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Perpetual Business Machines: Principles of Success for Technical Professionals
- Engineers are facing unprecedented opportunities, risks, and uncertainties in the global economy. The book addresses three fundamental problems faced by engineering students and professionals: * If business is sponsoring technology, who is preparing technical professionals for business? * If technical professionals are expendable, who can assure career continuation? * If business is a multi-dimensional universe, how do we remove the invisible wall dividing professionals?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Destressing in the geekosphere - Naturejobs Jan 28 2004
- Finding a balance in the daily grind requires creativity and a sense of play. Kendall Powell explores how lifestyle can complement science.
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To Boldly Go: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists
- - by Peter S. Fiske. This best-selling guide to career change and career development is written specifically for scientists and engineers. " Enjoyable, entertaining, and full of humor. The chapters on finding a non-academic direction, on proving to employers that all scientists are not dweebs, and on case studies are excellent " - Kurt T. Bachmann, Birmingham-Southern College Available from AGU Press or Amazon ($19.00)
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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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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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The Coincidence Factor
- by Search Masters International Recruiter Dave Jensen. " One of the first things you learn when you write and speak to scientists or engineers is that you'd better carry a lot of information around with you. I've learned that technical people, who generally have an analytical nature, like to hear about facts and figures. They prefer their career ideas presented like the result of an experiment at the bench. And whenever I stray into the ether and discuss career concepts that aren't rooted in terra firma, my audience brings me back to earth. "
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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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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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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."
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The Tooling Up Book Club: On the Market
- Book review by Peter Fiske, Next Wave career columnist.
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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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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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Interview With Richard Nelson Bolles
- by Search Masters International recruiter Dave Jensen. " Richard Nelson Bolles is the author of the most popular job-hunting and career-changing book of all time, entitled " What Color is Your Parachute? " . As a expert in his field, Mr. Bolles is highly regarded and was recently cited as " America's top career expert " by one of the leading consumer publications. Parachute has sold 4 million copies over the last 20 years, and is revised and updated annually. "
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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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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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Persistence and Optimism: The Force Multipliers
- by Search Masters International recruiter Dave Jensen. " I found it remarkable that all speakers, when asked to share the nuggets of wisdom that they had personally learned the hard way, found some way to incorporate stories highlighting both persistence and optimism. "
