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Self-Sabotage in the Academic Career - Manage Your Career. By Robert J.

Self-Sabotage in the Academic Career - Manage Your Career

Surviving as a Postdoc. For many of us, the postdoc period coincides with the stage of life when we are becoming real grown-ups.

Surviving as a Postdoc

We may be paying mortgages and balancing the demands of partners and new families. At the same time, we are working to build our careers and establish academic independence, pouring an enormous amount of dedication and hard work into publications, grant proposals, scientific presentations, and teaching duties. Coupled with this is the uncertainty of not knowing how long our jobs will last, because the majority of us are employed on “soft money” as we await the fulfillment of the remote dream of a permanent faculty job. Understanding the hidden job market. 70% of all vacancies are never advertised, or so the story goes.

Understanding the hidden job market

This figure has been quoted for as long as I’ve worked in careers and I’m not sure anyone knows exactly where it comes from. In many ways it doesn’t really matter whether it’s 7% or 70% as long as you factor this ‘hidden’ side of the job market into your job search strategy. How to Effectively Use Twitter as a Job Search Resource. In the age of social media, we have countless outlets for job searching.

How to Effectively Use Twitter as a Job Search Resource

Platforms such as LinkedIn are the first to come to mind, but can candidates use Twitter to find jobs as well? This past Thursday the HR teams at Twitter and NPR collaborated in the first live #NPRTwitterChat aimed at helping job seekers use social media as a job search tool. The chat was centered on six questions that received over 800 tweets from industry professionals all over the U.S., and even some from New Zealand and the UK. Below is a recap of the topics covered in the chat as well as tips you can use in your own job search. To see a cool Storify roundup of the live chat, check out Amplify Talent, the blog run by NPR's Senior Director of Talent Acquisition and Innovation, Lars Schmidt. How to Find a Job Using Twitter. TruBaltics, An Unconference on Recruitment. #TruBaltics Today I attended #TruBaltics one of the Tru Conferences on recruitment.

TruBaltics, An Unconference on Recruitment

The Recruiting Unconferences are a series of pure unconferences organised worldwide, where the emphasis is on conversation, communication and the free exchange of ideas and experiences, (dis)organized by Bill Boorman. These unconferences have four simple rules: What Recruiters Really Want to See on Your CV. Indiana Logan, a Senior Recruitment Consultant at the Graduate Recruitment Bureau, shares some advice and insider knowledge for graduates looking to get into the world of Recruitment. 1) As a senior recruitment consultant, what are the first things you look for in an applicant when recruiting?

What Recruiters Really Want to See on Your CV

52 questions scientists should ask before accepting a job : Nature Jobs Blog. For most of us, there’s no such thing as the perfect job offer.

52 questions scientists should ask before accepting a job : Nature Jobs Blog

Even when we have an ideal in mind, when it comes to real life opportunities, there is usually some sort of compromise involved. At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), taking place in Boston this week, career development expert and Executive Director of Addgene, Joanne Kamens, spoke about the kinds of questions all scientists should ask of a new opportunity to find out if it’s right for them. Most importantly, Kamens says, remember that taking on a new job is not the final decision – you can always change your mind, or move on to other things if it’s not for you. But asking the right questions before making that decision means you can base your choices on rational thinking rather than gut feelings.

What Doors Does a Ph.D. in History Open? - Manage Your Career. By L.

What Doors Does a Ph.D. in History Open? - Manage Your Career

Maren Wood I recently went to dinner with six friends to talk careers. Early career researchers making their own luck – with help from the internet. "What in the world is a historian doing at an internet institute?

Early career researchers making their own luck – with help from the internet

" It's a question I've been asked many times – by colleagues, students and friends – and one that I've asked myself more than once too. For the past four years, I have been working at a research centre dedicated to understanding the societal implications of the internet. 4 Ways for Moms to Break Back into a Career. Many women are faced with a tough hiring road if they have left the workforce to raise children.

4 Ways for Moms to Break Back into a Career

A resume that ends five years ago like an abrupt sandstone cliff won’t bring many interviews. So, how can moms break back into a career? Here are four strategies that can get you hired: Embrace The Internet. The Key to Finding a Job After a Long Career Break. Dear J.T. & Dale: I am an IT professional with more than 20 years’ experience. I took a career break in 2005 to care for my mother and eventually wind up her estate. In all, that lasted 30 months. I then returned to look for work in 2008, just when the job market hit rock bottom.

12 Critical Books if you’re Going Self-Employed. Below you will find a collection of self-employment books that I recommend: One of the really great value self-employment books from my very own marketing mentor, Ian Brodie, who specialises in straight talking marketing advice for consultants, coaches and other professionals. ProTips for academic job talks - academic jobtalk job. Dr. Karen’s (Partial) Rules of the Job Talk. I’ve been asked by many readers to write about the Job Talk. I’ve resisted doing this because I believe that by the time you are writing your job talk, any meaningful advice has to be completely personalized. In other words, general rules about job talks would have to be so general as to be of minimal value. And valuable rules about your job talk can only be delivered personally. What Price Work Experience?

What do students know about life beyond academia? I touched on this in my last post, and this week two reports have been published which are relevant to this theme and the overall ‘student experience’, loosely interpreted. Vitae published a report on ‘What do researchers want to do: the career intentions of doctoral researchers’ which has some results which may seem surprising to those who have followed earlier blogposts from OT bloggers including myself (for instance here).

The second report was commissioned by the Government and headed up by Sir Tim Wilson. How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love. “Find something more important than you are,” philosopher Dan Dennett once said in discussing the secret of happiness, “and dedicate your life to it.” But how, exactly, do we find that? Surely, it isn’t by luck.

I myself am a firm believer in the power of curiosity and choice as the engine of fulfillment, but precisely how you arrive at your true calling is an intricate and highly individual dance of discovery. Still, there are certain factors — certain choices — that make it easier. Conveying the Wrong Message. This article first appeared in Times Higher Education as an Opinion piece on January 12th 2012. Our academic lives are strongly influenced by those individuals who write letters of reference for us as we aim to move up the career ladder.

Generally, although not invariably, these letter-writers are people nominated by the candidate. Essay on why graduate students ignore warnings about the job market. I was lucky to attend a graduate program that conducted itself, and so far as I know continues to conduct itself, quite ethically. 3 Ways Your Attitude Will Determine Your Career. The 10 Ways to Future-Proof Your Career. Women in the Economy: A Wall Street Journal Task Force.