Articles tagged Getting a Job
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Guest post by Bob Dolan, MIT “What will I do next in my career?” can be a daunting question when there are so many options and variables to consider. Whether you are interested in a non-research career or a research-intensive track in academia or industry, this article will help you design a career exploration strategy. Your…

Searching for a job can be overwhelming and it is often difficult to know where or how to begin. To get you over the activation energy threshold for starting your job search, here are a few general tips for designing a non-academic resume.   Format Let’s start with the basics – how a resume should…

When I was 21, I spent a year in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, at the end of which I hoped to stay on in Cambridge for graduate work. The Biochemistry curriculum included a set of lab-based projects, and so I found myself one fine spring morning spreading E. coli onto…