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Industry vs. Academic Research: Key Differences and Considerations

Explore the contrasting factors between working in industry versus academia for academic researchers. Learn about the different measures of success, motivations, accountability, routes, working styles, and deadlines. Discover resources for making informed career choices.

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Industry vs. Academic Research: Key Differences and Considerations

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  1. Working in Industry David Winter The Careers Group Consultancy

  2. Make me say “no” • What could put off a non-academic research recruiter when hiring an academic researcher?

  3. Research in a non-university setting • Different measure of success(publications versus patents/products) • Different motivation(knowledge versus application) • Different accountability(taxpayer versus shareholder) • Different potential routes(professor versus CEO) • Different working style(individual goals versus organisational goals) • Different deadlines(predictable versus changeable)

  4. Resources • ABPI – careers.abpi.org.uk • Sauermann& Stephan (2010) Twins or strangers? Differences and similarities between industrial and academic science, NBER Working Paper 16113 • Searls(2009) Ten Simple Rules for Choosing between Industry and Academia. PLoSComputBiol 5(6)

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