08/12/2016 |
This website and others are filled with examples of the “soft skills” that aren’t taught in graduate school, but which are absolutely necessary for a job in industry. I’ve written about some of these in my blog, including communication…
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07/22/2016 |
Many of my blog columns here describe the difficulties that some experience when they discover how different life is between the university and industry. I write about these things because I have a great passion for training young scientists and…
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07/21/2016 |
The senior executive leaned forward before entrusting me with his secret of success. This was a seasoned President of a billion-dollar corporation–someone whose words should be taken seriously. We had been discussing the personal characteristics of his most successful…
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07/20/2016 |
(This is a classic oldie, published a decade or two ago in our column for Science. I hope you will enjoy it — DJ). As a recent interviewing process came to a close, the hiring manager prepared to extend an…
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07/18/2016 |
I remember one of my first job searches and it proved much harder than I had imagined. I had an “interesting” (read: unfocused) blend of training in communications and science, and it was my belief that I could apply…
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07/18/2016 |
Recently I was on a long flight, from one coast to the other, which gave me time to get acquainted with a new book: Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO. Author and career coach Beverly E. Jones…
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