Advice
Read about two students who participated in the PhD Co-op and how it benefited their career trajectories.
As I wrap up my eight years of writing for Careers Café, I can’t help but impart some final advice.
If you tackle one thing at a time, prioritize pressing items and simply do your best, everything will turn out okay.
For the first time, a postdoctoral fellow has been appointed to serve as a member of the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Once you’ve decided you want to jump into the public commentary sphere, how can you land on a specific idea?
As knowledge brokers, graduate professional development programs can build stronger bridges between students and the skills they need.
Realistically, how much time can you devote to skills development?
Networking can feel dehumanizing, and the easiest way to change that is to treat the people you encounter as complete humans.
How to immerse yourself in the linguistic world in which your readers live, write, and think.
“Fundamentally my overarching objective is to support researchers in driving their research program via securing national, European, or international funding awards and grants,” says Hayley.
Developing personal relationships with peers can act as a counterweight to the burden of graduate training.
These six strategies can easily be implemented as part of a proactive approach to essay writing.
Sitting on a board can help develop your ability to handle situations of accountability without authority.
“The traits and abilities which make medical science liaisons successful are the same that make a successful doctoral or postdoctoral scientist,” says the founder of Meristem Health.
Until more non-academic employers understand the meaning and value of a PhD, many more PhD holders will likely have to start at the bottom.
When all applicants are equally talented, the final decision often comes down to factors that are completely beyond our control.
Students will feel more in control if they are exposed to career exploration early and within their academic discipline.
Internships can help students realize their potential as thought leaders, data analysts, innovative thinkers, and complex-problem solvers.
In addition to how-to workshops and panel discussions, this year’s career education conference will include a series of career spotlights from PhDs working in a variety of fields.
Some secret interviews are built into the formal interview process, some happen during informational interviews and some happen purely by chance.