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Developing Strategic Thinking Skills in Grad School
Recognizing and capitalizing on opportunities to hone those skills will allow students to elevate their value as they enter the workforce, writes Dinuka Gunaratne.
Cultivating a Sense of Belonging for Graduate Students
Equity and social justice are key, argue Jaye Sablan and Bill Mahoney.
Career Shock: What It Is and Why You Should Care
Irina Filonova explores the role that chance plays in our careers and how to harness the power of happenstance to ensure your future success.
A Word to the Wise
Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan and Mark Kaloko offer three self-advocacy strategies for professional development coaches.
Build Your Résumé From the Bones Up
Taking a fresh look at how you tell your workplace story may help renew your zest for research, affirm your value and steer you in the right direction, Victoria McGovern writes.
Embracing the Intermissions in Life
Nana Lee explains why graduate students and postdocs shouldn’t worry that taking a gap year will disadvantage them in their professional development and career.
The Many Phases of Networking
The truth is that how you interact with people may change depending on where you are in your career and the type of support you need, writes Anne Meyer-Miner.
Putting an End to Abusive Workplaces
How do we optimize the learning environment in academic research labs, Patrick Brandt asks, and what must we do when the environment is toxic to trainees?