By: Gina M. Sanchez
Consulting seems to be on the rise as a post-PhD career path. So, should you join in on the craze? The iJOBS program hosted a career panel of four PhDs, including two Rutgers alum, to shed light on what is involved in this booming field.
Article written by: Kristyn Lambert
By Rebecca Manubag
Learn ways to advance your career through opportunities at Rutgers Innovation Ventures. Their mission is to partner with the Rutgers community to encourage deliberate innovation, protect and leverage Rutgers intellectual property, foster collaboration with industry, and enable entrepreneurship. There are two opportunities for grad students and postdocs:
• Effectively protect and commercialize the results of scientific research.
• Evaluate an Invention Disclosure, prepare Non‐Confidential Summaries, and identify and reach out to prospective licensees.
• Negotiate the business terms of various agreements that govern Technology Transfer in an academic institution.
June 2 from 3-4:30pm
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This virtual workshop will use techniques and case studies from the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) to teach PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows tools and skills to better mentor undergraduate students in a laboratory setting.
Attendees will also reflect upon approaches they would use to mentor trainees and employees when
they are running a lab or research group in the future.
Follow up activities will be suggested for those who wish to get more engaged in this process.
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Join this event to find out about the job search process. Recruiters can be some of the most useful advocates during your search and there is no cost to you to use them since the company that hires you will pay them. A staffing agency can:
*Coach candidates through entire process
*Help with resume formatting/writing
*Access to jobs that aren’t otherwise posted/skill marketing
*Interview coaching-especially in today’s virtual world
*Assist with salary discussions/negotiating offers and job packages
You will also find out how to find the right recruiter for you:
*How to apply to a job posted by a recruiter
*LinkedIn-how to set up profile so recruiter finds you
*Networking in person or online
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Come to learn about BD and meet its employees who are in various job roles. BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies with 70,000 employees and a presence in virtually every country. The Life Sciences segment delivers innovative solutions from discovery to diagnosis, continually advancing science and clinical outcomes across infectious diseases and cancer. Offerings include preanalytical solutions for sample management; immunology research solutions, including flow cytometry and multiomics tools, microbiology and molecular diagnostics lab automatic and informatics solutions and differentiated reagents and assays. BD enhances the safety and efficiency of medical treatments, enables laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advances researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics.
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By Natalie Losada
This workshop covers the basics of converting your highly complex project ideas into a compelling story. The focus is on the creation of a flawless "Specific Aims" page as the foundation of any well-engineered grant. This workshop will be useful for those writing Pre-doctoral fellowships as well as their Propositional Qualifying Exams
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The Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building Project (sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies and Douglass Residential College) is now accepting applications from master’s and doctoral students across disciplinary areas in the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) to mentor Douglass undergraduates in AY 2022-23.