Top 10 Things to Never Say to Your Thesis Advisor

10.  What do you mean, come into work?  It's only noon. 9.  Actually, I think it'd be more appropriate for you to be my teaching assistant. 8.  Academia isn't really the right path for me, because academia isn't really the right path for … [Continue reading]

The Top 10 Most Memorable Lessons And Things I Learned In Grad School

What I Learned Overall While Pursuing My PhD After reading the article, “3 qualities of successful PhD students: Perseverance, tenacity, and cogency”, as well as Phillip Guo's PhD Grind Epilogue/20 memorable lessons, I decided to write a series of … [Continue reading]

Grad Student Advice Series: How To Network and Add Value To Yourself and Others

Part 1: The Dire Need to Network While In Grad School or Academia It’s Not What You Know It’s Who You Know That Matters Why is networking so important? Well, the short answer is that it all depends on what your objectives are. For example, some … [Continue reading]

Graduate Student Advice Series: 7 Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

How To Stand Out From The Crowd Competition for jobs after graduate school is brutal. Whether you are staying in academia or moving to the business world, you are going to need every advantage. Doing great work in your field is advantage number … [Continue reading]

Graduate Student Series: Why Not Seek Out And Hire An Executive Coach?

My Story I’m a coach and I’m not sure I would have hired a coach when I left graduate school. First, there weren’t any coaches back then. I was fortunate; however, to have a great manager who spent a tremendous amount of time training and mentoring … [Continue reading]

Top 3 Worst Practices in a New Position

Worst practices that will limit your chance for advancement. Guest Blogger Coach Cay Villars Written October 1, 2012, Published On October 5, 2012 A few years ago I taught a program, Best Practices for High Impact in a New Position, to … [Continue reading]

One Step At A Time: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry

Industry-Academia Interactions: Bridging the Gap By Ryan Raver **This is a very complex and deep topic, hence the reason for the long, informative blog post** With Stagnant NIH funding for the past decade or so, and dim job prospects, PhDs in … [Continue reading]

The Present Day “Post-Doc Crisis”

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