Hi scientist, are you ready for a reality check preparing you to leap from academia into business? In this episode of the PostdocTransformation show, hosted by Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, you will explore the insights from the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, emphasizing the importance of technological advancement, green transition, demographic shifts, and the rise of remote work in shaping future job landscapes. You will delve into eight key subtopics of industrial and occupational psychology relevant for future business leaders. You will get practical advice on self-reflection, identifying transferable skills, continuous learning, networking, and personal branding. This episode also provides strategies to overcome challenges like imposter syndrome and uncertainty, and emphasizes the role of emotional intelligence and resilience in adapting to changes. You will be encouraged to engage in lifelong learning, to proactively navigate your career transition and even to build side project building employability and possibly your own startup.
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dear Postoc, transform.
Welcome back to thePostdocTransformation Show.
And this is the secondepisode of season six.
Yay.
We're gonna be introducing new segmentsto enrich your PostdocTransformation
Show now I want to prepareyou for your future of jobs.
The first episode of this season.
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So 61 was most probably a reality checkfor you as a scientist leaving academia.
Currently if you are a PhD student inhumanities, social sciences or stem,
you have about one year left beforegraduation, or maybe you are a postdoc
scientist and you have one more leftbefore your contract ends this episode
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must be your wake up call and I'm reallyhappy that you are still here because
that means you really mean business.
Okay?
So by the end of this episode, you willhave number one, a clear understanding
of why future proofing matters.
Number two, practical ways to applythis to your studies or teaching.
Like I said, it's going tobe more practical for you.
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And then number three, you're gonnabe getting three LinkedIn post
prompts so you can adapt them to boostyour career visibility aligned with
your postdoc transformation plan.
If that is still under the radar andyou don't wanna, you know, unveil your
stealth mode, well at least practice.
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Because.
You're gonna be attractingwhat you are communicating.
If you're not communicating, if you arenot telling others that you wanna leap,
it will be very hard to understand whyyou wanna leap when you wanna leap, right?
So, number four, side businessideas inspired by the future
of Jobs report of 2025.
Yay.
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So before we dive in, I wanna sharesome behind the scenes information
I excluded that from the firstepisode because I thought that might
be a little bit hard to understand.
I will put a chapter markerfor you that you can skip if
you don't wanna listen to that.
I just wanna be very transparent withyou, as you are leaping into business
and may become a leader one day, you willneed to make some tough profit driven
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business decisions and it's not personal.
Since November 20 24, I had alonger than planned season break.
Not only because I launched my new showCreating Reorganized, which is received
very well and leading me to a new businessmodel as I'm now helping founders and
small business owners to market andsell sustainably via video podcast.
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I'm so proud of myself.
Even though most of you have actuallytried to help me to get a foot in the door
at your graduate school, I was not able tosecure a single booking for my paid career
transition workshops for the past year.
Initially it was okay, but forthe past year it was quite rough.
Meanwhile, I had lots of DMs from smallbusiness owners who want to know how I
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run all my video podcast marketing onsocial media, even senior podcasters.
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They have chosen me to be the firstepisode in the first season, and I
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if you like me, pleasewatch that YouTube video.
I'm very proud of that aslinked in the show notes.
this is how you can support me tosustain the PostdocTransformation Show
because at the end of the day, I'mgaining more traction with the show and
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that means I can have more ad revenue
Compensating for my lossin revenue regarding my
workshops at graduate schools.
and more and more, I'm using thePostdocTransformation Show also as a
sandbox for my students in real life.
I want to consider the results ofmy student consulting project Where
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three of my students, namely SandrinePover, Elina Srebric and Dicle
Naziksoy, have mainly consulted mebehind the scenes as the podcaster
of the PostdocTransformation Show.
A lot of the changes that I'm gonnabe proposing now has been thought
through by my students with me.
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So what we're gonna do for season six.
It's gonna be a series of eightepisodes so you can spirally reflect
to future-proof your PhD. So makesure you hit the subscribe button to
not miss out on your future of work.
I want to have an optimized ratioof free value versus advertisements
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So thank you dear originalPostdocTransformer for sticking around
through seasons three, four, andfive when I had my beloved interview
series and got back on track to my100% retention rate by creating a
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We are happy to returnto our inspiring episode.
Like I said, my PostdocTransformationshow is the sandbox for my students, but
also for my future PostdocTransformationand future is my cue.
Today we're gonna be divinginto the future of work, so more
specifically, the future of jobs andthe skills you need to land them.
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The future is already here,like we already established
in the previous episode.
If you are graduating soonwith a PhD, you need to prepare.
let's talk about the business workplacelandscape and how it's shifting and why
your research skills won't be enough.
Whatever you have done foryour research probably is not
relevant for your business role.
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That's the reality checkfor PhDs leaving academia.
if you are a PhD student in humanities,social science, or stem, if you are still
a bachelor or masters student can takethis as a blueprint for aligning your
studies and possibly side projects withyour ideal first job after the degree.
However, as a PhD, as a postdoc.
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We just have to cope with the situationand make the best out of that because
the job market is shifting fast, andwhether you plan to stay in academia
or leap into business ignoringthese trends, it's not an option.
The future of job reports 2025 wasjust out in January, and let me
tell you, it's a mix of massiveopportunity and serious threats.
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Future jobs are unpredictable.
But your skills should not be.
