Employers have moral values
Moral considerations are always deeply personal. Don’t push these aside, but ask yourself: Do your development perspectives and moral values fit with this employer?
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Career resources
Small or large
In a workshop on the topic “Your path into industry,” we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of future employers. “More money, more jobs, more opportunities” is how Bertrand summarises the arguments for large companies.
The pitch email
“When you write to someone you don’t know yet, how do you do it so that you get the other side’s attention?” Consider the brevity of your introduction and the entire email as your work sample: will it be a time-waster to engage with you or a well-prepared, efficient interaction? Babblers mostly babble in both written and spoken form.
Chemistry for laypeople
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
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Ask someone who knows
The order in your CV: write your CV counter-chronologically and use a skill section and a summary, which frees you from chronology
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The order in your CV
The order in your CV: write your CV counter-chronologically and use a skill section and a summary, which frees you from chronology
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The core of your presentation
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
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Salary and contract negotiations
Salary and contract negotiations. Market value and salary expectations. Name a number, not a range. Negotiations are not just about salary
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Check and cross check
We discuss cover letters. How do I know I sound like someone with a genuine interest in that very employer?
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Talking-or-doing
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.