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May 17, 2013

It's Not Always the Best and Brightest (Part 2)

Often, the people who get noticed are the ones who get hired.

May 15, 2013

The Value of a Ph.D. In an Economic Recession

In the United Kingdom, recent Ph.D. recipients have weathered the recession in better shape than most.

May 14, 2013

Content Collection: myIDP

myIDP is a free, Web-based career-planning tool that was created to help graduate students and postdocs in the sciences define and pursue their career goals.

May 03, 2013

A Prison Sentence for Altering Data

A British scientist is going to prison for 3 months for falsifying data.

May 03, 2013

How to Succeed in Industry by Really Trying

What Dow Chemical's chief technology officer looks for in new employees may not be what you think.

April 29, 2013

Hal Salzman

Why do industry leaders and policymakers continue to argue that there is a domestic shortage of STEM talent despite numerous reports to the contrary?
 

April 26, 2013

Canada to Scrap Points System for High-Skilled Immigration

Canada is now moving toward high-skilled immigration based on employment, according to the newsmagazine Maclean’s.
 

April 23, 2013

A STEM Labor Market Expert Analyzes the Proposed Immigration Bill

Ron Hira testifies that the proposed bill falls short of addressing problems with H1-B and other high-skill visa programs.

April 19, 2013

It's Not Always the Best and Brightest

To get hired, you have to get noticed.

April 19, 2013

The Immigration Bill and the High-Skill Job Market

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the newly proposed immigration bill is bad news for job seekers.

April 12, 2013

Opening Industry-Academic Partnerships

Forming collaborations between academia, industry, government agencies, and private organizations can offer benefits to all parties.

April 05, 2013

Should Scientists Consider Health Care Careers?

While opportunities in computer science are likely to be strong in the coming years, there's another area with lots of science-related jobs: health care.

March 29, 2013

Whites No Longer Overrepresented in Youngest Scientist Cohorts

Underrepresented minorities increase their share of faculty posts at 2-year colleges, while Asians rise at 4-year institutions and in industry.

March 27, 2013

"We Are the World"

Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.

March 25, 2013

Want a Great Scientific Career? Choose Computer Science

A BLS analysis suggests that most of the growth in science careers over the next decade or so will be in computer science.

March 20, 2013

Making Sense of Your Self-Assessment

Once you've thought hard about your skills, interests, and values, it's time to narrow the range of career options you ought to consider.

March 18, 2013

The New Cartographers

As maps have changed, so have mapmakers.

March 15, 2013

Human Resources Interviews

You may be comfortable talking with scientists, but interviews with Human Resources are a different beast.

March 12, 2013

A Law (Not) Unto Itself

Lawyers, like scientists, struggle to find jobs.

March 05, 2013

Plodding Progress for Women, Minorities in Science

A recent NSF report finds that efforts to improve the representation of women, minorities, and people with disabilities in science and engineering are slow going.

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