So let's talk about where jobs aregrowing, which skills will make
or break your career, and how youcan position yourself for success.
The world of work is changing at ahistoric pace, and while I was creating
the notes for this script, I wasactually thinking of the new mom who is
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embarking on maternity leave and comingback after a couple of years, I don't
think that that's working if you wantto become a working mom, please use
AI to stay on top of your expertise.
But back to you.
So the question really is,are you training now for
jobs that will still exist?
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most certainly you are not,but you can start your postdoc
transformation training now.
future proof industries thatwill see massive hiring include
number one.
tech and ai, data science, machinelearning, software development.
number two, green economy,renewable energy, environmental
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engineering, and then
Number three.
cybersecurity and digital infrastructures.
I mean, on the rise is AI and withai, bad things can also happen.
So we need cybersecurity and abetter digital infrastructure, so
it security network specialists, allof these are very high in demand.
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I doubt that this is the field wherescientists can leap into because it
has a very high domain expertise.
But anyway, you can try to get inthere because it's a high demand role.
And then number four,health and social work.
That's the care economy.
That's AI driven healthcare.
Maybe there's somethingthat you can do as well.
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on the flip side, clerical andadministrative roles are disappearing,
that means traditional safe jobslike data entry, admin assistance,
and even some finance role areat high risk of automation.
I don't want you to dive into therebecause that is the place where my
students, if they are professionallyexperienced, are leaping out and
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earning their bachelor and master to
prepare for their future of work.
So now you might be thinking, okay, soI have a PhD. I'm earning a PhD. That
is the highest education degree thatthe majority of people will never earn.
What does it mean for me?
Well, here's the good news.
PhDs are trained problemsolvers, and problem solvers
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will always be sought after.
The bad news.
Well.
If you don't learn how to sellyour skills in business language,
companies will not see your value.
And the next one hurts me too,because I have been you, PhDs
aren't trained for adaptability.
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We're trained to be deep specialists,and that's a problem because businesses
want interdisciplinary tech savvyproblem solvers who can pivot quickly
and also relate to the team members,to the customers in a empathetic way.
I was lucky enough to have earned myPhD in neuroscience and my tuition
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language was English, so that was aninterdisciplinary and international
graduate school experience with researchstays abroad, but I still did not
receive business training at that time.
In hindsight, I capitalized on the factthat I had to finish on time because
my scholarship was only granted for 36months, which is a privilege I know.
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I coded all my research experience bymyself to be independent from the IT
person who would serve the whole team.
So at the end of the day,leaping into business, guess
what my transferable skills were?
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Number three, how to readsocial media and network.
Number four, how to researchyour favorite jobs and employers.
Number five, how to do informationalinterviews to get insights.
Number six, how to create yourcustomized applications with chat, GPT.
Number seven, how to prepare yourthesis from a business point of view.
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So at the end of the day,leaping into business, guess
what my transferable skills were?
Well, it was English and coding.
So English and coding were, inhindsight, my transferrable skills.
Who would've thought it figures?
Well, I didn't.
No one in business was interested in mytheoretical research knowledge from my
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PhD. Even as a professor of industrialoccupational psychology, I'm not really
diving back into the research I had done.
But instead, I am very much lookingforward to dovetail my practical
experience with the current futurerequirements for my students.
So all my research, the papers, theposters, the awards, the certifications
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were, you know, colorful pictures,but worthless in the business world.
And I still remember the lookthe HR person gave me when she
was copying my original document.
I mean, she, it was like, I don't know.
Do you have such a huge folderfor all your qualifications?
I mean, you are just startinghere with an entry level job.
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Right?
Before I digress, I just wantedto highlight that the skills and
experience that you are building todayin academia aren't necessarily the ones
that will help you leap into business.
You need to adapt quickly.
So take this example, prompt engineering.
A job that did not exist a few yearsago, but now pays six figure salaries,
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and that is why I'm teaching my ownstudents since March, 2023, how to
use ChatGPT, Perplexity, et cetera,for their own homework or whatever.
So AI companies needs experts.
Who understand data logicand problem solving.
Also, Gemini, Google.
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And the likes are hiring PhDstudents who can train their models.
But if you're not learning AIdriven skills, you might miss out.
The big AI companies actually hirePhDs for building their AI models.
I know that from Descript.
I know that from Google.
I know that from all the other companies.
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Right?
So what's the takeaway?
If you wait until your PhD isover to learn these skills,
you'll be already behind.
You need to start today.
And don't you fear to missout on your future work?
I would, and that is why as aprofessor, I have been playing
around with AI because I know thatwith all the advances that I see.
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On the teaching side, I don't think myuniversity will need a lot of professors,
and that is why I'm upskilling because I'mstill in my mid years, I'm doing what I
can to prepare for my future of work too.
Segment number two, theskills you need to survive.
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Well, the Future Jobs Reportpinpoints five core skills that will
separate job winners from job losers.
Number one, analyticalthinking and problem solving.
If you can break down relevant andcomplex problems in business and
solve them in a monetizing way,monetizing is the key word here.
You must develop business acumen,entrepreneurial thinking to be a valuable
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contributor in a company's supply chain.
And what does valuable mean?
Well, you contribute to makingmore revenue than creating costs.
Hence, you are increasing profit whenyou deliver a return on investment,
that is your salary, you give a companya reason for hiring and keeping you,
a headhunter costs a lot of money.
