The imPerfect Scientist

Into the unknown - Transitioning to industry with Ute Pokorny

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Are you considering a transition from academia to industry? If you are, do you feel like:

  • You can’t really relate much to the job postings?
  • You feel insecure and don’t know if it’s “the right move”?
  • You have a hard time writing motivation letters?
  • You don’t know what skills you could bring to the new position?

    • If you do, you are not alone! Today in the podcast, we talk to Dr. Ute Pokorny, currently the Director of Global Business Excellence at Leica and about how she went through the process of transitioning from academia to industry.

    Our word of the day is “playground”, and if you feel like this is not a word you’d typically associate with industry, bear with us and listen in to Ute’s insider view on how things work in industry.

    Today’s episode is full of interesting and valuable messages, including:

    • How Ute started 2 career paths before committing to medical studies
    • How Ute struggled with the transition from academia to industry for over 1.5 years and how she finally managed to get unstuck
    • Ute’s advice and lessons learned from the transition period
    • How to define your transferable skills and why this is critical to any transition you want to make
    • Why Ute thinks that working in academia is like being in a playground
    • How to look out for those ‘aha’ moments that can set your path
    • Why career guidance books didn’t work for Ute and what she recommends to do instead
    • How to think of your career as a series of subsequent steps and take it “one step at a time”
    • Why you should step out of your comfort zone and how Ute deals with the stress that comes with it

      • As you can see, we talk about a lot of very hot and interesting topics in this episode, so listen in and let us know what you learned. And if you want to know more about Ute’s transition or about our view and advice on how to do it, contact us!

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