What a busy month we’ve had. Again! The Naturejobs blog has published 15 new blog posts, which have been read by thousands of you.
For those that missed them when they first came out: here is a list of the top 10 most popular pieces from Naturejobs and Nature Careers this month. Happy reading!
Although it might not be immediately obvious when you first sign up to becoming a scientist, being a proficient public speaker is very important. You might have to present your work at a conference; you’ll definitely have to defend you PhD work in front of a group of peers. You’ll also have to persuade funders to give you money. In Public speaking: The elevator pitch I was inspired by an elevator pitch I had to give (not science related, unfortunately) to write a few tips on what makes a good pitch. Continue reading
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After completing a PhD at the University of California, San Francisco and a postdoc at Stanford University, Leslie Cruz found job satisfaction in regulatory affairs. Here she describes how she chose this track, and got the training and connections to land her first position.
Click here to read about how Cruz drew on experiences to recognize that regulatory affairs was a good fit.
You credit your postdoc advisor for directing you to career services to find opportunities outside a research lab.
She helped me realize that being happy while working was very important. This was something that I had struggled with. It is important to find a mentor who is supportive of your decision to transition out of the lab. And to be truly honest, I encountered people who weren’t honest. I would ask people ‘are you happy with what you do’? And they couldn’t answer me. One should be happy in what they are doing. I feel that now.
I didn’t want to leave science. I love science. That’s who I am, but you don’t have to be a professor or a research scientist to use your science education. Continue reading