7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

If you’re a woman scientist and feel like an impostor, you’re not

alone.

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

A report in Psychotherapy Theory, Research and Practice shows that

up to 70% of high-achieving women have suffered from

Impostor Syndrome at one time or another.

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

This is significant when you consider what it means to have Impostor

Syndrome.

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

According to the California Institute of Technology, people suffering from this Syndrome persistently see themselves

as inadequate or as failures despite information indicating that they are

adequate or successful.

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

These people chronically experience feelings of self-doubt and intellectual

fraudulence.

R E A D T H E F U L L A R T I C L E

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

One study reported in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology found that people who

frequently suffer from Impostor Syndrome, labeled as impostors, perform less well and are more

anxious in general than those who suffer infrequently, labeled as non-impostors.

R E A D T H E F U L L A R T I C L E

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

Impostors also feel worse and suffer a greater loss in self-esteem than non-impostors after a perceived

failure.

They feel poor and unhappy no matter how much career success they’ve achieved.

R E A D T H E F U L L A R T I C L E

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

Does this sound like you?

Read this article to find out how to overcome impostor syndrome (◄ read the full article here).

R E A D T H E F U L L A R T I C L E

7 Tips To Help Women Scientists Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Transition Into Industry

It can be overwhelming to make the transition out of academia, and even more so for women. Once

you do make the transition though, you’ll find there are many PhD careers outside of academia.

It’s only a matter of learning how to do

networking!

R E A D T H E F U L L A R T I C L E

A B O U T C H E E K Y S C I E N T I S T

Cheeky Scientist’s mission is to help academics receive the industry training they need to transition successfully into the industry position of their choice while helping to provide them with a positive academic environment to work in until they transition. We have three main goals: 1) Place 100,000 academics into industry positions. 2) Support all advanced degree programs in providing industry training to their students, members, and researchers. 3) Enact change that requires all government-funded principle investigators and academics to receive management and financial training.

D I S C OV E R M O R E A B O U T C H E E K Y S C I E N T I S T H E R E !

C O N N E C T W I T H C H E E K Y S C I E N T I S T