“Chemists get a doctorate! If you don’t like that, drop out!” First-year students are still greeted with such words. Is that still up to date? 25 years after the Bologna reform was signed, are Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees still not established as professional qualifications in chemistry?
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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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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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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.
“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.
Are scientists paid for talking or doing? Are they problem-solvers or communicators? Good ones need to do both.
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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: write your CV counter-chronologically and use a skill section and a summary, which frees you from chronology
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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. Market value and salary expectations. Name a number, not a range. Negotiations are not just about salary
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