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They get.
A percentage of your salary package,so you cost a lot of money when a
headhunter hires you, they reallywant a return on invest on your salary
and also the fee for the headhunter.
Number two, resilience,flexibility, and agility.
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What does it mean?
Businesses move fast, so can you adapt?
I stand with both feet and academiaand business, and from my perspective,
the corporate IT strategy consultingworld moves faster than academia.
But in my own business, I ameven faster than in both worlds.
So.
That is because corporatecompanies are like a huge ship
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navigating slower than a startup.
A startup is more likea smaller speedboat.
Number three, leadershipand social influence.
Well, I'm a professor for industrialoccupational psychology, so I
also have leadership topics in mylectures, companies need people
who can be thought and peopleleaders, not just do deep research.
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A lot of experts aren't really goodleaders and good leaders need to be able
to appreciate and develop experts whoare brighter and smarter than they are.
So you must be a team memberand possibly also a team leader.
And that is very hard to grasp whenwe are socialized in academia because
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academia, to be honest, is rather toxic.
And even if it's not, it's not howpeople in business work together.
So you would probably experience a cultureshock in your first job in business.
And if toxic doesn't ring a bell, wehave social misconduct, power abuse,
sexual abuse in all walks of lifein academia, most of us are pretty
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smart can think fast and have thefeeling of intellectual, dominance.
But that is not reallyrelatable for all people.
And working in business meansthat you have to be able to
work with a lot of people.
Will you like it?
I don't know.
I enjoy it.
It's a challenge.
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Number four, technological literacy.
Well, you don't need to be a coder,but understanding and more importantly,
strategizing how to use AI automationand data analytics in a company's
goal directed way.will put you ahead.
for technological literacy, there aretwo important predecessor abilities.
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A, the ability to see the businessand underlying tech stack serving
the human customers as bigpicture or from a bird's eye view.
B, the ability to recognize theright technology experts and to
build trust both ways to work withthem effectively and efficiently.
Only this way you can understandfor which business problem you need,
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which data from which technologicalexpert to decide on the way forward.
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We are happy to returnto our inspiring episode.
Number five, curiosityand lifelong learning.
The most valuable people are thosewho never stop learning because we
don't know what the future will hold.
This skill will help you beat everyoneelse in your vicinity because most
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people aren't lifelong learners.
But you will make a difference.
Within your work time you needto focus on what's business
relevant in your learning journey.
Not everything, what interestsyou, it's always within and
towards the company's goal.
So the big question hereis do we have these skills?
If not.
Start upskilling now.
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Here's your actionable prompt.
Find resources to learn businessanalytics, leadership, or AI
for non-techy professionals.
Let's step back to get a bird's eyeview we've covered where jobs are
growing, the most in demand skills andwhat you need to do now to get ahead
remember, you are a highly trainedthinker, communicator and problem solver,
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and the business world needs you ifyou can position yourself correctly.
Number four.
how can you now apply thisto your studies or teaching?
Two ways for your own research.
You can future prove your workby integrating emerging trends.
If you are in life sciences,look at bioinformatics.
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If you are in social sciences,explore AI in behavioral analysis.
Adding tech driven elements, makesyour PhD more relevant to employers.
Stay tuned for upcoming episodes of thisseries where we'll deep dive into specific
emerging trends of the future of jobs.
For your teaching, if you supervisebetter or master students,
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teach them to think ahead.
How can you incorporate discussionsabout AI and automation in your field?
Show them how to find andinterpret hiring trends.
This is not only helping you butpositions you also as a forward
thinking mentor and leader.
By doing this, you are notjust securing your own future.
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You rise by lifting others up with you.
And isn't that the truespirit of academia?
And trust me, you will have bachelorand master's students who will overtake
you when you are on the business market.
They will probably overtake you.
By the time you maybe then enterthe workforce, they have already
gained valuable, practicalexperience in the business world.
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So the next segment isLinkedIn Post prompts.
And by the way, I assume that you havealready created a LinkedIn profile
like I have always mentioned, andencourage you to do and are ready
to welcome curious recruiters whenyou start posting on LinkedIn over
the course of the next six episodes.
However, if you want me to recorda LinkedIn starter workshop for you
(28:09):
at an affordable price, just DM meLinkedIn workshop, and I'll do that.
At zero cost, you can also connectwith me on LinkedIn, Eleonore
Soei-Winkels, and copy what I do onLinkedIn because I'm very transparent.
You just copy what I do and I betit will be better than nothing.
You have nothing to lose, right?
Just copy what I do on LinkedIn tobecome visible for your business pivot.
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You just have to follow me andsee what I do, what speaks to you
and maybe you wanna copy that.
You are literally catching me inthe act as I am building a video
podcasting business, fueled by mynew creating reorganized show for
the small business owner who wantsto market and sell sustainably.
I know this is very meta and inline with my future proofing circular
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economy strategy, will inject mypodcasting insights into my creating
reorganized show and vice versa?
So how can you get familiar withbusiness language and, you know, see
yourself also in the business world?
Start talking about your futureproofing efforts publicly and LinkedIn
is the perfect place for that.
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Here are three post prompts to helpyou, and please make sure you watch my
LinkedIn during this week of airing.
At least in the week when I publish thisepisode, I will probably adapt these
posts for my own bachelor and master's ofIndustrial and Occupational Psychology.
