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Street Savvy Science, Chapter 4: Evidence of Productivity: The Cover Letter
- "Many people believe that the cover letter is a throwaway, and that the resume or CV attached is what counts. While it is entirely true that the resume has to be well written and have good content, the cover letter's job is to point to the key selling points, and to make it more specific to that reader. Just like the cover of a magazine."
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What They Don't Teach You in Grad School -- Part III
- By David E. Drew and Paul Gray. "In this piece, we turn to the career path tenure, academic ranks,and department chairs."
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Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond
- A useful guide for students and junior faculty courtesy of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Your Professional Preparation Strategy
- Extended excerpt from Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering by Richard M. Reis, Stanford University.
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Ph.D. Career Resources
- Re-envisioning the Ph.D., a Pew-funded project dealing with change in doctoral education, has just posted Ph.D. Career Resource pages, a collection of resources that address preparation for a variety of paths. These pages include links to articles, discussion groups, organizations, websites, and other sources devoted to the professional development of doctoral students, both during their graduate studies and beyond.
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Scientific Career Transitions
- A program funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help scientists and engineers, post-docs, post-post docs, and pre-docs whose careers are at a crossroads. Distance career counseling and distance assessment are available at affordable fees. Contact: Dr. Stephen Rosen, 212-397-1021.
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Career Development Manual
- An award-winning comprehensive career planning guide from the University of Waterloo.
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The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy
- George Beckey's guide to survival and success in academia.
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Street Savvy Science, Chapter 3: The Single Hottest Job Three Years From Now
- "'My career decisions were made based on a solid analysis. Sure, I love both computers and biology, so bioinformatics was a natural for me. But I investigated three different areas that I could have specialized in, as there were many doors open for me at the time,' she said. As I read over her CV, I could see that she had made a diversion a couple of years ago. She had gone back to school for another two years, in order to add a Computer Science degree to her mix. Now, with several degrees under her belt and still without any company experience, she had found that the bioinformatics job market wasnt as strong as she had been promised."
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Street Savvy Science, Chapter 1: Science IS Different
- This article is an introduction to an ongoing, online book, with a lot of interesting material about how science careers work in industry. Written by David G. Jensen, who also writes for the AAAS NextWave.
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Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
- A very impressive and comprehensive lab management manual put out by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Bio.com Career Discussion Forum
- "This forum was designed to help you in your career development. Intended as a medium to explore and exchange information, we hope this forum offers you a resource to get the answers you need. Job search advice from your peers and from our moderator, a veteran in the life sciences work place."
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Brown University Graduate School Career Services
- An excellent site with links and articles for surviving graduate school and for finding a job (both academic and non-academic careers are well-covered). Kudos to Brown for providing career services targeted to graduate students.
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Careers in Anthropology
- Careers advice for anthropologists at every degree level, both in and outside of academia, with links to the web sites of hiring organizations.
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Keys to Job Satisfaction
- by Search Masters International Recruiter Dave Jensen. " Typically the company losing a good employee finds out that the departure resulted from `'a lack of challenge " or that the former employee `'just needed something more. " The reasons offered in exit interviews always seem a bit hazier than the old " offer I couldn't refuse " response. This frustrates managers because they realize that they may have been able to do something to save the employee early on. "
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The 6 Biggest Science Career Hazards, and How to Avoid Them, Part 1
- David G. Jensen, CareerTrax.com. "I'll discuss six areas that most organizational development experts would agree are probable areas of concern for most technical employees. Several of these are actual situations that you may find yourself presented with, and after reading this through perhaps you can approach them with a better perspective for decision making. Others are more ethereal in nature; these take some thought -- even discussion with others who know you -- in order to identify how they present a problem. The inability to promote oneself falls into the latter category."
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What They Don't Teach You in Graduate School - Part IV
- By Paul Gray and David E. Drew. "In our first three lists of tips for an academic career, we covered finishing the dissertation and finding the first job, offered an overview of various academic responsibilities, and described career paths. In our final installment, we turn to life an academic."
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Vision: The First Step in Career Management
- by Search Masters International Recruiter Dave Jensen. " 'It seems as if most of my career has been in stops and starts,' one of my audience members said. She had come up for a little informal career counseling after a seminar that I had conducted. This scientist had found herself in a particular career trap known as 'plateauing,' in which significant frustration results from a feeling of stagnation on the job. "
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Tomorrow's Professor Listserv
- " Sent biweekly to over 1,200 graduate students, postdocs, and beginning faculty in science and engineering at U.S. and Canadian universities. It is very helpful to those individuals interested in preparing for, finding, and succeeding at academic careers in science and engineering. "
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ScienceCareers.org: Tooling Up
- Tooling Up, the ScienceCareers column on career advice.
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Becoming a Successful Scientist
- Provides information and links of interest on succeeding in scientific research. Contains a helpful tip that is updated weekly. Also, for those who want to contribute to contributing their thoughts on how to successfully carry out research, there is a section available to do that.
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Building Your Career Success Library
- by Search Masters International Recruiter Dave Jensen. " On a recent trip, I realized that despite my best intentions I seem to refer to the same handful of books in my career writing -- while many books in my collection remain on the shelf. I think that it is time to tell you more about these good reads. "
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Careers in Oceanography, Marine Science & Marine Biology
- This career directory links to resources in oceanography, marine science, and marine biology. It is divided into two sections: general guides for oceanography and marine science and guides for marine biology, marine mammals, zoos and aquariums.
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Understanding Your Strengths and Weaknesses
- by Search Masters International Recruiter Dave Jensen. " Good managers know that an outside consultant, brought in at the right time and trained to use the right tools, can have a major impact on the growth of a business. Sometimes it takes an outside resource to help a team understand what weak areas limit their growth. The consultant finds the weak link in the chain and recommends an action plan. Did you know that this same process can sometimes make a wonderful difference in the way you view your career? "
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Street Savvy Science, Chapter 2: Rules Clash and Burn
- "Sometimes a rule from the university will clash with one from industry. Consider Michaels example of Research = Experiments + Publications. Would you land a job at top-tier biotech company if you went to an interview espousing this as a guiding rule for your career? Not likely. In industry it looks like this: Research=Experiments+Products."
