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GREAT is now transforming its committee on postdocs into a body that will have its own independent, university-appointed membership, elected leadership, and meetings.

"When you have happy employees that know that you care about them, they're more loyal and work hard to show you that they can make things work." --Donna Davila

How should you spend your time if your goal is to be a successful, well-rounded, happy person?

"I have no doubt that I would have more published papers if I didn't have my family, but I wouldn't be as happy as I am now, by any stretch." --Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Boston University

"Substantially more scientists and engineers graduate from U.S. universities than can find attractive career openings in the U.S. workforce, [and] the postdoc population, which has grown very rapidly in U.S. universities and is recruited increasingly from abroad, looks more like a pool of low-cost research lab workers with limited career prospects than a high-quality training program for soon-to-be academic researchers." --Michael Teitelbaum

"It's like the television show
The Apprentice: If you see someone for 6 weeks, you are a lot more convinced that they are the right fit for your company than if they turn up for an hourlong interview." --Rebecca Dowsett, University of Nottingham

Sometimes, accepting a contract position is what an employee needs to jump-start a career.

"We are trying to define new syndromes and new diseases in human genetics," says M.D.-Ph.D. Heather Mefford.

Like any big undertaking, writing a thesis is easier if you break it down into smaller steps.

The single most important evidence of productive research in industry is the development of research applications that can return value on shareholders' investments.

These techniques can help you identify important contributors--and potential collaborators--whom you and others may have overlooked. That's a very good thing for science,
and it's good for your career.

If you want to find hidden value in the market for employment, you have to cast a wide net.

Evaluating all the options is a lot of work, so allow time to do it properly and start well in advance.

Here's a list of podcasts featuring writers and subjects of Science Careers articles.

Much of my research life--the papers (there were so many), the books, the drafts--is now off to be melted down, or whatever they do at recycling plants, and made into new paper.

"Functionally, there's no unemployment of geoscientists right now." Cindy Martinez, American Geological Institute

When protons start colliding next month at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, Turkish particle physicist Bilge Demirköz will make sure physicists see what happens.

Talking to journalists for the first time is often a sink-or-swim experience, but preparation can improve the odds that your scientific work is disseminated accurately to the public.

Do acculturation experiences give scientists from atypical backgrounds an
advantage in an era of team science?