How did someone land a job within a pharma company without a fellowship or strong connections?
After graduating with my doctorate , I went straight into advertising. Any tips on connecting or landing a job? Some ppl are blaming that today’s market is tough

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Listen, what you’re hearing is accurate. I have a PhD and close to 4 YOE in strategy consulting and I’ve been striking out for 6 months

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Todays market is tough tough. Go listen to the podcast ‘the lonely office‘s’ on todays market called “I can’t get a job in this booming market”, it has some great stats.

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you asked for tips, OP, and you're just rejecting what your responders advise? 🙄

Todays market is tough tough. Go listen to the podcast ‘the lonely office‘s’ on todays market called “I can’t get a job in this booming market”, it has some great stats.

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