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Laia Crespo accumulated academic, industry, and business credentials as she built her career as an investment manager.

When you're unemployed, it's essential to keep your skills and connections fresh. The best way to do that is to keep on working.

Is it a good idea to propose a safe research project to NIH or NSF, then use the money for riskier work?

Your parents may have told you that you're special, but the job market requires some humility.

A few scientists are going to great lengths to make everything they do in the lab transparent, often in real time.

The rules and conventions of authorship are ever-changing and rarely clear, but early-career scientists need to master them.

The job search is immeasurably aided by good, transparent writing.

Faculty who teach science to nonmajors promote science literacy while finding space in the classroom to unleash their creativity.

The idea of intentionally manipulating Earth's climate remains controversial, but research is under way to assess the pros and cons.

Advances in neuroimaging technology have fueled an explosion of research -- and research careers -- exploring how the brain processes social information.

Jim Gardner follows a career as a medical writer with another as a corporate sleuth.

Young physician-scientists must learn to thrive despite a divided culture and rigid, anachronistic institutional structures and expectations.

The deeper your idea cuts into the heart of a field, the more your peers are likely to challenge you, and only time will reveal whether your work is transformative, incremental, or wrong.

Your chances of finding a job are immeasurably better if you are considered a candidate and not a mere applicant.

Being viewed as an outsider can happen to anyone, and it can have devastating career consequences.

Early-career scientists who want their research to inform policymaking need to learn how to navigate the public arena and communicate effectively.

A successful job search involves more than posting your resumé on the Web. Here are some pointers for honing your job-seeking skills.

The key to a successful job hunt is to precisely target particular jobs and to demonstrate that you can solve the hiring manager's particular problem.

One factor common to scientists working in all parts of the translational realm is the ability to truly collaborate with people across disciplines. Listen to four scientists at a 2009 workshop organized by Science Careers discuss their own transdisciplinary approach.

Voluntary activities such as helping to organize conferences offer early career scientists opportunities to gain new skills and broaden horizons.