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14 Jun 2017 | 11:00 GMT

The Naturejobs podcast needs you!

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Communication, Multimedia, Podcast

The Naturejobs podcast needs you!

 The Naturejobs podcast is making a long-awaited comeback in July 2017 and we’re setting up an expert panel of careers advisers to answer your job-related questions.  Read more

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  • Lauren Celano
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16 Aug 2016 | 15:00 GMT

What almost derailed you?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCESanFrancisco, Academia, Faculty, Multimedia, Research, Tenure, US

We ask academics at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, to name one moment that almost derailed their career.  Read more

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  • derailed
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30 May 2016 | 10:00 GMT

A week in the life of a tenured professor

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Careers articles, Faculty, Mobility, Perspectives, Research, Scientists on the move, Tenure

Chenggang Yan

Guest contributor Chenggang Yan  … Read more

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  • academia
  • academia in asia
  • academic
  • administration
  • Asia
  • Ask the expert
  • career paths
  • careers advice
  • Chenggang Yan
  • China
  • day-to-day
  • Dianzi University
  • events
  • faculty
  • guest contributor
  • Hangzhou
  • jobs
  • Naturejobs
  • networking
  • professor
  • reputation
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  • science
  • scientist on the move
  • Shandong University
  • tenure
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  • Tsinghua University

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24 May 2016 | 17:30 GMT

Five career tips from Ripley Ballou

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCEBoston, Ask the expert, Business, Career paths, Chemistry, Events, Perspectives, Research

Five career tips from Ripley Ballou

Rip’s had an interesting life; he started his career as a researcher at the US army’s Walter Reed Institute of Research, where he once exposed himself to malarial mosquitoes in a bid to see if his malarial vaccine worked. It didn’t, and that experience has motivated him in his career ever since. He’s now the head of US vaccines at GSK.  Read more

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23 May 2016 | 17:30 GMT

So you want to be a data scientist (again)?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Ask the expert, Blog, Business, Data, Industry, Mobility, Perspectives, Technology

So you want to be a data scientist (again)?

Guest contributor Daniel Harris of SoftwareAdvice.com  … Read more

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  • Ask the expert
  • big data
  • career paths
  • careers advice
  • computing
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  • guest contributor
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13 May 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Research in industry: A great career choice

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Chemistry, Europe, Industry, Mobility, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Research, Scientists on the move

Albert in his lab

Guest contributor Albert Isidro-Llobert  … Read more

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  • Ask the expert
  • Cambridge
  • career paths
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  • guest contributor
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02 May 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Naturejobs monthly roundup – April 2016

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Blog, Careers articles, Picks of the week

Naturejobs monthly roundup – April 2016

First up this month is our ever-popular post on the value of Liebeth Aerts’ PhD, where she takes a look back one year after graduating.  Read more

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  • April 2016
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  • careers
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  • most read
  • Nature careers
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  • Naturejobs most read
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  • women in science
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04 Apr 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Women in physics: personal perspectives

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Ask the expert, Career paths, Events, Industry

Women in physics: personal perspectives

Guest contributor Sarah-Jane Lonsdale  … Read more

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  • career paths
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  • Jenny Wooldridge
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01 Apr 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Most read on Naturejobs: March 2016

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Blog, Careers articles, Picks of the week

Most read on Naturejobs: March 2016

Answering the most-feared interview question is high on everyone’s mind. Our guide to expressing your greatest weakness in a positive way is on the leader board as the most read piece on Naturejobs this month. Glad you liked it!  Read more

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25 Mar 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Women in physics: personal perspectives

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Events

Women in physics: personal perspectives

Guest contributor Helen Cammack  … Read more

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  • Ask the expert
  • Athene Donald
  • career paths
  • careers
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  • CV
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