Career Book Bargains for Holidays
Just thought I'd throw in a note about the Kindle mania that is at least temporarily causing some authors to lower their book prices - and you don't even have to have a Kindle to save money. For example, all…
for UW PCP
PostDoc Stories (background, situation, emotions, solution, lesson) and resources http://www.benchfly.com/blog/my-postdoc-story-junior-faculty-member/ http://www.benchfly.com/blog/my-postdoc-story-start-up-company-scientist-anonymous/ http://www.benchfly.com/blog/my-postdoc-story-staff-scientist-27andaphd/ http://www.benchfly.com/blog/backing-out-of-a-postdoc-offer-for-a-better-on/ (followed by a series of links to articles of interest to postdocs) http://biocareers.com/tv/career-path-leaving-bench-tapping-your-inner-entrepreneur 2012 webinar on leaving the bench (also see a list of other articles here on…
Is Your Resume Obsolete?
Our online identities are increasing in importance just as our resumes are declining. This REALLY interesting article in the Wall Street Journal/Careers explains that more employers are going beyond resumes to source candidates for their positions. It's like a huge…
Saving the “Academic Core”
Last month, I wrote "Why Academics Need a Career Plan B (And Maybe Plan C)" for Job-Hunt, and unfortunately, it's already time to update it. The University of California-Berkeley emailed everyone on campus this week that 280 more jobs have…
Non-Academic Employment Trending Up
A survey by CareerBuilder, one of the larger career/recruiting companies, reveals "stronger employment trends" in 2011, and it is echoed by a number of positive employment reports in various local Business Journals (see below). While the figures are not extraordinary,…
Lower Expectations of Higher Education?
In a blog post* titled, “Some Higher Education Facts, Good and Bad,” Mike Mandel looks at the share of U.S. college grads with advanced degrees (rising to 35% by 2008), but he found that the percentage of doctoral degrees had…
Controversy in the Ivory Teapot
Check out this series of comments by the "intelligencia" when they opine about how many students should dance on the tip of an ivory tower (imagine the metaphor). Well, what the Chronicle folks actually asked was, "Are Too Many Students…