Job Market

Science jobs are concentrated in areas where R&D spending is highest—and R&D spending is concentrated in just a few areas

There's no point in actively trying to get headhunted, but that doesn't mean you can't try to develop the qualities that people who do get recruited possess

A new study suggests that there is no single way to achieve success in science

Interviewing for a job in a foreign country poses special challenges

Rachael Allbritten and Aaron Manka started off pursuing academic research careers, but they ended up investigating research crimes

The key to attracting young people into science is vibrant and visible opportunity

A Spanish couple tells how they became scientists by day and socially committed actors by night.

Funding bodies and research institutions need to give multidisciplinary research more respect, says an opinion paper from Science Europe

As an institution’s chief detective for enforcing research ethics, the research integrity officer must blend investigative, bureaucratic, and scientific skills

A data visualization tool from the U.S. Census Bureau connects college majors to the occupational groups they populate

Australian postdoc Lachlan Gray is working at the crossroads of virology and neurology to combat HIV brain infection

A graduate student and a Twitter software engineer team up to write an article showing that on average, elite labs run by men are not women-friendly

At ESOF 2014, two career sessions organized by an emerging initiative explored the career-support needs of Ph.D.-holders

Elite male scientists trail both elite women and non-elite men in hiring female graduate students and postdocs