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Build Your Résumé From the Bones Up
Taking a fresh look at how you tell your workplace story may help renew your zest for research, affirm your value and steer you in the right direction, Victoria McGovern writes.
Embracing the Intermissions in Life
Nana Lee explains why graduate students and postdocs shouldn’t worry that taking a gap year will disadvantage them in their professional development and career.
The Many Phases of Networking
The truth is that how you interact with people may change depending on where you are in your career and the type of support you need, writes Anne Meyer-Miner.
Putting an End to Abusive Workplaces
How do we optimize the learning environment in academic research labs, Patrick Brandt asks, and what must we do when the environment is toxic to trainees?
9 Ways to Avoid Job Search Fatigue
Looking for a job is draining, writes Olga Koutseridi, who gives advice for how to stay energized throughout the process.
Under-the-Radar Professional Skills
Dinuka Gunaratne and Jaya Dixit offer strategies for working effectively with graduate supervisors as well as employer managers.
Shaping Policy in STEM Education and Workforce Development
Early-career scientists should have a say in developing the policies that can help them in the short term as well as benefit the scientific system in the long term, writes Adriana Bankston.
An Explosion of Valuable—and Free—Support
Access to great advice and resources to help you navigate your professional development and job search has never been easier, writes Chris Smith.