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Clement Weinberger
02.20.2012 | 16 | reply |
We’ve all heard that question before. Even if one just answers “out,” not wanting to get into the details, it’s good to have a destination in mind. Some of you will have guessed that this is really a metaphor for life after grad school. Want another one? I saw a cartoon in the New Yorker magazine with a self-proclaimed prophet standing on a sidewalk and holding a sign reading “the end is near.” A man in a business suit is asking him “Yes, but what are your goals?”
We all know that there are many careers open to PhDs in the...
Thomas Patrick Chuna
02.17.2012 | 115 | 1 reply |
This time around, I want to give you some insights into working with independent recruiters…it’s not a small topic, so I will cover various aspects over a series of posts.
What is an “Independent Recruiter?”
For those who don’t know, an “Independent Recruiter” is the person who contracts him or herself out...
Marina Enachi
02.16.2012 | 257 | reply |
SciPhD will be hosting seven weekly free webinars that walk students through the process of preparing for industry careers- from what kind of jobs are out there, to determining if you're qualified, to building your brand and applying for the job. To get more information and to register click here....
Christine Crumbley
02.15.2012 | 201 | 1 reply |
In my last post, I shared the advice that I had received as I prepared to head to my first batch of postdoctoral position interviews. I did practice my interview seminar. I packed 4 sets of nearly identical outfits to ensure a professional look – all black for the shirt,...
Ray Wang
02.14.2012 | 324 | reply |
The Chinese people began to build the Great Wall of China in the 5th century BC. The great wall is for protecting the country from invasion, theft and plunder. Today, as we enter the globalized technical-oriented industrial/business world, protection like the Great Wall is still needed, even more essentially. That...
Wenny Lin
02.13.2012 | 620 | reply |
Recently, I consoled a fellow postdoc during her latest crisis. Her problem was not that her PCR primers didn’t work or that her paper just got rejected for the 5th time. No, her problem was that she was a single mother of two adorable girls, and one of them was...
Sayali Kale
02.10.2012 | 276 | reply |
A Virtual Job Summit: Meet employers from all over the country sitting at your own desk.
Ten years ago, if I might make a guesstimate, such an idea would have not excited the same amount of attention for job seekers or employers. Mainly because the job market was thriving with job...
Nick Folger
02.08.2012 | 625 | reply |
One of the problems with last fall’s Job Summit that we heard back from you about was that some booths were terribly overcrowded, and it was hard to reach a recruiter even during their Office Hours.
We heard you!
For the Spring Summit, there will be a link at each booth to...
Nathan A Fisher
02.07.2012 | 321 | 1 reply |
That choice wasn't anything that I thought about when leaving academia for government research. Perhaps because my first government post, with the US Army, actually involved a whole lot of creativity. Probably even more than I got to use during my dissertation work.
I think I must have assumed that all...
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