Filter & Sort
Opinion
How to Be a Better Networker
It's about building relationships, writes Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis, and as such, you should do it all the time and be in it for the long run.
Opinion
Are Backup Career Plans Worth It?
Most Ph.D.s harbor some hope of getting a tenure-track job, but, Natalie Lundsteen asks, should they have -- or not have -- a backup career plan?
Opinion
Are You Career Competent?
Graduate students and postdocs should understand the importance of being able to communicate about their competencies to prospective employers during their job search, writes Joseph Barber.
Opinion
Integrating Values Into Your Career
Much of the conversation about career exploration focuses on the importance of identifying our skills, but we often don’t take the time to think about our core values and how they connect to our skills, argues Laura N. Schram.
Opinion
Public Profiles and Job Searches
For graduate students, the academic job market requires you to develop a coherent public profile that isn’t inscrutable to the people you’d like to work with, writes James M. Van Wyck.
Opinion
Worth vs. Value in Job Negotiations
They are not synonymous, especially in the career arena, writes Michael A. Matrone, and you should not allow greed to damage good relations between you and a future employer.
Opinion
Selling Yourself on the Job Market
To do that, you have to have a product worth selling and know how to sell it to a particular segment of customers, advises Joseph Barber.
Opinion
Five Time-Management Tips
Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis gives advice for dealing with that constant feeling of busyness that causes us to feel like we don't have time for anything.