But when you read my posts, you willprobably recognize these prompts for you.
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So for self reflection.
If my PhD in, fill in the blank, whatever.
ended tomorrow, would I beready for the job market?
What skills do I have beyond research?
What's my plan to adapt for thechanging job landscape in industry?
Fill in the blank.
then you can enter this whole thinginto perplexity or ChatGPT and try
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to understand how much of that doyou have already under your belt?
And then you can explore things and say.
These are the things that interest memost, who would be interested to chat as
an expert so I can learn from you, youcan turn this into an engaging content
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piece that you are planning to leap andyou are wanting to talk with some experts.
by acknowledging these as experts,they will be probably very helpful.
In, answering interview questions you ask.
If you're now interested what AIhas output for me, given that I
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am a PhD in neuroscience with apsychology degree under my belt.
Then you can head over to theshow notes as linked here.
Then you can see this also in full detail.
And I would not take everything into aLinkedIn post, but instead I would sift
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and, you know, filter the most interestingpoints for me so that I can engage
with experts in a goal directed way.
The next prompt is career exploration.
AI is changing hiring from automatedscreening to skill-based job matching.
How do you think this will impactPhDs in your discipline looking
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for jobs in your future proofindustry of choice, let's discuss.
And that output from AI, you canreflect and refine for yourself.
So you can again, invite other people to.
Ask for their opinion experts, sendthat post to them and ask them whether
they would be open for an informationalinterview, they will think that you have
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already done your homework more than mostof the PhD students who are approaching
me with a blank contact request.
And then prompt numberthree, personal branding.
adaptability is my superpower.
My PhD trained me to solve complexproblems in blah, blah, blah.
And now I'm planning to apply thoseskills to, hmm, fill in the blank.
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How I'm preparing for thefuture of work in the industry.
Fill in the blank.
So.
You will get something thatyou have to reflect and digest.
And maybe this is not yet somethingthat you wanna post, but at least
reflecting on that will help you toagain, find new role models who will
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inspire you, who will maybe be ahead inyour journey so you can look up to them.
Let's pause for a moment to respectthose who sponsor this valuable episode.
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You are highly intelligent,well-educated, a bachelor master, and
maybe you have already your doctorunder your belt or you are a postdoc.
You are international experienced,fluent English, a leader and expert
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If you really write a post onLinkedIn, you can tag me to
keep the conversation going.
I will help you.
In LinkedIn, it's easy to builda bridge into your future of work.
When you think of, diving into thesea of the unknown, then on all shores
there are experts, people, leaderswho want to share their experience.
(35:00):
People love to tell stories aboutthemselves, but you need to be
cautious and qualify who you wantto follow into your future work.
Just because it worked forthem, it doesn't mean that
it works for you as well.
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Build your bridge to your future of work.
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All episodes are linked in the show notes.
Alright, now let's go to the nextsegment, which is Build a Side Business
around the future of job trends.
Your expertise as a PhD gives youa unique edge, a domain expertise
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to build a side business basedon the future of job trends.
Whether you have a background inqualitative or quantitative research,
STEM or social sciences, science adjacentroles, or are aiming being employed or
starting up your own business, here'show you can leverage your skills.
For quantitative researchers developAI powered analytics consulting.
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you can offer AI powered analyticsconsulting, helping businesses
interpret workforce strengths and hiringpatterns using data-driven insights.
People in companies, don'thave time to upskill.
If there's a new trend, theyneed training, but they're
not necessarily getting it.
If you can use your PhD or postdoctime to also qualify and learn
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about quantitative, analytics,consulting, you will be in high demand.
If you are a qualitative researcher,your ability to find a pattern
of words is absolutely valuable.
You are probably a master of storytellingand can offer storytelling services,
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helping professionals and businessescraft compelling narratives that AI-based
systems and recruiters will understand.
That also encompasses a deep understandingof how AI changes our words, our
communication styles, I can smellwhen AI has been used to communicate.
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But people crave for human connection.
They are not craving forcontent created by AI.
So if you are a STEM PhD, bioinformatics,bio, whatever, chemical technological
engineering, you can launch a techdriven startup specializing in future
proving whatever you do for companieswho will need this kind of service
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with emerging technologies, becauseyou understand the newest developments.
They don't have the time for training,but they will want to buy that maybe.
If you are a social science PhD, youcan create workshops and courses on
adaptability because humans are the same.
The workforce changes, buthumans remain the same.
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we need to understand how AIworks and the impact of AI on us.
Ethics.
Workforce transformation are allhuman centered, and this is where
social scientists will be ableto help us in the business world.
So whichever category you fit into.
The key takeaway here is tomonetize your scientific knowledge
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for the future of job trends.
If you wanna learn how to turn thisexpertise into your business, go
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The future of jobs is uncertain,but your skills don't have to be.
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Use your LinkedIn prompts to positionyourself as future ready and think
about launching a site business thatprepares you for the future of job.
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Welcome back to thePostdocTransformation Show.
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We're gonna be introducing new segmentsto enrich your PostdocTransformation
Show now I want to prepareyou for your future of jobs.
The first episode of this season.
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So 61 was most probably a reality checkfor you as a scientist leaving academia.
