Writing on cellphone. I went from private to academia. Fully understand your pain. When my contract expires in a couple of years I will apply to the biggest co

Writing on cellphone. I went from private to academia. Fully understand your pain. When my contract expires in a couple of years I will apply to the biggest companies around me. I'm in the IT sector, so I'll apply to any position in Barcelona, because I've visited and liked the city. My plan is to look at companies there and find LinkedIn contacts, if they are really hiring usualy they have referral bonus and that helps being acknowledged from the inside contact. If that fails, I'll apply to all remote positions posible. And if that fails I'll call my previous employer. In your case, being a professor, I supose you could find some ITIL training, and then go to any process management position in companies above 1000 employees, they are always looking for smart people to understand their mess. They usually promote internally for things like this, so you'll have to contact their HR directly. Or you can contact their ceo directly in LinkedIn, they are just normal people, usually with high prioritization capacity, so send them a "Hello, I'm a professor of X and I like to change careers, could you let me know if your company has positions that would be suitable to my skills?" And hope for the best.