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"Now I understand why Microsoft Office products have all those collaboration features that I never found useful in the academic lab. My general impression is that academic labs are into producing soloists. Industry, however, wants orchestra players."

It's an atmosphere of mutual interest you need to fuel and maintain.

"Personal branding is not about presenting a false image. It is about understanding what is unique about you--your accomplishments, experience, attitude--and then using that to differentiate yourself from other job hunters. Your brand is your edge in the job market." --Levinson and Perry

Even if you're dealing with the world's biggest jerk, he's likely to be the jerk
in charge.

When scientists transfer their "just the facts" CV style into their industry applications and résumés, that's just plain wrong.

Leaving academia, like leaving a burning building, tends to work better with a little foresight.

Recruiters work in a Wild West atmosphere. Few laws govern their conduct and their relationships with candidates.

"Teamwork is the business-world equivalent of 'plays well with others' in kindergarten."--Judy Heyboer

"If you feel that you have a nice, stable career in front of you, then you're the ideal candidate for a career review. That's because there is no such thing as career stability. There is only career growth or career decay."

A busy manager can't be so shortsighted as to look for only smarts.

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.

How one man's career change helped him keep his self-respect, make a few bucks, and have a blast on the business side of science.

PREVIOUS COLUMNS A few years ago, Dr. Jim Bylund was studying gene expression in Bacillus subtilis, working as a...

A biotech job search can be frustrating, especially if you live away from the biotechnology 'hot spots.'

Here's what happens when you send in your C.V.

Ups and downs continue during Scott Jackson's interview at ABC Technologies.

Answering these six questions can help you choose your career path without having to make major course corrections.