- Tips for Conquering the Literature
As a new graduate student, I struggled with identifying the most relevant papers, organizing interesting publications, and remembering why I flagged an article as “Super Important!!!” months after I read it. I’ve synthesized a few tips for taming the task:
1. Identify relevant a...
- Not that Kind of Interview: Tales from the Second Visit
After all the applications, the interviews, and the agonizing waiting game, you have been invited for your second interview/visit. Of all the variable processes you have encountered up until this point, this portion is fairly straightforward and fun. These have been our experienc...
- Writing in Academia: An Interview with Helen Sword
Helen Sword has made a career of studying how academic writers write. You may know her from The Writer’s Diet book and online test to tell if your writing is flabby or fit. Maybe you've tried to emulate the elegant expression of ideas surveyed and analyzed in Stylish Academic W...
- How to Use ResearchMatch To Ignite Recruitment
Want to make use of a FREE national recruitment tool to find study participants?
ResearchMatch is a disease-neutral, institution-neutral recruitment resource with over 140,000 volunteers registered and willing to participate in research. ResearchMatch currently serves over 7,0...
- Resilience as a Common Trait in Researchers
This encouraging article in the NY Times reminded me of a question that was asked by an undergraduate student eight years ago. “What is the most important skill for a career in science?” I was a new PI and a panelist for our undergrad career night. I blurted out “resilience," and...
- Not that Kind of Candidate: Tales from the Interview Gauntlet
In my last post, I discussed what you can do to prepare for your first interview, but what does the interview entail? Here, I have compiled my experiences, as well as those of my fellow tenure track academic job-seekers. As always, n=me and a few of my friends.
General outline: ...
- What’s a BATNA?
[caption id="attachment_3226" align="alignright" width="199"] Na na na na na na na na na na na na BATNA! It's pretty powerful.[/caption]
If you’re on the job market or about to make a big purchase, you may have heard the term BATNA. It means Best Alternative To Negotiated Agree...
- Not that Kind of Visit: Tales of Preparation for Your First Interview
The day has finally arrived! After all your hard work in screening through potential positions and writing compelling documents, your application has survived the mysterious candidate selection process and you have been selected to interview for a faculty position in Your Favorit...
- How to Keep Your Trainee Tables So Your Grants Manager Will Love You
You may not have trainees yet, but when you do, you’ll need to start keeping track of them. At some point, you’ll be asked to serve as a mentor or otherwise be involved with an institutional training grant. NIH has specific characteristics and outcomes they want to know about y...
- A Project Management Approach That Works
Problem: A picture is worth a thousand words….
The Goal: Implement a project management strategy that allows you to easily organize and synthesize data, track progress and strategize future efforts.
Enter my strategy…the Storyboard! I admit it…I am a Storyboard junkie! ...
