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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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 …
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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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Job Seekers, Don't Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Edge for Scholars
For those of you heading on the job market this year, take some advice from Allison M. Vaillancourt, VP of institutional effectiveness and HR at the University of Arizona: This …
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