Careers Articles

With the start of the academic year around the corner, an assistant professor shares advice from senior academics

Adopting the right mentality is crucial, our columnist writes

It’s designed to keep you moving, even if you decide a particular career isn’t right for you

How a researcher’s experience as a mentee shaped her approach to mentoring

Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t

The career development professional who arranged meetings between academics and recruiters at the EuroScience Open Forum shares some tips

At the EuroScience Open Forum, a research group leader discussed PIs’ responsibilities to their postdocs—and what postdocs can do to help themselves

How this grad student is getting comfortable with self-promotion

Our columnist offers some tips for getting good recommendation letters

A speaker from this year’s EuroScience Open Forum shares his advice

Transferable skills extend far beyond the lab

Job seekers need to consider company culture, our columnist writes

For major NIH research grants, women and men have similar funding trajectories but important differences in renewals

To maintain a rewarding career, be open to change

A new report describes an “ideal” future but doesn’t show how to get there, our columnist writes

Get curious and try stuff, this life design expert advises

After her postdoc, this scientist built an editing business while traveling the world

For dual-career academic couples, the challenges are real—but the situation isn’t hopeless

What this professor wishes she had known—and done differently

“It's hard to see yourself in a career where you don't see other people who are like you”

Restaurants were too limiting for this researcher, so he decided to try something different

Writing these letters can be tricky, but our columnist’s tips can help

The Grad Student Slack group is a “peer-support dream team”

The root is called "maternal wall bias," this professor discovered

Putting in the work ahead of time will pay off in the long run