I hope PhD students on the job market are getting advice for how to navigate applying to non-academic jobs from their departments. If not, here's a few things I learned when I started applying to industry jobs last Spring when the academic job market collapsed:
#AcademicChatter
First off, there are FAR more industry jobs than academic jobs. I don't think we realize how limiting it is to only apply to professor jobs (at least I didn't). Searching things like "data analyst" or "researcher" will yield tons of results.
Sites like Glassdoor and Google jobs make it easy to find industry jobs for PhDs. However, you will have an advantage if you have some industry experience first. So if you can do an industry internship during grad school, definitely consider it! #phdchat
Another advantage is to have mixed-methods training. There are many jobs that require knowledge of basic stats. Statistics and research methods are super popular skills for industry jobs!
Feel free to reach out to people already working these jobs. I found several former academics working in industry who were happy to send me an email describing their job and give me advice!
Also, be sure to make a resume in addition to your CV. Here is the resume I used when I was applying to jobs in May. It was my first attempt making a resume in grad school, but I actually did get a couple interviews! http://www.matthewfacciani.com/faccianicv 
The interviews were for researcher jobs at tech companies. One interview was for a very large social media company. The interviewer didn't care about my publications, they wanted to hear what skills I learned in grad school. Be sure to break down your research without jargon.
I didn't get an offer for either position, but they were interesting experiences. Thankfully, I stumbled into a wonderful postdoc only a few weeks later when I was about to give up hope for academic jobs!
I only had a brief journey into applying for industry jobs, but hopefully this thread could be helpful for some people. The main point is that PhDs have useful skills for many jobs outside of academia! #AcademicTwitter #phdchat
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