Careers Articles

Last month’s Survey of Earned Doctorates report highlights job commitment trends and salaries for recent graduates

As a friend’s faculty career comes to an untimely end, our columnist reflects on the potential disconnect between what researchers want to research and what funders want to fund

These tips will help you keep pace with fast-moving employers

Navigating leave policies can be tricky, so postdocs need to be proactive and investigate all their resources

A fictional scientist’s struggles reveal much that is real about being a doctoral student

The ‘trainee’ designation has broad implications, noted speakers at the Future of Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training meeting earlier this month

As internship opportunities expand, doctoral candidates reap the benefits

Science demonstrations—even if they don’t show what scientists actually do—are surprisingly effective, our columnist learns

Being listed in a “Wastebook” can be scary, but researchers come out unscathed—and find that it can actually be a useful learning experience

This advice from our columnist will help you navigate the ethical pitfalls that can arise when you're looking for a job

Improv exercises can help scientists improve their public speaking skills

It’s time to look beyond supposedly objective metrics, our columnist writes

The author of a new study of biomedical funding explains why he’s optimistic about young scientists’ futures

Putting together applications and seeking nominations can bring their own professional rewards

Papers with female first authors receive 10% fewer citations than comparable work published by men, according to a new study

Early-career researchers share their strategies for balancing work and life

Ph.D. holders reflect on how their careers have developed at NIH’s 10th annual career symposium

Trainees may lack some polish, but advice that job seekers shouldn’t act like grad students and postdocs rubs our columnist the wrong way

Disabled academics face formidable challenges, but with more awareness, many could be addressed relatively easily

That requires developing skills in three important categories, our columnist explains

These tips and tricks will help make your conference trips fruitful—and fun

Industrial job seekers need to understand today’s fractured, fluid corporate research landscape

Jennifer Sheridan uses data to encourage department chairs to tackle workplace climate issues, which harm quality of life and diversity

Our columnist experiments with a new online plugin that simplifies literature searches

A new interactive infographic illustrates the career trajectories of Ph.D. holders in the U.S.