By: Yaa Haber

by: Katelyn Marshall In preparation for the iJOBS Annual Career Fair, Matt Alcalde (Director of Life Sciences Talent Network at BioNJ) presented a workshop on how to prepare for job fairs. If you’re planning on attending the career fair on Thursday, read up! Matt provided a wealth of helpful tips. If you want to go but haven’t registered yet, click here.

Hello, everyone! With graduation deadlines looming, the iJOBS blog has decided to run a survey to see what everyone (whether graduating this May or not) is planning to do after their time at Rutgers comes to a close. We would greatly appreciate it if you took the time to fill out this very brief (5 questions, and one of them isn't mandatory) survey HERE. We are aiming for 75 responses! Your answers will be anonymous. We will report on the results within 2-3 weeks, depending on how quickly the responses roll in.

Hi everyone! I’m Urmimala, a third year Ph.D. candidate in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program. To me science has always been about figuring out the unknown through experimentation. It has been interesting how my discernment of science and what it means to me has evolved through the years.

By: Chris Lowe The formal training to become a doctoral level scientist or engineer takes the better part of a decade, if not more, counting bachelors, doctoral, and sometimes post-doctoral studies. In that time, the curriculum imparts an impressive array of technical expertise, no matter the specific discipline or subfield you pursue.

By: Maria Qadri

Do all first year graduate students dream of becoming a principal investigator of their own lab after getting their PhD? Or do some enter graduate school knowing that they will not be working in academia?

Matthias Birk’s “How to Pick the Right Career for You” workshop was an enjoyable reflection on what strengths, joys, and values we each have. Matthias was a candid speaker, and related much of what he taught to his own experiences- both good and bad.

The Rutgers Spring 2016 Career & Internship Mega Fair took place over two days in early February and I made a point to attend. As some of you may know, I joined the active job seeker ranks in late 2015, complete with attending networking events (see my take on a BioHub networking event here) and career fairs. I have gained some experiences that I can share with the rest of you on what works, what doesn’t, and what can make some of the hiring processes you go through that much easier.

Science editors have a wide open view at the forefront of scientific research. Their job combines the rigor of scientific analysis and critical thinking with the freedom and flexibility to read about different scientific disciplines. This is the second part of my blog series on science publishing; last week, I wrote about the experiences and advice shared by two professional editors from Wiley.