Career Blog

New faculty members need to allocate their startup funds wisely, and asking around for advice and discarded equipment helps stretch the budget.

If you're looking to make a career change, Nature Jobs notes that's the time to refresh your soft and hard skills — strategically.

Thomas Magaldi, a career services administrator at the Sloan Kettering Institute, describes how he found that career path at Nature Jobs.

At her blog, Dr. Becca details how she plans to deal with low funding as she heads toward tenure review.

An advice column response on dealing with an ogling advisor sparks an outcry.

Foundations that offer research grants often have requirements for submitting progress reports that need to be followed.

As researchers spend more time in postdoc positions, others look for ways to change the system.

A postdoc position is supposed to be a 'stepping stone,' Nature Jobs says.

Graduate students in India are protesting their low pay.

Twitter may not just be a land of over-sharing and self-promotion, but also a place to grow scientific contacts and possibly land a job, Nature reports.

Carol Spencely at the Nature Jobs blog gives CV-writing tips.

The Atlantic examines whether historically black colleges and universities bolster minority representation in the sciences.