Currently if you are a PhD student inhumanities, social sciences or stem,
you have about one year left beforegraduation, or maybe you are a postdoc
scientist and you have one more leftbefore your contract ends this episode
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must be your wake up call and I'm reallyhappy that you are still here because
that means you really mean business.
Okay?
So by the end of this episode, you willhave number one, a clear understanding
of why future proofing matters.
Number two, practical ways to applythis to your studies or teaching.
Like I said, it's going tobe more practical for you.
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And then number three, you're gonnabe getting three LinkedIn post
prompts so you can adapt them to boostyour career visibility aligned with
your postdoc transformation plan.
If that is still under the radar andyou don't wanna, you know, unveil your
stealth mode, well at least practice.
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Because.
You're gonna be attractingwhat you are communicating.
If you're not communicating, if you arenot telling others that you wanna leap,
it will be very hard to understand whyyou wanna leap when you wanna leap, right?
So, number four, side businessideas inspired by the future
of Jobs report of 2025.
Yay.
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So before we dive in, I wanna sharesome behind the scenes information
I excluded that from the firstepisode because I thought that might
be a little bit hard to understand.
I will put a chapter markerfor you that you can skip if
you don't wanna listen to that.
I just wanna be very transparent withyou, as you are leaping into business
and may become a leader one day, you willneed to make some tough profit driven
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Since November 20 24, I had alonger than planned season break.
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I'm so proud of myself.
Even though most of you have actuallytried to help me to get a foot in the door
at your graduate school, I was not able tosecure a single booking for my paid career
transition workshops for the past year.
Initially it was okay, but forthe past year it was quite rough.
Meanwhile, I had lots of DMs from smallbusiness owners who want to know how I
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A lot of the changes that I'm gonnabe proposing now has been thought
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So what we're gonna do for season six.
It's gonna be a series of eightepisodes so you can spirally reflect
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Like I said, my PostdocTransformationshow is the sandbox for my students, but
also for my future PostdocTransformationand future is my cue.
Today we're gonna be divinginto the future of work, so more
specifically, the future of jobs andthe skills you need to land them.
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The future is already here,like we already established
in the previous episode.
If you are graduating soonwith a PhD, you need to prepare.
let's talk about the business workplacelandscape and how it's shifting and why
your research skills won't be enough.
Whatever you have done foryour research probably is not
relevant for your business role.
(10:04):
That's the reality checkfor PhDs leaving academia.
if you are a PhD student in humanities,social science, or stem, if you are still
a bachelor or masters student can takethis as a blueprint for aligning your
studies and possibly side projects withyour ideal first job after the degree.
However, as a PhD, as a postdoc.
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We just have to cope with the situationand make the best out of that because
the job market is shifting fast, andwhether you plan to stay in academia
or leap into business ignoringthese trends, it's not an option.
The future of job reports 2025 wasjust out in January, and let me
tell you, it's a mix of massiveopportunity and serious threats.
(10:47):
Future jobs are unpredictable.
But your skills should not be.
So let's talk about where jobs aregrowing, which skills will make
or break your career, and how youcan position yourself for success.
The world of work is changing at ahistoric pace, and while I was creating
the notes for this script, I wasactually thinking of the new mom who is
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embarking on maternity leave and comingback after a couple of years, I don't
think that that's working if you wantto become a working mom, please use
AI to stay on top of your expertise.
But back to you.
So the question really is,are you training now for
jobs that will still exist?
(11:33):
most certainly you are not,but you can start your postdoc
transformation training now.
future proof industries thatwill see massive hiring include
number one.
tech and ai, data science, machinelearning, software development.
number two, green economy,renewable energy, environmental
(11:56):
engineering, and then
Number three.
cybersecurity and digital infrastructures.
I mean, on the rise is AI and withai, bad things can also happen.
So we need cybersecurity and abetter digital infrastructure, so
it security network specialists, allof these are very high in demand.
(12:19):
I doubt that this is the field wherescientists can leap into because it
has a very high domain expertise.
But anyway, you can try to get inthere because it's a high demand role.
And then number four,health and social work.
That's the care economy.
That's AI driven healthcare.
Maybe there's somethingthat you can do as well.
(12:40):
on the flip side, clerical andadministrative roles are disappearing,
that means traditional safe jobslike data entry, admin assistance,
and even some finance role areat high risk of automation.
I don't want you to dive into therebecause that is the place where my
students, if they are professionallyexperienced, are leaping out and
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earning their bachelor and master to
prepare for their future of work.
So now you might be thinking, okay, soI have a PhD. I'm earning a PhD. That
is the highest education degree thatthe majority of people will never earn.
What does it mean for me?
Well, here's the good news.
PhDs are trained problemsolvers, and problem solvers
(13:24):
will always be sought after.
The bad news.
Well.
If you don't learn how to sellyour skills in business language,
companies will not see your value.
And the next one hurts me too,because I have been you, PhDs
aren't trained for adaptability.
(13:45):
We're trained to be deep specialists,and that's a problem because businesses
want interdisciplinary tech savvyproblem solvers who can pivot quickly
and also relate to the team members,to the customers in a empathetic way.
I was lucky enough to have earned myPhD in neuroscience and my tuition
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language was English, so that was aninterdisciplinary and international
graduate school experience with researchstays abroad, but I still did not
receive business training at that time.
In hindsight, I capitalized on the factthat I had to finish on time because
my scholarship was only granted for 36months, which is a privilege I know.
