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…
Read More »(This piece was written for graduate students back in 2009 when the job market was not in good shape, and I hope it still has value to you in your job offer decisions). It’s frustrating to try and figure…
Read More »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…
Read More »I got caught off guard in a recent workshop when one of my audience members asked me to describe the single most difficult career problem. For someone who writes and speaks about these issues all the time, it shouldn’t…
Read More »(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…
Read More »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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