Advice for Scientists
Scott
Jeffers
Lessons from my father: Entrepreneurship
This is my first blog post for Bio Careers, so I’m going to tell you about myself, my influences, and where I want to go with this blog. However, I’m not going to give you my CV (I’m on LinkedIn, and you can see all the gory details there).
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Jennifer
Reineke Pohlhaus
Why Bother?
Why bother? Should I join the American Association of blah-dy-blah-blah of blahs? This is a question I asked myself while I was in graduate school, and it was the subject of a conversation I had with my other grad school friends. I remember in particular a society that offered joint memb...
Christine
Zafra
The Art of Picking a Lab: The Pre-Application Stage
Over the past 10 years, I have talked with numerous graduate students that are in the process of selecting a laboratory to conduct their research. One thing that has stood out during those conversations is the lack of homework that students do when selecting a laboratory. With the average time to a ...
Nathan
Vanderford
New Study Highlights the Utility of Being a Multi-skilled Employee
Data from a study released recently by Northeastern University aligns with common trends emerging about the perception of the role and responsibility of higher education and its primary clients i.e., students, in regard to preparing future employees. Among other important conclusions, the results hi...
Kate
Sleeth
Fake it Until You Make It!
I would like to share with you some key advice which really helped me before. The first time I heard this phrase, or at least actually took note of it, was a few hours before I gave a presentation. I was (as those of you who follow my blog will be familiar with) a little nervous, to say ...
Thomas Patrick
Chuna
Why overly specific CVs are also bad
My regular readers know how much I preach against generic CV’s,the kind with a vague, cliché ridden objective statement, followed by the laundry list of STUFF designed to appeal to as many hiring authorities as possible. Today, I want to discuss the generic CV’s evil twin, the “Dense, ov...
Gaia
Vasiliver-Shamis
What Are PhDs?
Couple of weeks ago I came across Google Poems. Apparently, it’s a Reddit page with some quite hilarious poems about the phrases generated by Google Instant, the official name for the “auto-suggest/complete” feature of Google, which I’m sure you’re all familiar with when you start typing a...
Lauren
Celano
How to identify “relevant” recruiters
Finding a good recruiter who works in your area of interest can be extremely beneficial for your job search. With thousands of recruitment firms, ranging from one person companies that focus on specific roles, i.e. director level clinical affairs roles, to multinational organizations that focus on m...
Alice
Gruber
Gay Scientists in Love: Same-sex Marriages, US Immigration Law, and Work Visas
The US immigration system has become more and more difficult in recent years, even for well-educated and experienced scientists who wish to come to the US, or to remain in the US after completing their studies. However, a recent US Supreme Court decision has just made things easier for some!
Kate
Sleeth
Getting a Professional Opinion
Today I want to focus on something that I believe a lot of scientists should consider getting – getting a professional opinion. We are all familiar with the idea of being trained by an expert in our field of interest, after all that is what we did with our doctoral degrees, but we don’t se...