(14:30):
I coded all my research experience bymyself to be independent from the IT
person who would serve the whole team.
So at the end of the day,leaping into business, guess
what my transferable skills were?
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So at the end of the day,leaping into business, guess
what my transferable skills were?
Well, it was English and coding.
So English and coding were, inhindsight, my transferrable skills.
Who would've thought it figures?
Well, I didn't.
No one in business was interested in mytheoretical research knowledge from my
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PhD. Even as a professor of industrialoccupational psychology, I'm not really
diving back into the research I had done.
But instead, I am very much lookingforward to dovetail my practical
experience with the current futurerequirements for my students.
So all my research, the papers, theposters, the awards, the certifications
(16:47):
were, you know, colorful pictures,but worthless in the business world.
And I still remember the lookthe HR person gave me when she
was copying my original document.
I mean, she, it was like, I don't know.
Do you have such a huge folderfor all your qualifications?
I mean, you are just startinghere with an entry level job.
(17:08):
Right?
Before I digress, I just wantedto highlight that the skills and
experience that you are building todayin academia aren't necessarily the ones
that will help you leap into business.
You need to adapt quickly.
So take this example, prompt engineering.
A job that did not exist a few yearsago, but now pays six figure salaries,
(17:30):
and that is why I'm teaching my ownstudents since March, 2023, how to
use ChatGPT, Perplexity, et cetera,for their own homework or whatever.
So AI companies needs experts.
Who understand data logicand problem solving.
Also, Gemini, Google.
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And the likes are hiring PhDstudents who can train their models.
But if you're not learning AIdriven skills, you might miss out.
The big AI companies actually hirePhDs for building their AI models.
I know that from Descript.
I know that from Google.
I know that from all the other companies.
(18:12):
Right?
So what's the takeaway?
If you wait until your PhD isover to learn these skills,
you'll be already behind.
You need to start today.
And don't you fear to missout on your future work?
I would, and that is why as aprofessor, I have been playing
around with AI because I know thatwith all the advances that I see.
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On the teaching side, I don't think myuniversity will need a lot of professors,
and that is why I'm upskilling because I'mstill in my mid years, I'm doing what I
can to prepare for my future of work too.
Segment number two, theskills you need to survive.
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Well, the Future Jobs Reportpinpoints five core skills that will
separate job winners from job losers.
Number one, analyticalthinking and problem solving.
If you can break down relevant andcomplex problems in business and
solve them in a monetizing way,monetizing is the key word here.
You must develop business acumen,entrepreneurial thinking to be a valuable
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contributor in a company's supply chain.
And what does valuable mean?
Well, you contribute to makingmore revenue than creating costs.
Hence, you are increasing profit whenyou deliver a return on investment,
that is your salary, you give a companya reason for hiring and keeping you,
a headhunter costs a lot of money.
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They get.
A percentage of your salary package,so you cost a lot of money when a
headhunter hires you, they reallywant a return on invest on your salary
and also the fee for the headhunter.
Number two, resilience,flexibility, and agility.
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What does it mean?
Businesses move fast, so can you adapt?
I stand with both feet and academiaand business, and from my perspective,
the corporate IT strategy consultingworld moves faster than academia.
But in my own business, I ameven faster than in both worlds.
So.
That is because corporatecompanies are like a huge ship
(20:28):
navigating slower than a startup.
A startup is more likea smaller speedboat.
Number three, leadershipand social influence.
Well, I'm a professor for industrialoccupational psychology, so I
also have leadership topics in mylectures, companies need people
who can be thought and peopleleaders, not just do deep research.
(20:50):
A lot of experts aren't really goodleaders and good leaders need to be able
to appreciate and develop experts whoare brighter and smarter than they are.
So you must be a team memberand possibly also a team leader.
And that is very hard to grasp whenwe are socialized in academia because
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academia, to be honest, is rather toxic.
And even if it's not, it's not howpeople in business work together.
So you would probably experience a cultureshock in your first job in business.
And if toxic doesn't ring a bell, wehave social misconduct, power abuse,
sexual abuse in all walks of lifein academia, most of us are pretty
(21:35):
smart can think fast and have thefeeling of intellectual, dominance.
But that is not reallyrelatable for all people.
And working in business meansthat you have to be able to
work with a lot of people.
Will you like it?
I don't know.
I enjoy it.
It's a challenge.
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Number four, technological literacy.
Well, you don't need to be a coder,but understanding and more importantly,
strategizing how to use AI automationand data analytics in a company's
goal directed way.will put you ahead.
for technological literacy, there aretwo important predecessor abilities.
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A, the ability to see the businessand underlying tech stack serving
the human customers as bigpicture or from a bird's eye view.
B, the ability to recognize theright technology experts and to
build trust both ways to work withthem effectively and efficiently.
Only this way you can understandfor which business problem you need,
(22:40):
which data from which technologicalexpert to decide on the way forward.
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We are happy to returnto our inspiring episode.
Number five, curiosityand lifelong learning.
The most valuable people are thosewho never stop learning because we
don't know what the future will hold.
This skill will help you beat everyoneelse in your vicinity because most
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people aren't lifelong learners.
But you will make a difference.
Within your work time you needto focus on what's business
relevant in your learning journey.
Not everything, what interestsyou, it's always within and
towards the company's goal.
So the big question hereis do we have these skills?
If not.
Start upskilling now.
