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Core Traits that will Take You the Distance

03/07/2021 |

Early on in my career as a headhunter, I became interested in the dozens of qualities that make top scientists stand out. Then, a conversation with one of my contacts shifted my thinking. “Success in the biotech industry, like any…

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  • General Career Advice
Tags:  success

Three Categories of Career “Rules” in Industry and Academia

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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  • General Career Advice
Tags:  career advice   company politics   rulebook   rules of success

The “Killer Instinct” as a Search Parameter?

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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Catetories:
  • For the Manager
  • General Career Advice
Tags:  career advice   killer instinct   perseverance   success

The Importance of Charisma To Your Career Toolbox

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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  • General Career Advice
Tags:  career advice   charisma   communication skills   eye contact   leadership

3 Fears That Can Limit Career Potential

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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  • General Career Advice
Tags:  career advice   fear of change   fear of failure   fear of success

Managing Up

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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Catetories:
  • General Career Advice
Tags:  career advice   company politics   managing the boss

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