Response to: http://chronus.com/how-to-use-mentoring-in-your-workplace
Effective mentors are critical to success.
I am a proponent of mentoring because everyone benefits.
In a recent survey, the European Science Foundation reported “considerable dissatisfaction and stress” among the post-doctoral population due to insufficient scopes in academia. The report has urged universities and governing bodies to make doctoral candidates aware of the current dim academic job prospects.
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By Fatu Badiane Markey For those of you who recently read my post on how to write a results section, we will
On October 24th I attended a Career Satisfaction workshop at the “What Can You Be With a PhD?” symposium, presented by Matthias Birk. The room was fully packed, I had to squeeze together with several people and sit on the floor. Mattias Birk was a passionate and inspiring speaker. I got good laughs from his humor, but I was also enlightened by his view of career satisfaction. The experience allowed me to realize it is critical to find the balancing point among strength, joy, and value for career satisfaction. First, we need to ask ourselves and/or other people (e.g.
The cover letter is a job application tradition that can make or break your chances at getting that elusive interview. Let’s face it: cover letters aren’t fun to write; it feels awkward to write about oneself so brazenly. There is a fine balance between flat out bragging and understating your skills, but th
By: Fatu Badiane Markey The theme of storytelling is often emphasized in the field of science. However, it is easy to forget the significance of presenting a clear and compelling story once all the experiments are complete and the hypothesis has been proven. What good are the hours spent in the lab if no one can understand the end result?
I don’t have to tell you that pursuing a PhD is a huge undertaking that is extremely stressful; we have all become well aware of that. It has been my impression that the general culture in graduate schools everywhere prioritizes time in lab and subsequent deliverables including results, conference presentations, and publications.
Some of us groan when we realize our presentation date for our academic program’s research seminar has rolled around. We all wish we could postpone it until that one amazing experiment is completed, until we at least have some positive data, or just until the reviewers get back to us about our recently submitted manuscript. Please, please, please? In today’s research world, where everyone is a critic, don’t we all cringe at the idea of going up in front of people and presenting an incomplete project?
The Rutgers University Career Services offers assistance to graduate students in many forms: online and offline resources, individual advising, and workshops.