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indrani pal
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09/24/19 at 5:42PM UTC
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transitioning from academia to industry

Dear all, It is such a pleasure following you, e-meeting with you, and talking to you fellow FGB ladies. I am writing to you as I seek for your advice to refresh my career goals. Having spent over 9.5+ years in research/academia and the teaching world after PhD from Cambridge University, UK and achieving 7+ years of experience leading a research group and advising numerous students, I stand at that time right now where I am really wiling to take a step back and ask myself - what am I worth for? I am poor, being severely underpaid after leaving a faculty job 3.5years back and working for people who never recognizes my potential - I feel like I am killing myself every single day. I am tired of doing the same thing every day in a 10ft x 8ft office, where my days and energy spent for the success that only leads to journal articles those are never used later on and receiving a paycheck that only went 35% down from what I was earning back in 2012. I wonder if there is anything left for me outside academia where I can make use my experience and skills for an organization that will also find value in me. I tried and failed numerous times, applied to many jobs without luck. I am trying once again … :-) May I be a part of an initiative, a group, or an organization that is making a difference to the world, that is solving societal problems or making people's lives better? How can I grow any further from here? My skills can be found in my LinkedIn page, and also in the below link you’ll find some of my scientific achievements / articles listed. I am also sharing with you my im-promptu talk at the UN-HQ earlier this year that introduces my background - more of me as a person - where I came from and how I reached where I am today. It has been such a journey! Thank you so much in advance. Please, do reach out to me with questions. Regards, Indrani email: [email protected] UN-HQ talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imy-mjIXoH8 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/indranipal/ GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8veyPUEAAAAJ&hl=en

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Johana Tatlow
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09/25/19 at 1:55PM UTC
Tracking through your LinkedIn, I definitely see lots of corporate transferable skills! Reading the above, I did not. So, first suggestion: learn how to present what you have. Second suggestion: research which firms are doing work you could contribute to. For instance, NPR featured a company a few weeks ago that is studying the impact climate change and sea level rise will have on cell phone towers. They do massive data analysis. Your skills would fit in with a group like that. Most utilities have statisticians and science researchers, and they are trying to figure out climate change adaptation. International investment firms (including socially minded investments) hire analysts who would use your skills. Sounds like you need to make lists of target organizations and network.

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