From the AAAS comes a webinar that you can watch on demand – you need to register but that is a minor inconvenience o the path to a possible new career, eh?
Nontraditional Careers: Opportunities Away From the Bench
Now available on demand
April 28, 2009, 12 noon Eastern; 9 a.m. Pacific; 4 p.m. GMT
Illustration
Increasingly, Ph.D.-level scientists are [...]
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watch at your leisure
Posted in alternative careers, career tools on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
get thee a mentor!
Posted in career tools, decisions on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The March Scientiae is on the subject of Role Models.
[Note: a Scientiae is what they call a blog carnival on Science Blogs - what is a blog carnival? well, it is a subject based set of blogs written by bloggers on their own blogs and the links to the various blogs is compiled by the [...]
sample the academic life?
Posted in career tools, decisions on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new blog carnival was started covering all things academic – what is a blog carnival, you ask? It is a review of the recent posts in a certain subject area much like a review article.
Praxis moves around from blog to blog each month. Might be interesting to follow if you are feeling [...]
i-tunes u
Posted in alternative careers, career tools, decisions on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are thinking of a career change but don’t have the time to go back to school to check it out, I-Tunes U may be your salvation.
I’ve been exploring it and there are courses from all over now online – many of them free to view! (sorry no credits if you don’t register at [...]
careers for dummies? or for smart people looking for a change…
Posted in alternative careers, career tools on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is a book that sounds like it might have some good ideas for career thinking…
Cool Careers for Dummies
by Marty Nemko 2007
Every year, thousands of people change careers. Whether you are a recently graduated student looking to put what you studied to good use or an experienced professional looking for a change in [...]
blog along now, folks…
Posted in alternative careers, career tools on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are thinking about a new career choice, why not see if there is a blog by someone in that job? Could give you some insights into the day to day aspects and how they balance their home/work life.
It might take some searching but checking out association pages and googling “insert interesting jobhere” [...]
fairy tales
Posted in career tools, career websites, decisions on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just read an article on the ACS Careers Blog about creating your “own story”
Lynne Waymon, co-author of MAKE YOUR CONTACTS COUNT: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success (2nd Ed., 2007, American Management Association), describes a good networking strategy:
The key to initiating a connection is to be ready to answer these questions in a meaningful [...]
dear abby
Posted in career tools, decisions on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Helping a college student develop goals
By Dr. YVONNE FOURNIER
Scripps Howard News Service
Thursday, January 17, 2008
With my students, I have developed a process called Career Pathing. It helps students learn what the future looks like, find their passions and invent their future. They weave these into a minimum of five careers and then speculate on the [...]
a science choo-choo train!
Posted in career tools, events on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an innovative way that India is getting chemistry out to the masses:
“Exhibition on train to inspire science among youth
Posted : Sun, 21 Oct 2007 “
They plan on showcases the many different ways that chemistry is incorporated in daily life as well as having labs on the cars. In a country of almost [...]
even more on blog presences…
Posted in career tools, decisions on May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an interesting tale of a student who was stripped of her degree due to a photo she posted on her personal MySpace web page!
College Sued Over “Drunken Pirate” Sanctions – April 26, 2007
So before you go applying for jobs – might be a good idea to check out your personal and supposedly private [...]
