Not that Kind of Applicant Review: Tales of Your Application in the Clutches of a Search Committee
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: It takes forever because search committees are made up of academics.
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Not that Kind of Job Applicant: Tales of Self-Discovery in the Job Application Process
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: There are more jobs out there than you think.
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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.
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Not that Kind of Summer: Tales of Preparing for Academic Job Season
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: Do the prep work before job season starts.
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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!
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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?
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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, …
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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 …
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Exercising Your Professional Brand at Conference Interviews
Rebecca Helton, MA
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 …
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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 …
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