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Resources for bio-types

Sabine Hikel — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:22:21 +0000

Just wanted to let you folks in the life sciences know about a site I learned about this week called BioJobBlog, a blog that covers alllll kinds of career-related topics for bioprofessionals. It was started by a guy named Cliff Mintz, who got in touch with me to let me know about his site. Cliff has some big plans for catering to the postacademic crowd, so watch this space for further updates. Cliff is the guy behind Bioinsights, a company dedicated to training scientists moving into the private sector. He also let me know about a social media site called BioCrowd, which looks like Facebook for scientists and bioprofessionals.

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Post-academic careers for scientists

Sabine Hikel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:54:22 +0000

Some people have asked me — in very kind terms, of course –what qualifies me to work with people who are coming from scientific fields, when I was trained as a mere social scientist. My reply is that science folk are looking for answers just as much as humanities and social science people, and my approach — to not feel constricted by your disciplinary background — seems to suit them.

But a reader at Brazen Careerist sent me a link that the scientists among you probably will appreciate quite a lot. It’s called Uncertain Principles: Physics, Politics, Pop Culture. You’ll find there are a number of transcripts of interviews with scientists working outside of academe (and no, they’re not all in big pharma, either). The non-scientists among us can also glean some stories of how networking, luck and timing played in their career trajectories.

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Science PhDs are post-academics, too

Sabine Hikel — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:19:53 +0000

It’s been one of those kinds of weeks, dear readers, so the blogging has been a bit thin around these parts. I figure, though, that it’s better to give you two link roundup posts in one week than to just leave you dangling with nothing, right? Here’s a collection of some of the nifty, relevant stuff that’s come my way this week:

You know who’s faring well in the current economy? PhDs who know their way around numbers.

In fact, here’s a PhD who knows his way around numbers and eventually became a professional poker champ.

And then there’s the neuroscientist who became a horse trainer.

And now for something completely different: do you know about Yogademia? It’s a great blog written by a woman who’s a mere 9 months away from finishing her Ph.D. (go, Kiki!). Part of her mission is to create work-life balance in academia–I know, a tall order, but Kiki seems totally up to it.

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