Career Magazine

Issue for November 29, 2002

Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Contract Employment: Keeping Your Options Open

By:

Linda Wong

"In the clinical research industry, for example, contracting is an extremely valuable mechanism through which you can gain a wide range of experience in many different therapeutic areas"

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Issues and Perspectives

Issues and Perspectives

Ethics and Policy Mini-Features

By:

Katie Cottingham

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Changes in PhD Training Proposed

By:

Eick von Ruschkowski

"The competitiveness of our doctoral training on an international level is of crucial importance to the future of German academia" --Prof. Karl Max Einhäupl, Chair, Wissenschaftsrat

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The Job Market

The Job Market

The Job Market

Arbeidsmarktnieuws november 2002: Jonge onderzoekers--competent talent?

By:

Hanne Obbink

"Jonge wetenschappers hebben in vergelijking met pas afgestudeerden hun analytische vermogens verdiept maar nogal eens als 'te kritisch', 'te solistisch' en 'te weinig pragmatisch' beschouwd..."

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Issues and Perspectives

Issues and Perspectives

Issues and Perspectives

When Is a S&E Workforce Shortage Not a Shortage?

By:

Richard Weibl

One skill that workshop participants agreed future S&E workers will absolutely need to demonstrate is agility.

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Demanding More Scientists

By:

Jim Austin

Developing a domestic workforce requires addressing demand, not supply.

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

The Academic Consultant: Planning Your Business

By:

Stephen Cheung

"One of the true essentials of developing an academic consulting business is determining a systematic plan for growth."

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Issues and Perspectives

Issues and Perspectives

Issues and Perspectives

Ethics Resources

By:

Katie Cottingham

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Take the Bull by the Horns

By:

Phil Dee

You want things to run smoothly and students to get the message, not to stick to your schedule at all costs.

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Come Edit the Next Wave US Site

By:

Next Wave and Science. Staff

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Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Hughes Cuts Researcher Grants As Endowment Takes a Hit

By:

David Malakoff

After enjoying years of soaring research spending fueled in part by an economic boom, some life scientists are being told to tighten their belts. A major blow landed last week, when the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the world's largest private research philanthropies, confirmed that it will trim spending by about 10%, or $100 million, over the next 2 years.

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Career Magazine

Issue for November 29, 2002

Contract Employment: Keeping Your Options Open

Ethics and Policy Mini-Features

Changes in PhD Training Proposed

Arbeidsmarktnieuws november 2002: Jonge onderzoekers--competent talent?

When Is a S&E Workforce Shortage Not a Shortage?

Demanding More Scientists

The Academic Consultant: Planning Your Business

Ethics Resources

Take the Bull by the Horns

Come Edit the Next Wave US Site

Hughes Cuts Researcher Grants As Endowment Takes a Hit

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