Featured Webinar
Facts and Fiction: Careers in Industry and Academia
Date: September 22, 2010
Time: 12 noon Eastern Time (9 a.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. GMT)
Trying to figure out the next step in your career? Join us for a roundtable discussion that will look at facts and fiction surrounding academic and industry career options for PhD-level scientists. Get some nuts and bolts advice on how to research career options, what questions to ask, and how to best prepare for various careers.
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Produced by the Science/AAAS Business Office and Science Careers.
Webinars
Science Careers and the Science/AAAS Business Office now offer online educational seminars. With each Science Careers webinar we'll bring you unique perspectives on topics that directly impact your scientific career. Through these presentations, we hope to contribute to the dialogue surrounding all aspects of global science, as well as introduce you to new facets and arenas of scientific endeavor that you might not come across in your day-to-day work.
Forming part of the multimedia component of the ScienceCareers.org website, these webinars are provided to you free of charge through the generous support of a variety of sponsors.
Other webinars focusing on scientific technologies can be found at the Science Webinar Series page.
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