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Virginie
Adam
It’s not what you know, it’s what you do
Last week I was chatting with some junior graduate students in my lab and the topic of careers outside academia came up. They had heard a vague rumor that a world outside the lab exists, but, being a little science-obsessed, they hadn’t really thought of their lives beyond their theses! Considerin...
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Kate
Sleeth
Learning about the Disease you Study from a Different Angle
For the past 11 years I have studied cancer in one way or another. I performed my Ph.D. research on the DNA repair mechanism Base Excision Repair. I then performed research on Homologous Recombination, targeted radiopharmaceuticals and metastatic breast cancer (all were separate projects...
Kate
Sleeth
Science: It’s a girl thing!
I had no idea that the European Commission had made a video to attract more women to careers in science before I witnessed the reactions of friends and fellow scientists in different social media. Within a few posts, I realized that either something must have gone wrong as scientists, both male and ...
Thomas Patrick
Chuna
The most wonderful time of the year?
Hello everyone!As I write this, the thanksgiving holiday was a few days ago.. I hope you all enjoyed yours, mine was a blast. As usual, I ate too much, but that is what holidays are for, right?Do you know what else the holidays are good for? JOB SEARCH. That’s what they are good for. I’ll get to...
Dr
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The job search – resources for the search part 2
In my previous entry, I talked about the resources I used during my job search and how, for me, sites like Bio Careers® and places targeted to my discipline (a branch of structural biology) yielded better results than all encompassing sites like Monster or Career Builder.
Kate
Sleeth
The Responsibility of Employing Others
When I moved into my administrative role, one of the first things I needed to do was hire a teaching assistant for the summer. It hadn’t occurred to me that I would play a significant role in the process as other than briefly meeting interviewees I had never previously been involved. T...
Thomas Patrick
Chuna
The biggest myth of job search
Hello everyone!There is one piece of conventional job search wisdom that I hear constantly that drives me crazy, especially when it comes from “job search professionals” who should know better.Specifically, I am talking about the conventional wisdom that says: in job search, “you gotta sell yo...
Thomas Patrick
Chuna
Actors do it, so should you
This week I would like to talk about some very effective things that will help you do better when talking to people during your job search: Preparation and RehearsalPreparation is simply thinking ahead….thinking of how you can answer questions such as “why have you been looking for work thi...
Maida
Taylor
Will “reshoring” = restoring jobs in the USA?
It’s the same old song---contaminated drugs from China. The news was reported by Laurie Burkitt in the Wall Street Journal on April 17, 2012. Chinese authorities halted the sale of 13 drugs, because the gelatin capsules used in manufacturing were found to have high levels of the ...
Maida
Taylor
Bench vs Bedside: Arrowsmith Revisited
In 1925, Sinclair Lewis published Arrowsmith (a novel for which he later won a Pulitzer Prize), the story of a young medical researcher. Martin Arrowsmith, the protagonist, served as a role model for scores of medical students intent on devoting their lives to medical science. The portra...