As I was finishing my PhD I knew I wanted something different — something more than
a traditional research career in academia or industry.
Not exact matches
Research from Birmingham University suggests that lastborns tend to venture into
traditional business roles only if other family members have chosen different
career paths.
But for physicians interested in
research careers, the
traditional residency route has a major disadvantage: a 4 - to 5 - year gap between graduation and the next opportunity for additional
research training.
Edited by biotech consultant and entrepreneur Dr. Cynthia Robbins - Roth, this book features the stories of 23 people who have moved from the
traditional career path of
research science to a host of different
careers.
Although it is too early to evaluate the impact this will have on
research careers in Spain, the FJI expressed some concerns: «We deem it necessary to take steps to prevent candidates with poorer records from using the PCD [system] to bypass the [
traditional selection] procedure [for permanent staff], and to avoid the creation of two layers of «1st class» (civil servant) and «2nd class» (non-civil servant) appointees.»
While the professional life of Spanish academics broadly goes through the four
traditional phases of predoctoral researcher (Ayudante), postdoctoral researcher (Ayudante Doctor), lecturer, and finally permanent
research staff, it is early stage and transitional stage
career scientists which have been identified as the most vulnerable.
Even if the IOM recommendations are fully and effectively implemented, this timing could make it hard to assess the impact of the changes on trainees»
career outcomes — whether the skill set IOM is advocating create new
research leaders or scientists who struggle for jobs in a marketplace that still values more
traditional standards of success.
Some degrees focus primarily on course work; the more
traditional Master's includes
research and a thesis; and the newer approach mentioned by Ortega — the professional Master's degree — aims at preparing students for more specific
careers, such as bioinformatics, biotechnology, environmental geoscience, forensic chemistry, industrial mathematics, and many other options.
But three changes in the medical establishment over the past 2 decades have made it very difficult for
traditional M.D.s to pursue
research careers.
Science
Careers described the burgeoning field of climate change
research, which is attracting more public - and private - sector money, and which offers opportunities that cross
traditional scientific disciplines.
This is particularly difficult when many of today's senior scientists have built their
careers the
traditional way, by publishing highly cited
research papers.
The report nicely illustrates that «excellen [t] science» is the sole selection criterion,» regardless of whether the
research fits any pre-established ways of thinking or
traditional fields of science, Schäfer, who also leads an interdisciplinary group at the University of the Basque Country's Institute for Polymer Materials in Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain, writes in an email to Science
Careers.
Whether you are training as
traditional Ph.D. student, an EngD student, or a postdoc, a
career in energy
research requires a combination of advanced technical skills and creativity.
Launch a grants program for institutions to develop «innovative approaches» to complement
traditional research training, for example, by preparing young scientists for
careers in industry or science policy.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF, a Science
Careers sponsor) supports
research that cuts across the
traditional biomedical and physical - sciences boundaries.
Naffziger, Richardson - Stovall, Williams, McGee, Beyond Mentoring — Academic Career Coaching as a Supplement to the
Traditional Training of Biomedical PhD Students, 5th Annual Conference on Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in
Research Careers, May 2012
Potential employers and experienced members of the Society representing a wide range of
careers, both in
traditional research and medicine - oriented fields, and in non-
traditional fields such as intellectual property law, science policy, and science education, are on hand to speak with trainees in an informal atmosphere.
However, a declining interest in a faculty
research career may also imply a greater divergence between students» interests on the one hand, and the academic orientation of
traditional PhD curricula as well as advisor expectations on the other [8].
«Three lessons rarely taught» by Dr. Piotr Wasylczyk [1] describes important concepts about
research work and the
traditional academic
career, that he learned during his extensive education.
The California Performance Assessment Collaborative (CPAC) is launching an official state pilot where participants have opportunities to learn from one another and deepen practice; find common ground despite discrete approaches to performance assessment; engage in
research and documentation of various practices; and ultimately, inform state policymakers about the supports and conditions needed to broadly implement high - quality graduation performance assessments that can serve as a viable alternative to
traditional measures of college,
career, and civic readiness.
Withdrawal of brokerage firms from the equity
research business + downward pressure on fees + investor reallocation toward index investing have made
traditional active management considerably less lucrative than it was during my working
career.
If this poll shows ambivalence among associates about partnership and concerns about how the process works, earlier
research bears out that the remoteness of partners and tough demands made of senior lawyers are turning junior lawyers away from the
traditional career goal.
At the
research seminar where these findings were reported, the dean of law at Northwestern University observed that «the study highlights the need for schools to break down silos between law, business and other programs to prepare students for
careers outside of
traditional practice».
In addition to the
traditional career working in a library, many librarians use their
research skills in database development or even as freelance information brokers.
Provide Links to Students» Online Profiles Just as students look online for recruiters» links at
traditional career fairs, links to students» online profiles provide recruiters an opportunity to
research students and identify the professional qualities they seek in new hires.
Polish it up in the
traditional sense — with the help of
career services employees (if you're a college student) or with my help if you no longer have access to
career services employees on your college campus — but keep your
research in mind.
Our In - House
Research Group and partner recruiters are able to develop in - depth charts plotting
traditional career paths for individuals who have accepted similar kinds of positions coming out of school.
The most
traditional route into a
career in science is an undergraduate degree and sometimes postgraduate study, especially if you want a
career in
research.
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