Exploring career paths sometimes feels like coming out of a cocoon – who knows what’s out there?
Naturejobs journalism competition winner Elisa Lazzari
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
What do you dislike about your job?
We ask academics at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, what they dislike about their jobs.
https://youtu.be/huuvlt5hepg
Transferable skills: What are scientists good at (other than science)?
Naturejobs journalism competition winner Ashish Nair celebrates the cornucopia of skills owned by scientists
In today’s competitive world, it’s become increasingly common for scientists to question where their skills and knowledge will fit outside the lab. Academic research is a harsh place, littered with the victims of funding decisions and research projects that didn’t quite go to plan. The idea, even amongst scientists, that we are highly specialised professionals with no role outside the lab has become a persistent limitation in this search. So, what is the need for a scientist in any other capacity?
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The Boston #NJCE16 – Inspiration, skills, and passion
Four simple steps will help you find a career to be happy in, says Naturejobs journalism competition winner Judith M. Reichel
Find a job you love – and you will still have to go to work every day. There are plenty out there; some are great, some are a stepping stone, and some will simply pay the rent. The key is to identify your own strengths and passion, in order to find the perfect job for you.
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You need a mentor or three
Choosing a mentor (or mentors) is one of the most important decisions facing an early-career scientist.
It is crucial to your professional success to have one or more strong and knowledgeable advocates and guides in your court. And you can’t leave this up to chance or a random meet.
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Finding job satisfaction as a science liaison
How Sabine Blankenship went from neuroscience researcher to professional networker
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.
Tell me about your job
It’s part of the German foreign service. My job title is scientific liaison; we are installed in scientifically important cities like Washington DC and Boston. We’re the first point of call for setting agendas for visiting VIPs, maintaining networks, and fostering collaborations across industry and academia in the two countries.
More US graduate students win right to unionize
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturns existing ruling in 3-1 decision
Graduate students who work as teaching or research assistants at private universities won the right on Tuesday to join unions, overturning an opposing decision by the NLRB in 2004.
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What jobs are in demand?
We ask speakers at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, to talk over some of the jobs that are most in demand in industry, in California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAm57KsWQBs
New hope for EU researchers?
Pursuing a research career is tough in any nation, maybe especially so for junior scientists who are facing a difficult path and have far fewer traditional metrics to ease their way: grants and funding, publications, collaborations.
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