http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/enewsletterWithSurvey.php?msgno=1302
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In order to secure future job prospects after completing a PhD it seems above all publishing papers is the main factor. In terms of where to go, it sounds like there are a majority of PhDs that flow on into postdoc studies, although I'm not sure if that's where I really want to go. If I was to try and work outside academia it would appear that it comes down to contacts. I know that Carl has many industry contacts so if this was a path to go down perhaps I should talk to him. At the same time it may be futile as my current thesis topic I don't see lending much impact on industry.
The final piece of advice it would seem would be to have a 'talk' planned out on how to sell your research. Most faculty don't have the time to find out what you are doing and I would have to be able to tell people effectively in as little words as possible what it is I'm doing. This is a problem that I find currently when people ask my what my PhD is about. Not sure how to sell it. Hopefully the more I write on it the clearer my research goals will become.
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