(24:27):
Here's your actionable prompt.
Find resources to learn businessanalytics, leadership, or AI
for non-techy professionals.
Let's step back to get a bird's eyeview we've covered where jobs are
growing, the most in demand skills andwhat you need to do now to get ahead
remember, you are a highly trainedthinker, communicator and problem solver,
(24:48):
and the business world needs you ifyou can position yourself correctly.
Number four.
how can you now apply thisto your studies or teaching?
Two ways for your own research.
You can future prove your workby integrating emerging trends.
If you are in life sciences,look at bioinformatics.
(25:10):
If you are in social sciences,explore AI in behavioral analysis.
Adding tech driven elements, makesyour PhD more relevant to employers.
Stay tuned for upcoming episodes of thisseries where we'll deep dive into specific
emerging trends of the future of jobs.
For your teaching, if you supervisebetter or master students,
(25:33):
teach them to think ahead.
How can you incorporate discussionsabout AI and automation in your field?
Show them how to find andinterpret hiring trends.
This is not only helping you butpositions you also as a forward
thinking mentor and leader.
By doing this, you are notjust securing your own future.
(25:54):
You rise by lifting others up with you.
And isn't that the truespirit of academia?
And trust me, you will have bachelorand master's students who will overtake
you when you are on the business market.
They will probably overtake you.
By the time you maybe then enterthe workforce, they have already
gained valuable, practicalexperience in the business world.
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So the next segment isLinkedIn Post prompts.
And by the way, I assume that you havealready created a LinkedIn profile
like I have always mentioned, andencourage you to do and are ready
to welcome curious recruiters whenyou start posting on LinkedIn over
the course of the next six episodes.
However, if you want me to recorda LinkedIn starter workshop for you
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at an affordable price, just DM meLinkedIn workshop, and I'll do that.
At zero cost, you can also connectwith me on LinkedIn, Eleonore
Soei-Winkels, and copy what I do onLinkedIn because I'm very transparent.
You just copy what I do and I betit will be better than nothing.
You have nothing to lose, right?
Just copy what I do on LinkedIn tobecome visible for your business pivot.
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You just have to follow me andsee what I do, what speaks to you
and maybe you wanna copy that.
You are literally catching me inthe act as I am building a video
podcasting business, fueled by mynew creating reorganized show for
the small business owner who wantsto market and sell sustainably.
I know this is very meta and inline with my future proofing circular
(28:55):
economy strategy, will inject mypodcasting insights into my creating
reorganized show and vice versa?
So how can you get familiar withbusiness language and, you know, see
yourself also in the business world?
Start talking about your futureproofing efforts publicly and LinkedIn
is the perfect place for that.
(29:17):
Here are three post prompts to helpyou, and please make sure you watch my
LinkedIn during this week of airing.
At least in the week when I publish thisepisode, I will probably adapt these
posts for my own bachelor and master's ofIndustrial and Occupational Psychology.
But when you read my posts, you willprobably recognize these prompts for you.
(29:37):
So for self reflection.
If my PhD in, fill in the blank, whatever.
ended tomorrow, would I beready for the job market?
What skills do I have beyond research?
What's my plan to adapt for thechanging job landscape in industry?
Fill in the blank.
then you can enter this whole thinginto perplexity or ChatGPT and try
(29:59):
to understand how much of that doyou have already under your belt?
And then you can explore things and say.
These are the things that interest memost, who would be interested to chat as
an expert so I can learn from you, youcan turn this into an engaging content
(30:21):
piece that you are planning to leap andyou are wanting to talk with some experts.
by acknowledging these as experts,they will be probably very helpful.
In, answering interview questions you ask.
If you're now interested what AIhas output for me, given that I
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am a PhD in neuroscience with apsychology degree under my belt.
Then you can head over to theshow notes as linked here.
Then you can see this also in full detail.
And I would not take everything into aLinkedIn post, but instead I would sift
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and, you know, filter the most interestingpoints for me so that I can engage
with experts in a goal directed way.
The next prompt is career exploration.
AI is changing hiring from automatedscreening to skill-based job matching.
How do you think this will impactPhDs in your discipline looking
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for jobs in your future proofindustry of choice, let's discuss.
And that output from AI, you canreflect and refine for yourself.
So you can again, invite other people to.
Ask for their opinion experts, sendthat post to them and ask them whether
they would be open for an informationalinterview, they will think that you have
(31:47):
already done your homework more than mostof the PhD students who are approaching
me with a blank contact request.
And then prompt numberthree, personal branding.
adaptability is my superpower.
My PhD trained me to solve complexproblems in blah, blah, blah.
And now I'm planning to apply thoseskills to, hmm, fill in the blank.
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How I'm preparing for thefuture of work in the industry.
Fill in the blank.
So.
You will get something thatyou have to reflect and digest.
And maybe this is not yet somethingthat you wanna post, but at least
reflecting on that will help you toagain, find new role models who will
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inspire you, who will maybe be ahead inyour journey so you can look up to them.
Let's pause for a moment to respectthose who sponsor this valuable episode.
Remember, you are a postdoc transformer.
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You are highly intelligent,well-educated, a bachelor master, and
maybe you have already your doctorunder your belt or you are a postdoc.
You are international experienced,fluent English, a leader and expert
in your prior research field.
You are resilient, brilliant inadaptation and problem solving.
