"Companies play favorites. You're either one of the favored few, or you're an orphan stepchild, all depending upon where in the company you work."

I’ll take a good résumé or CV over a perfect one any day of the week because the good one can be done in a short time, allowing plenty of time for networking -- indisputably the single most important step in a job search -- whereas writing the perfect document could take you (and your CV or résumé) out of circulation for months.

The puritanical reverence some people have for science may be a good thing, but it can sometimes lead to bad career choices.

It is entirely possible, and in many ways preferable, to develop a job-seeking style that reflects your core values and allows you to be authentic.