It’s not just scientists….

March 7th, 2010

Lots of people are being forced to rethink and rewrite their careers in the face of a changing business landscape.  Check out Finding a New You — Reinventing Your Career After Being Laid Off from ABC news.

Creating a Scannable Business Card

March 3rd, 2010

Great new article from ScienceCareers.org -

Creating a Scannable Business Card

Want a Career in Sales? Guess What – You Already Have One

March 1st, 2010

Check out my latest article -
Want a Career in Sales? Guess What – You Already Have One at the ACS Career blog series.

What Water Do You Live In?

February 23rd, 2010

Another of my articles has been posted on the ACS Career blog.  Check it out!

What Water Do You Live In?

I would be especially interested in comments from people in various countries that were not mentioned – how are things handled in your country?  Please post in the comments.

Careers in Science Writing, Editing, Broadcasting, and Public Relations

February 13th, 2010

ScienceCareers just published a list of resources for scientists interested in these careers on their blog at blogs.sciencemag.org/sciencecareers/2009/02/science-writing.html .  They always have great stuff, so I would encourage you to check it out.

New Job Board

February 10th, 2010

There’s not much here yet, but it might be worth keeping in mind for the future.

http://www.greatlabjobs.com/

What job boards do you find useful?  Post them in the comments.

Misery Loves Company…..

January 19th, 2010

Another of my articles was published on the ACS Careers blog.  Check it out….

Misery Loves Company, so Get Some Company and Get Rid of the Misery.

The Future of Business Cards?

January 14th, 2010

Interesting article over at Forbes…..another way to go paperless?

Business Cards 2.0

Hidden Work of a Different Kind

January 11th, 2010

Another of my articles was posted on the ACS Careers blog – check it out.

Hidden Work of a Different Kind

Video Job Searching Advice

January 7th, 2010

On a tip from Bill Suits, I checked out the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2228sHOD5eY&feature=player_embedded#

which has some pretty good, though basic, advice on interviewing.  While video interviewing is not being adopted as fast as some people thought, perhaps videos of interviewing advice will.  :-)

There is a whole series of videos from this group, which are linked to in the lower right corner of the screen.

Check them out!