Newest Resources in "Career Guides"
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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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ScienceCareers.org: Tooling Up
- Tooling Up, the ScienceCareers column on career advice.
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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 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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Unwritten Rules for Advancing Your Career
- "Unwritten rules: those tidbits of information that can make or break a first impression or reputation. How does a cell biologist discover the unwritten rules of an organization and protect and ensure their career advancement by fulfilling unstated expectations?"
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Don't Let Them Wear You Down: How to Take Control of Your Career
- Dave Jensen, Science Careers. "It is likely that you haven't yet experienced the deep-down depression born of being terminated unfairly. But it is my guess that you can definitely relate to how frustrating it is when an outside "force over which you have no control adversely affects your career."
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The 6 Biggest Science Career Hazards, and How to Avoid Them, Part 2
- David G. Jensen, CareerTrax.com
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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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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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Annotated Career Book List from the Medical College of Wisconsin
- Philip Clifford's book recommendation list.
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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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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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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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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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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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Pathways to Success: An Examination of Career-Enhancing Decisions in the Scientific and Medical Professions
- " the report highlights the reasons Science Advisory Board members publish or present the results of their work and whether these reasons vary depending on job position, segment, geographic location, gender or years of experience. "
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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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Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists
- by Peter Fiske. " If youre a new scientist or seeking a mid-career change, Peter Fiskes Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists gives you practical advice and proven techniques for finding both traditional and non-traditional jobs in science. It includes examples of resumes and cover letters, and stories of scientists who have moved into a wide range of careers. "
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So What Are You Going to Do With That?: A Guide for M.A.'s and Ph.D's Seeking Careers Outside the Academy
- by Maggie Debelius and Susan Elizabeth Basalla. $10.40 from Amazon.com. See the review on CNN .
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Jump Start Your Career in BioScience
- by Chandra Louise. " This book is designed to provide you (or your advisees) with a basic understanding of the working world, how it functions, and how this information can translate into different career opportunities in the biological and biomedical sciences. It describes positions both at and away from the laboratory bench. It is intended for students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, career counselors, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the different types of careers in the biosciences. " $19.95 from Amazon.
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Academic Environment : A Handbook for Evaluating Employment Opportunities in Science
- by Karl Lanks. " Explains how to evaluate job offers and understand contracts, and discusses aspects of the academic environment such as career development and job satisfaction. "
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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.
