The beginner’s guide to the LinkedIn network
Naturejobs journalism competition winner Elisa Lazzari … Read more
Finding job satisfaction as a science liaison
After completing a PhD and postdoc in experimental neuroscience labs, Sabine Blankenship had no desire to run her own lab. Here she describes how her passion to study abroad led her from experiments that had become frustrating to outreach she finds invigorating. She now works in the German Consulate General in San Francisco, where she helps set up international research collaborations and keep the German government abreast of US advances, particularly in renewable energy and regenerative medicine. Read more
Informational interviews: The right push for your career?
Guest contributor Meenakshi Prabhune … Read more
Conversations with the Countess part 2: Lindau: A Nerd Heaven of Nobels and Nobles
If you missed the first part of the interview, catch up here. Read more
Conversations with the Countess: Lindau: A Nerd Heaven of Nobels and Nobles
My week at Lindau, #NerdHeaven, was in a word, sublime. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed speaking with all the different people it draws, including Nobel Laureates, early career scientists, journalists, and representatives from foundations and governments the world over. I learned so much about so many different areas of science and society. I gained so much from the experience. And now that it has come to a close, I feel like crying in my streuselkuchen. Read more
Getting the message out
So you’re all over Twitter and Facebook and you even have a blog. Good on you – you’re your own public-relations and outreach specialist, getting the word out about your science. But what about the other kind of outreach – what’s still called science communication? Can you talk with a member of the press for an interview, or deliver your message to key thought leaders – such as government officials who decide on funding agencies’ annual budgets? Is it just a bit scarier than tweeting? Read more
Women in physics: personal perspectives
Guest contributor Helen Cammack … Read more
Women in science: Clogging the leaky pipeline
Guest contributors Philipp Gramlich and Karen Bodewits … Read more
Women in physics: personal perspectives
Guest contributor Helen Cammack … Read more
How to beat the hidden discrimination at the heart of the job hunt
Ronald McQuaid, University of Stirling … Read more