Thursday, April 19, 2012

Professional master's degree

http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n4/full/nbt.2180.html?WT.ec_id=NATUREjobs-20120419


Many PhDs are finding out the hard way how challenging it is to obtain that first position out of the academic laboratory. The skills learned as a PhD student or postdoctoral scientist do not always translate into industry and are often not enough to impress employers. All things being equal, employers will always hire the PhD with additional business administration training.

The reality is now setting in for many PhDs that they need additional training. Professional master's degrees have a proven record of benefitting individuals trained in science, reorienting their career towards nontraditional fields. The monetary and time investment that goes into obtaining a professional master's degree, although significant, is in the end worthwhile.

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