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Getting Up to Speed on Diversity
Employers are increasingly requiring job applicants to demonstrate both commitment and contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion, writes Deborah S. Willis, who gives advice to graduate students on how to do so.
Crafting a Research Practice After the Ph.D.
If you’re contemplating a nonfaculty career, the idea of giving up your research might be keeping you from going forward, writes Melissa Dalgleish. But such a move doesn't mean you have to relinquish your passion.
Writing Successful Grant Proposals
Most sizable grants are just too large and complex to write in a single heroic burst of last-minute effort, says Victoria McGovern, who offers advice on how to craft successful proposals.
Preventing Interview Burnout
Elizabeth Franks gives advice on how to stay positive in the face of rejection.
Sorting Out Career Assessments
Saundra Loffredo summarizes several of the more popular ones, what they measure and how they can be useful to you.
Don’t Let Your Dissertation Run Your Life
If you allow it to take over, you will be missing crucial aspects of the world outside your office, lab or library, warns David A. McDonald.
Why You Should Job Search Like a Runner
Katharyn L. Stober shows how the same practical tips for performing better as a runner can apply to advancing your career.
How to Build Your Own Career Fair
It’s an excellent way for Ph.D.s and postdocs to articulate how their skills might add value to organizations that lie outside their traditional disciplinary areas, writes Robert D. Pearson.