Laboratory meetings are part and parcel of the research experience. Regularly meeting with your colleagues can foster collaborations, build a sense of community and help with problem-solving. Every group does things in its own way, but meetings usually involve presentations from one or more team members, discussions of relevant papers and updates from the institution.
Informational interviews should provide a networking opportunity for both parties.Credit: SeventyFour/iStock via Getty Informational interviews are informal opportunities to share or seek information. These chats can cover all sorts of topics, from switching disciplines or moving countries to potential job openings and collaborations. Most importantly, they are the mechanism that makes networking — the building
In 2019, after quitting a faculty job in response to bullying, I co-founded the Academic Parity Movement with environmental activist Saya Ameli Hajebi. We built the organization to give researchers somewhere to turn when their own institutions did not listen to or, worse, betrayed them. Seven years and several thousand case reports later, I have
Credit: keport/iStock via Getty A free webinar on how to use artificial intelligence in science job applications is now available to view on demand. The live event, hosted by Nature’s Careers team in June, investigates AI’s growing role in science recruitment, and how jobseekers can use it responsibly and effectively to draft CVs, cover letters
Geopolitical unrest, rising costs of living, research funding cuts and a widespread sense of decreasing trust in science have put early-career scientists everywhere on edge. World events have added to the uncertain job security of up-and-coming researchers and graduate students, many of whom face defining choices that will shape their career trajectories. Among them are
