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Giving PhD, postdoc and post-PhD career advice. Connecting PhDs!

We are working to be with you every step of the way to help you navigate the PhD and transition into the work place!

12/24/2025

Time for you to feel empowered. https://amzn.to/45ocVmK

Author, Thomas R Coughlin, PhD has partnered with Wiley Publishing on "How to Make Your PhD Work" - the ultimate guide to making your career transition!

Includes 12 transitional stories from PhDs in academics, industry, government, and more!

Includes key learnings from a real PhD about how be proactive with your career during your PhD and postdoc.

Contains the information many PhDs wish they had.

Gift this to yourself or a PhD who needs it most!

10/15/2025

Have you gotten your copy of The PhD Planner for the upcoming year? �🤓🎓

Don't miss out on organizing your PhD, being more structured, and gaining the clarity and insights so many PhDs, who have come before you, have wanted: https://amzn.to/3Kibw9F

The PhD is yours! Don't let it pass by without being proactive. 🎯

Take a positive step towards productivity and gaining clarity on your future steps with The PhD Planner 2025-2026 this academic year!

The PhD Planner 2025-2026 Includes:
✅Weekly planners,
✅Goal setting,
✅Monthly overviews,
✅PhD thesis writing guides,
✅Research experiment guides,
✅Career search guidance,
✅Resume tips,

✅✅✅and much more!

The time is now!

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The PhD Planner: Proactive Goal Setting and Productivity Planner for Creating Your PhD Career - Academic Year (Aug to Aug) 10/01/2025

🎓📖 Big news for grad students & researchers!

When I was doing my PhD, the hardest part wasn’t the science… it was keeping life organized. Experiments, deadlines, teaching, writing, career planning — it all piled up.

That’s why I created the PhD Planner Notebook — the first planner designed just for PhDs!

Inside you’ll find:
✅ Weekly & monthly layouts that fit academic life
✅ Experiment & writing goal trackers
✅ Thesis & career planning worksheets
✅ Reflection prompts to keep you motivated
✅ Extra pages only PhDs will understand 😅

Whether you’re just starting your PhD or deep into dissertation writing, this planner is your roadmap from chaos ➝ clarity.

👉 Grab your copy here: https://amzn.to/42faiT1

💡 Tag a friend who’s starting grad school or could use some structure in their PhD journey. Because doing great science is tough enough — you don’t need to do it disorganized.

The PhD Planner: Proactive Goal Setting and Productivity Planner for Creating Your PhD Career - Academic Year (Aug to Aug) Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

09/29/2025

When I was working on my PhD, one of the hardest parts wasn’t the science itself—it was staying organized.
Juggling experiments, writing, deadlines, meetings, and life outside the lab can feel overwhelming.

That’s why I created the PhD Planner Notebook — a simple but powerful tool designed specifically for graduate students and researchers. Now, the only planner fully designed for PhDs! 🎯

📖 Inside you’ll find:

✅Weekly and monthly layouts tailored to academic timelines

✅Space to track experiments, writing goals, and progress milestones

✅Reflection prompts to help you stay focused on the big picture

✅A structure that keeps you moving forward without burning out

✅PhD Career Searching Worksheets

✅PhD Thesis guide writing organizational worksheets to keep you writing and planning for graduation!

✅✅✅And plenty of PhD worksheets that only PhDs would understand 😅

Whether you’re just starting your PhD or are deep into writing your dissertation, this planner is built to help you manage your time and energy more effectively.

🎓 Consider it your personal roadmap for turning long-term goals into daily progress.

👉 https://amzn.to/42faiT1

If you know a PhD student, postdoc, or colleague who could use a little structure (and sanity) in their academic life, please share this with them.

Because doing great science is hard enough - you don’t need to do it disorganized.

The PhD Planner: Proactive Goal Setting and Productivity Planner for Creating Your PhD Career - Academic Year (Aug to Aug) 09/11/2025

2025-2026 PhD Planner Out Now!!!
https://amzn.to/3Kibw9F

Updated from last year with:
1. Dedicated section on PhD Thesis planning
2. Study Design Pages with extra brainstorming pages
3. More Reference pages and Equations pages
4. Additional space for Translational Skills matching so you can plan for your future career.

This is the only academic planner with PhD Level content tailored just for PhDs.

As a PhD myself, I have often wondered how this didn't exist before. Those times are done. The PhD Planner 2025-2026 includes a Career Exploration Guide that is built from fundamental principles from my book, How to Make Your PhD Work published with Wiley Publishing. https://amzn.to/4gq23cI Enjoy!

The PhD Planner: Proactive Goal Setting and Productivity Planner for Creating Your PhD Career - Academic Year (Aug to Aug) Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

The PhD Planner: Proactive Goal Setting and Productivity Planner for Creating Your PhD Career - Academic Year (Aug to Aug) 09/11/2025

2025-2026 PhD Planner Out Now!!!

https://amzn.to/3Kibw9F

Updated from last year with:
1. Dedicated section on PhD Thesis planning
2. Study Design Pages with extra brainstorming pages
3. More Reference pages and Equations pages
4. Additional space for Translational Skills matching so you can plan for your future career.

This is the only academic planner with PhD Level content tailored just for PhDs.

As a PhD myself, I have often wondered how this didn't exist before. Those times are done. The PhD Planner 2025-2026 includes a Career Exploration Guide that is built from fundamental principles from my book, How to Make Your PhD Work published with Wiley Publishing. https://amzn.to/4gq23cI Enjoy!

The PhD Planner: Proactive Goal Setting and Productivity Planner for Creating Your PhD Career - Academic Year (Aug to Aug) Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

How to Pick the Right PhD Program in 2025 (Advisor, Lab, Career Fit) 06/19/2025

Thinking about a PhD in 2025?
Before you choose a program, you need to hear this.

In my latest video, I break down 3 real-life PhD scenarios — from prestigious dead-ends to growth-focused labs — and share the exact framework I use to help students pick the right program, not just the famous one.

🎥 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=braNgSfQheE&t=2s
📘 From the author of How to Make Your PhD Work and founder of PhDSource.com.

Know someone applying to grad school? Tag them — this could save them years of stress.

How to Pick the Right PhD Program in 2025 (Advisor, Lab, Career Fit) 🎓 Welcome to the channel — I’m Thomas R Coughlin, PhD, bioengineer turned scientist, turned entrepreneur. I founded PhDSource in 2018 and published How to M...

12/21/2024

I wrote this book so that no other PhD should ever be lost again.

PhDs are now in abundance more than academic jobs allow and navigating the post career landscape can be extremely challenging. That's why we encourage PhDs to start their education of their options early. This book, its worksheets, 12 transition stories from PhDs, academic professor transition stories, industry stories and my key learnings about the PhD career transition are here for you and your loved ones to navigate your career. Let's make your PhD Work! :-)

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