Career Advice

For some of us, it may be uncomfortable, difficult, impossible or even dangerous to share certain aspects of our lives, writes Lauren Easterling, who offers advice on how to deal with such situations with potential employers.

For poor students of color, college contributes to the very inequality people have been taught to believe it erases, argues Blaque Robinson.

Marc Muneal's experience at a corporate trade show made him realize it's time to rethink academic travel and professional development.

Conversations about expanding options for working remotely are just a beginning when it comes to the future of academic telework, argues Marissa Greenberg.

Tamara Yakaboski describes some of the tools she's used to help graduate students discover their own answers to academic and career questions.

In a job search, don't make work experiences outside your home department during graduate school sound less important than they are, warns Laura N. Schram.

We should hold each other and ourselves accountable for the oppression we perpetrate, argues Jennifer M. Gómez.

Mentors can use a number of pedagogical techniques, and recent developments in the realm of scientific publication have provided new opportunities, writes David A. Sanders.