Job Search

Dr. Olga
Gurkovskaya

Why have I been asked these questions during a job interview? A Hiring Manager's Perspective

Do you sometimes wonder why a hiring manager asks you certain questions and what responses he wants to hear? Here, I am offering to look at the job interview process from the hiring manager's point of view. While it may not provide all the answers you are looking for, it may allow you to understand ...


Dr. Olga
Gurkovskaya

Navigating Career Choices in a Changing World: Challenges and Considerations

In our younger years, many of us strive to make the best out of our lives. I am sure that most people start hearing their first career advice early in childhood, sometimes even before they go to school. Do you not believe me? How about “To achieve something, you have to work hard.” Or “You hav...


Amy
Loriaux

Best-Laid Plans: Transitioning to Industry From Academia By: Amy Loriaux, Ph.D.

I had it all planned out, starting from graduate school going all the way to professor emeritus. A career as a tenured professor, a post at a distinguished institution, maybe a chair of a reputable foundation. A lab full of graduate students and postdocs eager to learn. And, most importantly, answer...


Marielena
Mata

The wait is over. I got a job!

Job searching is humbling to say the least but the worst part is the wait.  You have developed the skills; you have crafted your CV and cover letters; you have applied to the jobs; you interviewed and now you wait.  It has been six months since I lost my job and the wait for that call to confirm I...


Cheshta
Sharma

I followed my passion and learnt skills on the way….

Taking control of how you want to spend the rest 30-40 years of your working life and then lead a happy and successful retired life, is something that I would like to suggest to everyone, irrespective of your career stage. Although, one should start preparing for the career well ahead of time, but i...


Holly Brevig

Unique Career Opportunities

In one of my blogs, I briefly wrote about career options and provided a table with various career types and organizations to find these careers.  I wanted to focus on what I thought were unique opportunities that I did not know about when I was in graduate school.  Just as a quick background, I wa...


Holly Brevig

Resume Writing Services

When I was nearing the end of my graduate degree, I visited the career center on campus.  Yes, the career center, which many PhD students don’t use.  I heard that there was a particular individual at the career center who had experience improving the resumes of PhD students. I wasn’t sure what...


Alice
Gruber

Applying for Legal Permanent Residence in the Us and Understanding the Visa Bulletin

The US Visa Bulletin comes out monthly and you can sign up for it to be emailed to you (see the very bottom of the bulletin for how to do that).  It is also available at this link - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html It can be very confusing to understa...


Caroline
Ceniza-Levine

Networking From Scratch

A reader of my recent networking post gave me a follow-up challenge: I’ve been to so many lectures or read articles and they all say the same thing. Rely on your network or use your network to accomplish this or that. What they all overlook is explaining how you obtain that network in the first...


Alice
Gruber

USCIS Policy Updates

On June 9, 2021, USCIS issued three new policy updates as follows: 1) clarification of expedited processing; 2) improve requests for RFE’s and NOID’s; and 3) increase the validity of initial and renewal EAD’s.  This 3rd policy update is likely to be of most help to foreign nationals, as many ...