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Positive Communication in Your Career Conversations
Laura N. Schram highlights six actions you can take to improve your professional relationships.
Why Do We Talk Badly About Ourselves?
Students and postdocs generally lack confidence in their own abilities, writes Joseph Barber, or at least lack practice in communicating those abilities to others.
Staying Organized During a Job Search
Derek Attig provides tips for keeping track of both important information and your time.
Leveraging Luck in the Job Search
Luck may play a part in various aspects of a job search, writes David A. McDonald, but you can have much more influence over the process than you may realize.
Sometimes It's Good to Get Away
Grad school brings its own anxieties, and when they are weighing you down, a retreat may be what you need, counsels Victoria McGovern.
Supporting Grad Students Who Have Partners and Families
A menu of programs and supports could help draw and keep top talent, writes Kay Kimball Gruder, who offers some specific suggestions.
When Your Career Path Intersects With Alcohol
Natalie Lundsteen offers advice for graduate trainees and postdocs negotiating the dos and don'ts of drinking alcohol at professional events when potential employers are present -- and watching.
Navigating First-Gen Career Pressures
Helen Pho provides insights to help lower the anxiety such students often feel when pursuing a Ph.D.