This post was written by guest blogger Pat Sokolove, PhD, Deputy Director, OITE; AAAS Policy Fellow, 2003 – 2005; Health, Education, & Human Services Selection Panel Member, 2006; Chair, 2008 – 2009. The online application system for AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships is now open; the deadline is 5:00 pm (EST), December 5, 2013. The AAAS materials are exceptionally clear, but potential applicants always have questions. Here are some of the questions I hear most often. Am I a good candidate? AAAS selection panels adhere carefully to the published evaluation criteria. That means that your science counts most (40 points)! You need to demonstrate a credible publication record for…
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Preparing to Negotiate Non-Academic Job Offers
In our last blog post we talked about negotiating for an academic job search. This week, we will highlight tips for negotiating any non-faculty position. Like last week, this blog post is intended to give you an overview of how to prepare for negotiations. For more in-depth information on negotiating for non-academic job offers, view our video here. Salary: Salary is probably the first thing on everyone’s mind when they think about negotiations. The biggest question you have is “are they paying me fairly?” For the most part, organizations are not trying to low-ball you. It doesn’t make sense to pay you so far under market value, that you leave…
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Preparing to Negotiate an Academic Job Offer
If you have been following our Calendar for Career Success, October is the month to prepare yourself to negotiate a job offer. Because the preparation for negotiating an academic position versus a non-academic position is so divergent, we are going to cover them in separate blog posts. This week, we will give a brief overview of how to prepare for negotiating academic job offerings. For more in-depth information, watch the videocast or view the slides from the latest OITE workshop on negotiating an academic job offer. As you prepare to interview for academic jobs, it is important that you are preparing to negotiate an offer for those positions as well. …
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Spotlight on Safety: New Hands-on Course Aims to Reduce Lab Accidents
Post written by guest blogger Diana Masselle from the NIH Division of Occupational Health and Safety Science can be a dangerous job, no matter where you work. At the NIH alone, there are hundreds of preventable injuries each year and researchers have the most injuries. I wanted to lower the rate of research-related injuries so I developed a hands-on lab safety course, “Lab Safety Refresher- LIVE.” (If you can come up with an acronym for “LIVE”- leave it in the comment section and we will announce the best in a later post). Many researchers have the attitude that “it won’t happen to me”. Regardless of where you work or how…