The Humble Organization

  • October 5, 2017
iJOBS Blog

This post was written following the September 28, 2017 iJOBS event with Regeneron Regeneron prides itself for being a company thriving on quality research and the active role it plays in the entire life cycle of its drugs. The company was found by two M.D Ph.Ds (Leonard S. Schleifer and George D. Yancopoulos) with the goal of creating regenerative medicine for neuroscience research. The company, which initially received $1 million in venture capital funding, now has over 5,500 employees and 6 FDA-approved drugs, which were all invented in-house, from start to finish.

Life After Student Status: Immigration Workshop for International Students

  • October 3, 2017
iJOBS Blog

This post was written after the September 27, 2017 iJOBS event: Applying for jobs as an international student, advice from an immigration attorney held at Rutgers University On September 27th, immigration lawyer Michael J. Goldstein gave a talk on the process of going from a student with F1 status to finding a job with an H1-B petition and further. During a time of turmoil regarding immigration laws, Goldstein stressed how important it is to find a lawyer focused primarily on immigration law.

Rutgers iJOBS Workshop on obtaining NSF I-Corps funding and PhD Entrepreneurship

  • September 28, 2017
iJOBS Blog

In the age of venture capital funding and angel investors, the National Science Foundation NSF has created the Innovation Corps (I-corps) program to promote tech entrepreneurship. It primarily aims to increase the economic impact of academic research projects. Unfortunately, several factors can impede the process of taking scientific research from academic labs to create successful economic ventures.

My Week at TARGET (The Academy at Rutgers for Girls in Engineering and Technology)

  • September 26, 2017

pk_targetAnyone who has ever spent a summer on campus knows that come July, it is swarming with running, smiling, and laughing youngsters. It is nearly impossible to walk into the Busch Campus Center without seeing someone under the age of 18.

iJOBS Networking Event: Students, Postdocs and Alumni

  • September 19, 2017
iJOBS Blog

emilynetworkingpicOn the evening of September 12, a casual event between students, post docs, and alumni was held in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Tower at the Bush/Piscataway campus. As a second-year Ph.D.

How to Overcome Common Career Challenges

  • September 15, 2017
iJOBS Blog

The newly established Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, in association with Rutgers iJOBs, recently held a workshop titled ‘How to Overcome Common Career Challenges’. This workshop was conducted by Dr. Thomas Magaldi who serves as the Manager of Career & Professional Development at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Identifying the graduate and post-doctoral training experiences as ‘training in humility’, Dr.

Adapt to Succeed!

  • September 12, 2017
iJOBS Blog

By Tomas Kasza How do doctoral recipients adapt their career interests and career searching techniques to pursue careers outside academic pathways? As a growing percentage of doctoral recipients enter non-academic careers, understanding how they choose or investigate those careers has become more important.

Communication Tips for Non-Native English Speakers

  • September 7, 2017
iJOBS Blog

By Jennifer Casiano Communication Many of us are or know someone whose first language is not English. Some of us they are. As a non-native English speaker myself, my main piece of advice is to not underestimate yourself and be confident that with practice you will get better.

Required Reading for Young Scientists Trying to Make it in the World

  • September 5, 2017

The academic year is closely approaching. For some of us, that means a return to filling young minds with new ideas.. Those who are still in the early years of graduate school must return to classes of their own. For the older students, it is a mere marking of time. Regardless of where you are in your journey, an outside perspective may be just what you need to make the most of this year.