...Career and skills development can happen anywhere, whether you realize it or not. In the lab, you could...you could be honing your science communications skills and networking. And on social media, you could ...Read all careers blog posts Read our transferable skills guide Resources on Addgene.org Find job listings...

...suitable careers based on your current interests and skillset. With this information in hand, you can then formulate...formulate a plan to further develop your transferable skills and reach your career goals.      Although myIDP...Makes a Good Manager Anyway Developing Transferable Skills During Science Training ...

...boards and check them regularly Use your research skills to determine which job boards list positions interesting...clearly generic cover letters that expound on bench skills and experience. Most Addgene PhD level job descriptions...should also be customized to highlight different skills and to get the important information in the right...

...forming a different constellation of interests and skills than what fits for applied research. I focus in...consider an internship or a short program to build skills and connections. AAAS offers a summer program that...are a lot more planets to choose from. Put your skills and interests into your backpack, and step out ...

...on interesting topics Having strong non-science skills is important for success Must always justify use...Likelier to hire on general talent and not specific skills <- Can move between the two (helps to know the...want to go will help you focus on the transferable skills that you will need to get there. Additional Resources...

...graduate school help prepare you for the roles and skills necessary to be a succesful entrepreneur? As a ...focus in graduate school usually) is one of the key skills required to achieve success in this business. A...team must work well together, have complementary skill sets, and “talk a good game." Mike recommends that...

...mentoring less mysterious and train the participants in skills useful for future mentoring relationships.   If...want to find mentors to help them develop their skills and to hold them accountable for their development...chance to practice leadership and communication skills. The leader also provides materials such as pre-reads...

... her current position at Fred Hutch because her skill set wasn’t matching up with the local job postings... were jobs that I didn’t seem to have the right skills for in terms of PR types of things or communications...Besides working through the tough assignments, the skills that Susan  finds important for her work include...

...volunteers as well. 4) Blog - Hone your writing skills Take the DIY approach and start a blog. Stellar...outreach, it also helps you to hone your writing skills and make a name for yourself. Pick a topic that...institutions and the Royal Society gives training in media skills, writing about your research and residential communication...

... might enjoy doing it. I’ll also talk about the skills you’ll need to do well as a healthcare consultant... experts. Hence, active honing of communication skills is a must to be successful in this field. Personally... in reviewing literature, and critical analyses skills were applicable to my cases. I can directly use...

...controls, or mixing clear solutions—public speaking is skill that any scientist can learn.  Any time you give...front of a real audience Good, even great, speaking skills can be attained by almost anyone with enough practice...over time you can master this important science skill. Additional Resources Joanne's "How to Choose...

...mentored advanced training to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue his ...and should be able to take steps to broaden their skills beyond those required at the lab bench. At Addgene...university publication, improving your general writing skills will help you in your academic publishing goals...

...colonies is an integral part of any bacteriologist’s skill set. So when Dave Westenberg taught this concept...Want to level up your or your class’s streak plate skills? Find the chromoprotein expressing plasmids here...

...insufficient (or no) emphasis on developing transferable skills to enable pursuit of these diverse opportunities...discussed, the organizers are building valuable skills and meeting new people by working together on the...

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... To continue to foster my science communication skills, I took on TA positions, tutored fifth graders,..., like mine, that help support academia but the skills researchers gain doing PhDs (i.e. technical writing...

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... achievements, capabilities, courses and office skills. I removed my techniques and protocols, courses...Have they sought out opportunities to expand their skill sets?", “Have they succeeded in what they have done...

...game where they would use their logic and strategy skills to apply those concepts and understand how therapeutic... the students also had to practice transferable skills like team building, collaborative critical thinking...

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...individual development plan) from Science to identify skills to work on for the next steps in your career. Update...figures for papers or presentations. Learn a new skill for analyzing and visualizing your data, such as...

...Crowdfight will: 1) Find an expert with the right skill; 2) Confirm the expert’s suitability and availability...about remote collaborations Read our Transferable Skills Guide article about external collaborations Resources...

...programming, you’d be wise to start working on these skills. Neuroscientists use lots of cool tools While walking...there’s likely some way you can use the tools and skills you’ve developed in your current work to make new...

...developing reproducibility workshops and organizational skills. Meanwhile, Addgene was also thinking about ways...Addgene blog: Check out this guide on Transferable Skills: External Collaborations Learn about the 2018 Minisymposium...

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...also beneficial to hone your non-technical writing skills by writing for science-outreach organizations or...work to a non-technical audience is an important skill for every scientist. After all, scientific research...

...demands attention, practice, and honing of your skills from the start. Just like with any sport, hours...Some Ways to Improve Your Science Communication Skills 5. Practice makes perfect, apply for small grants...

...through on your commitments. Assertiveness is a skill that will help you to resolve both personal and ...excellent resource to learn more about assertiveness skills is Dale Carnegie’s book “How To Win Friends and...

...MDH in semester one and then proceed to use those skills to design and carry out their own novel experiments...capabilities and laboratory and critical thinking skills (Knutson et al., 2010a,b). Classroom-based research...

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...feedback with your actions     Use active listening skills such as the PAC Method. P = demonstrate patience...

...has shown to me - it requires an awful amount of skill,  time for which most researchers wouldn't have....

...realized that there is now a huge pool of highly skilled scientists, willing to volunteer their time and...

... learned the basics of lab safety, general work skills — such as using Google workspace — and got the ...

...embrace serendipity fosters adaptability, a crucial skill for a successful research career, whether within...

...a few other posts about developing transferable skills while in grad school Resources on Addgene.org...

... science writer, writing is just the one of the skills Hans uses for his job. “I am really more of a multimedia...

...know-how, and helped develop my science communication skills. Ultimately, my degree prepared me to be exactly...

...cells. Harrington et al tested GeoCas9’s editing skills by transfecting HEK293 cells with GeoCas9 or SpCas9...

...interested in this field excel and develop their career skills for positions both inside and outside academia....

...first year of the course involved a whirlwind of skill acquisition. Classes covered filmmaking, podcasting...