{"id":15373,"date":"2018-05-15T17:41:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=15373"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:14:50","slug":"top-10-alternative-careers-stem-phds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/top-10-alternative-careers-stem-phds\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Alternative Careers for STEM PhDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A PhD is the highest qualification that one can have and is essential for a career in academia. However, there are many challenges to getting academic jobs, and many PhDs have interest in non-academic careers. Therefore, early-stage researchers often wish to explore alternative careers. Moreover, this involves undertaking some effort and spending time in understanding one\u2019s desired sense of direction. 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