by Dan on November 14, 2008

This week's highlights from Around the Blogs include shakes in the lab, confused science journalists and brain tissue from stem (read on...)

by Suzanne on November 11, 2008

In my current position, I had the opportunity to hire a new R&D scientist to join the team. I was excited at being able to build my team and take my time to find the perfect fit for our company. My experience in the process (read on...)

by Nick on November 3, 2008

Where do you want to be, career-wise, in 1, 3, 5 or 10 years? Is the position you are in at the moment helping you to reach that goal, or are you stagnating? These are questions I think everyone should be asking themselves at (read on...)

by Dan on October 7, 2008

An article in last week's Science caught my eye. In An International Plan to Hatch Scientist-Entrepreneurs, there's news that a panel at the summer meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced plans to award five $10,000 (read on...)

by Dan on September 29, 2008

The September 20th issue of Science had a news article that I hope Bitesize Bio readers didn't miss. In case you do however, the article was And Then There Was One: A decade after 26 members of the entering class of 1991 earned (read on...)

by Nick on July 21, 2008

So, you see an ad for your dream job and, of course, decide to apply. But how do you make sure you get it? Your chances of getting any given job are mainly influenced by two things; your technical abilities and how you come (read on...)

by Dan on June 16, 2008

Here's a video that might help prospective grad students out there. I came across it just doing a random search, but it's a 7 and a half minute clip with grad students, faculty and staff of Duke University giving advice for you (read on...)

by Dan on June 11, 2008

In evaluating my own job prospects in a difficult job market and limited by personal circumstances that confine me to a very small region, I have been forced to widen my job search to related disciplines. There just isn't a (read on...)

by Dan on June 9, 2008

Relating to my post last week on jobs in industry, concerning the slight disconnect between jobs in academia versus industry --- the NatureJobs podcast has a special episode this past week from NatureJobs: From Academia to (read on...)

by Dan on June 4, 2008

Last week, Sandra at Discovering Biology in a Digital World had some interesting thoughts on Life science PhD's as industrial strength technicians. What I thought interesting was this bit: This wasn't for a technician job, but a (read on...)