You Can’t Always Get What You Want, But It’s Worth a Try!
The Edge for Scholars
Ready to get your first job? Not sure how to best advocate for yourself while still being reasonable? Here are a few tips.
0
Comments
2
Likes
152
Views
Summer Reading: What's Popular in the Edge Library
The Edge for Scholars
Here's what's been flying off the shelves of our "analog library" of career development books.
0
Comments
5
Likes
468
Views
Not that Kind of Summer: Tales of Preparing for Academic Job Season
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: Do the prep work before job season starts.
0
Comments
4
Likes
1247
Views
Dr. Stephen Korn on NINDS Workforce Development
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
A storified version of Dr Stephen Korn's talk at Vanderbilt on Workforce Development. Excellent pointers on grantsmanship, new funding mechanisms for trainees and more!
0
Comments
1
Likes
485
Views
Career Success Strategies for Researchers in Academic Medicine
Ryan Outman
How does one prepare for a career in academic medicine? And once hired, how does one move up?
0
Comments
1
Likes
117
Views
Our Obsession with Tenure
Inga Chira, PhD, CFP®
Chasing tenure translates into a life people outside the academic do not understand. I am often amazed by the importance professors place on their tenure above their families, their sanity, and their lives. Everything will be OK, tenure or not.
3
Comments
5
Likes
574
Views
Is Your CV Making You Look Like a Chump?
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
CVs are a fabulous way to frame your skills and interests with institutions you are interacting with professionally. The Fighty Squirrel highly recommends you personalize each CV you send out …
1
Comments
4
Likes
2702
Views
If I'm a Minority Recruit, Is It Tacky to Point Out There are No Other Minority Faculty?
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Around the Twitter world today, a kindly trainee had been offered an awesome job (woot!). BUT, and there's always a but, there were no other minority hires in their department/…
0
Comments
0
Likes
514
Views
Exercising Your Professional Brand at Conference Interviews
Rebecca Helton
At Vanderbilt, we've been doing a lot with professional branding lately. What you wear, what you do, and how you speak, sit, and walk all say things about you and …
0
Comments
2
Likes
513
Views
The Dirty Truth: Passion Isn't the Only Ingredient for Success
The Edge for Scholars
Although passion is often thought to be a necessary ingredient for success, we all know it’s not the only one. If you’re passionate about handwritten letters, but everyone …
0
Comments
1
Likes
344
Views