(33:12):
You are eager to bring in thetransferable and monetizable
skills needed in many companies.
To embrace the future and to become orremain an innovator in their markets.
Have you found this episodeso far helpful for yourself?
Well, maybe you can subscribe onYouTube, Spotify, apple Podcast,
(33:34):
popping or wherever you get our show,and also share this episode with your
PhD bestie because that would encourageus to help the underprivileged,
underrepresented, and underserved earlycareer scientists leaping into business.
This would also ensure that youdon't miss a future episode also.
Our subscription and listening numbersare key for finding the right sponsors for
(33:58):
our show so that we can help you for free.
And now back to the show.
After this quick appreciationof our sponsors, we are now
back in our insightful episode.
If you now need more future ofwork inspiration, please also
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listen to our previous episodes
that is number four, future of work fornew PhD holders in business, episode 22,
working out your future number 43, bettingon yourself for your future of work.
45. Your future of work iswith AI as LinkedIn show notes.
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If you really write a post onLinkedIn, you can tag me to
keep the conversation going.
I will help you.
In LinkedIn, it's easy to builda bridge into your future of work.
When you think of, diving into thesea of the unknown, then on all shores
there are experts, people, leaderswho want to share their experience.
(35:00):
People love to tell stories aboutthemselves, but you need to be
cautious and qualify who you wantto follow into your future work.
Just because it worked forthem, it doesn't mean that
it works for you as well.
If you are new to our PostdocTransformation show, and want more
foundational Career transition reflections
please also listen to ouradopted miniseries number 56.
(35:24):
reorganize for yourpostdoc transformation 57.
Embrace the future.
Appreciate your past 58.
Create a time capsule tolet go of being a scientist.
59. Manifest your future and be thehero of your postdoc transformation.
Number
60.
Build your bridge to your future of work.
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All episodes are linked in the show notes.
Alright, now let's go to the nextsegment, which is Build a Side Business
around the future of job trends.
Your expertise as a PhD gives youa unique edge, a domain expertise
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to build a side business basedon the future of job trends.
Whether you have a background inqualitative or quantitative research,
STEM or social sciences, science adjacentroles, or are aiming being employed or
starting up your own business, here'show you can leverage your skills.
For quantitative researchers developAI powered analytics consulting.
(36:29):
you can offer AI powered analyticsconsulting, helping businesses
interpret workforce strengths and hiringpatterns using data-driven insights.
People in companies, don'thave time to upskill.
If there's a new trend, theyneed training, but they're
not necessarily getting it.
If you can use your PhD or postdoctime to also qualify and learn
(36:54):
about quantitative, analytics,consulting, you will be in high demand.
If you are a qualitative researcher,your ability to find a pattern
of words is absolutely valuable.
You are probably a master of storytellingand can offer storytelling services,
(37:14):
helping professionals and businessescraft compelling narratives that AI-based
systems and recruiters will understand.
That also encompasses a deep understandingof how AI changes our words, our
communication styles, I can smellwhen AI has been used to communicate.
(37:37):
But people crave for human connection.
They are not craving forcontent created by AI.
So if you are a STEM PhD, bioinformatics,bio, whatever, chemical technological
engineering, you can launch a techdriven startup specializing in future
proving whatever you do for companieswho will need this kind of service
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with emerging technologies, becauseyou understand the newest developments.
They don't have the time for training,but they will want to buy that maybe.
If you are a social science PhD, youcan create workshops and courses on
adaptability because humans are the same.
The workforce changes, buthumans remain the same.
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we need to understand how AIworks and the impact of AI on us.
Ethics.
Workforce transformation are allhuman centered, and this is where
social scientists will be ableto help us in the business world.
So whichever category you fit into.
The key takeaway here is tomonetize your scientific knowledge
(38:49):
for the future of job trends.
If you wanna learn how to turn thisexpertise into your business, go
listen to CreatingReorganized whereI break down step by step strategies,
how my video podcast workflow worksto market and sell sustainably.
so let's wrap up.
The future of jobs is uncertain,but your skills don't have to be.
(39:11):
So apply this knowledge to yourresearch and teaching today.
Use your LinkedIn prompts to positionyourself as future ready and think
about launching a site business thatprepares you for the future of job.
So if you wanna take your businessskills further, go listen to our Creating
Reorganized show, where I help you turnyour expertise into an income stream
(39:33):
using video podcasting tools like Podbean.
For hosting and monetizing.
Descript for video and audio editing.
TypeForm for lead generation,ActiveCampaign for customer relationship
management website and email marketingautomation and Thinkific for building
marketing and selling e-courses.
And my newest favorite Metricoolfor social media management and
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scheduling, such a game changer
so that you can make money and liveaccording to your vision of life.
If you found this episodehelpful, please share it.
tag me on LinkedIn with your reflections.
Until next time, buildyour PostdocTransformation
according to your vision of
life.
Do you wanna a transcript or our episode?
And our episode sponsors answersto all six bold questions so
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that you can choose to apply.
Do you wanna nominate your potentialemployer of choice so that we
can ask them our bold questions?
For all of that, click on our linksin our show notes and on our website,
www.postdoctransformation.com.
Remember to check your readiness toleap out of science and to enroll in
our free email course career transition.
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Made Simple.
Thanks for your attention.
I'm Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels,the host of your seasonal
PostdocTransformation Show.
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