

If you answered yes to any of these, then I know that your struggle is real. More real now that the scientific world is stagnant and millennials are struggling to find their place in it and make their mark. I've been there. I am still learning.

The Diverse PhD (TDP) is PhD trained biomedical scientist, who made the huge and often times not so popular leap from academia into an ‘alternative career’. TDP strongly believes that all graduate students and postdoctoral fellows should be prepared for the real world. We all should have a contingency plan. Not the world according to one's advisor but the world in which people will expect you to apply the skills that come with a PhD and bills need to be paid. The world outside of the academic bubble is completely different from that at the bench and if not prepared can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate.

What can you expect to see on the TDP? Posts on the current state of the biomedical career pipeline and the obstacles that hinder or prevent grad students and postdocs from realizing their true passion and potential. TDP knows that there are a plethora of blogs, websites, individuals and organizations that focus on scientific careers. But in all honesty truth if they were working then society would not have so many Ph.Ds without job security or jobs or a future. Ph.D's would actually be doing what they set out to do in the first place SCIENCE!!! Those resources never worked for me because they were just not practical. At the end of grad school TDP still did not know what to do and scrambled to find a postdoc. But TDP figured it out and came up with a plan. TDP truly wants to help you.

So the blog serves as a practical career resource guide for but is not limited to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical research field. It serves to the complement services offered by The Diverse PhD. The services include one-on-one practical career assessments, converting CV's to resumes,cover letter tips, identifying & cultivating transferable skills, executive summary/resume summary statement etc.

You can follow The Diverse PhD on Twitter @thediversephd

Please note this is not a job board/job posting blog or a job search service.