DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS Perhaps you've been through a few job interviews and you're wondering, as I did, whether there might be some other agenda by which the companies you've met with make their decision...
Tooling Up, Dave Jensen DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. One of the tasks that I love is event planning. For me, there is nothing better than seeing a group of attendees walk away from a function with a recharged attitude and a wh...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS PREVIOUS COLUMNS A job search can be an all-consuming process. So can writing a thesis. But neither one stacks up against raising kids; now that is a commitment. This month's colum...
Tooling Up, Dave Jensen DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS It's extraordinary how much advice is available in printed form and on the Internet about the interviewing process. I've been reading this material for 2 de...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS In the last couple of months, Tooling Up has presented a wide variety of marketing tips optimized for the scientific job seeker. My previous two articles (see related links) discus...
Tooling Up, Dave Jensen DAVE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OFSEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL IN SEDONA, ARIZONA PREVIOUS COLUMNS It's the single most common interview question there is--and yet it really isn't a question. It's also a phrase that can come at you unexpectedly, most often when you are thinking about something else. Perhaps you've just shared a cab ride with another conference attendee who h...
DAVE IS THE FOUNDER OF SEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL, SEDONA, ARIZONA, A KELLY SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES COMPANY PREVIOUS COLUMNS Yes, those books you've read are correct. Interview preparation is important-- very important. However, there is one thing that many books don't tell you: Although most homework in this department is very beneficial, there is a certain type of interview preparation that is a...
DAVE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL IN SEDONA, ARIZONA PREVIOUS COLUMNS "I've never felt so alone," the candidate confided in me. This woman was in the process of an extended job search, and the recent rejection letters were sending her into an emotional downslide. My client company had added to this burden--the job wasn't a good fit, and I had just delivered the bad new...
DAVE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL IN SEDONA, ARIZONA PREVIOUS COLUMNS Have you ever been to one of those big gatherings of motivational speakers, where people like Norman Schwarzkopf and Christopher Reeve get on stage with Zig Ziglar to raise the roof with 20,000 screaming real estate and automobile salespeople? If you haven't, you should try it sometime, because it is...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS On interview day, one applicant totally ignores Jim, Dr. Kumar's assistant, who sits in front of the Director's office. Jim--who in most offices is actually Sally, or Jan, or Suzie...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS "I've decided that I'd like to target industry for a job, but I am having trouble locating employers in the regions I've identified. Sure, I know the names of the big ones. The are...
DAVE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL IN SEDONA, ARIZONA PREVIOUS COLUMNS A red flag went up for Sherri as she scanned the e-mail from a human resources manager who had invited her in for an interview. Although the agenda wasn't all that unusual, it included a "Group Interview" segment right after her seminar presentation. She called to ask the HR manager for more details,...
DAVE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL IN SEDONA, ARIZONA PREVIOUS COLUMNS I've noticed for many years that a fair number of people achieve their career goals faster and without the agony that many others experience when looking for these same opportunities. I believe that this is because these unique people have learned to focus by making a single-minded pursuit out of the...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. One of the tasks that I love is event planning. For me, there is nothing better than seeing a group of attendees walk away from a function with a recharged attitude and a whole lot of new ideas. Ho...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS I recently attended a regional meeting of the Association for Women In Science (AWIS) and had an enjoyable day speaking with a mix of industry scientists, professors, grad students...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A SCIENTIFIC RECRUITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL RECRUITING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS We've all heard the horror stories: The job-seeking scientist who found that every new employer initially interested in him lost interest after checking his reference...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS I recently read an alternative view of investment advice. One part practical and one part paranoia, this stock newsletter asserted that sometimes it is best to do exactly the oppos...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS A Guide to Exploiting Opportunities How do you define luck? Webster defines it this way: a "chance happening of fortunate or adverse events." It's a cliché, but some people just se...
DAVID G. JENSEN, A WRITER AND SPEAKER ON CAREER ISSUES WORLDWIDE, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CAREERTRAX INC., A BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING FIRM LOCATED IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. PREVIOUS COLUMNS In the first part of this networking series, we followed the progress of Janice, a postdoc, as she made her way through a difficult networking phone call. That phone call was a "Pe...
DAVE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEARCH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL IN SEDONA, ARIZONA PREVIOUS COLUMNS In my last Next Wave column, I introduced the topic of entrepreneurism and described how there is a lot of common ground between scientists and entrepreneurs. My point was that you don't have to leave the lab, or even academia, to understand and contribute to the entrepreneurial side of science. And ...
