Many trainees interested in pursuing an academic career path don’t have a clear idea about the hiring landscape in the United States. This quick overview will discuss a few topics: the kinds of institutions, the types of jobs available, and last but not least definitions for funding.
What kinds of educational institutions are there in the US?
There is an official listing which is referred to as the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Submitted By: Amanda Dumsch
Submitted By: Amanda Dumsch
**TWO-PART SERIES — Part 1: Job Overview**
Name: Veronica Irvin
Job Title & Organization: Assistant Professor; Oregon State University, College of Public Health
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
How long you’ve been in your current job: Started in September 2014, so I’m in my second term.
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Name: Elizabeth Grice, PhD
Job Title & Company: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia, PA
How long you’ve been in your current job: 1 year, 8 months
Postdoc Advisor, IC: Julie Segre, NHGRI
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Submitted By: Amanda Dumsch
‘Tis the season for academic faculty job searches. From summer until late fall, the bulk of faculty jobs are accepting applications to fill positions that begin in the fall of the following year. If you are considering this route, here are some things you need to think about:
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As you get ready to end your summer internship or your summer rotations as a grad student, don’t forget to keep in touch.
Submitted By: Lori Conlan
Post written by Lori M. Conlan, Director of the Postdoc Office and the Career Services Center at the OITE This week I had lunch with the first mentor I had outside of the lab environment. In 2006, I had just left my postdoc to join a non-profit in Manhattan—the New York Academy of Sciences. I knew I could do the job running a career development program for graduate students and postdocs, but I was clueless about how life worked in an office. I started on a Tuesday, and by Friday I was sent off on my first business trip to Miami.
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Post written by Sharon Milgram, Director of The Office of Intramural Training & Education.
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Regardless of whether you are planning on applying to Graduate School or Professional school, a successful application requires preparation. If you remember one word from this post, remember “Early.” Take your exams (GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT, etc.) early. Get your letters of recommendation lined up early. Write your personal statement early. Have someone look over your materials early. Submit your applications early. When you get an interview, show up early.
For those applying to graduate school:
Submitted By: peryan79
Do you need to find a job in a geographically limited area far from your current location? Maybe your significant other just found a dream job, or maybe you just always wanted to live in Seattle, WA – whatever the reason, a remote and geographically limited job search poses a distinct set of challenges that require some strategizing to overcome. Here are a few thoughts that may help from a person who recently was searching for a job in Dallas, TX, while living in Bethesda, MD. These tips are useful in any job search, but particularly for conducting a remote search.
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Are you starting to think about finding the perfect postdoc position? First, you need to decide whether you need to do a postdoc at all. Depending on your career aspirations, a postdoc may only serve to delay your entry into your desired career or even hinder your ability to get started doing what you really want to do. However, that is another post for another time.
You have decided that a postdoc is the next step, so here are some key elements to consider: