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Finding a Job UCSD Resources Starting Points General Resources Resumes, Networking, and the Job Interview UCSD Resources • Career Services Center, Marcy Swain, Graduate Careers Coordinator (534-3750) The Career Services Center provides a variety of resources to assist graduate students with career decision-making, job searching, and finding mentors. http://www-csc.ucsd.edu/studentsalumni/espgrad.htm • Fellowship Information, Office of Graduate Studies and Research Information about graduate student fellowships: Greg Llacer, 534-3556; information about postdoctoral fellowships: Jennifer Oh, 534-6632. http://www.ogsr.ucsd.edu/fellowships Starting Points • Getting a Job This is a pdf file containing a draft chapter on finding jobs. This document was written by Fran Berman (Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSD) for the CRA Workshops on Academic Careers for Women in Computer Science and Engineering. http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/berman/files/jobs.pdf • Getting the Next Job (University of Western Ontario) This is an excerpt from the Web site "Survival Skills for Graduate Students." The questions and links provide a useful starting point for the thought process that should begin an effective career search. http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/network.html • Landing an Academic Job This essay includes many useful tips and provides a point by point analysis of the steps that form the job search. The essay is written by Jonathan Dantzig of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://quattro.me.uiuc.edu/~jon/ACAJOB/Latex2e/academic_job/academic_job.html General Resources • Career Center (Nature) A wide range of useful career resources from the journal Nature. http://www.nature.com/naturejobs • "Next Wave" (Science) Collection of career-related information http://www.nextwave.org • Employment links for the Biomedical Scientist This well organized Web site includes links to a variety of pages relevant to job hunting. Examples of links range from positions advertised in Nature to search firms ("headhunters") and online postings of resumes. http://www.his.com/~graeme/employ.html • On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services This is another "comprehensive" site with links to well over 200 locations with job ads, recruiting agencies, etc. http://www.job-hunt.org • Career Planning Center "The Career Planning Center (CPC) for Beginning Scientists and Engineers is the "one-stop shopping" location for job openings and the guidance and information needed to make decisions about education and career choices." http://www4.nationalacademies.org/osep/cpc.nsf • Science Job Search Engine "scijobs.org is now the largest internet source of biology jobs, chemistry jobs, biotechnology jobs, and other science jobs!" http://www.scijobs.org • Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources This Web site provides links to a variety of job-related searches. The site is easy to navigate and also identifies Top Sites by categories of "highest rated", "most popular", and "newest". http://www.phds.org Resumes, Networking, and the Job Interview • Resume and CV service (Science) A premier on-line service dedicated to help scientists find top quality jobs in the life sciences industry and simultaneously aid employers in filling job openings. http://www2.sciencecareers.org/resumes/asp/indexA.asp • Networking on the Network An excellent essay on networking, community-building, and how to get a job. (written by Phil Agre, Department of Information Studies, Univ. of California, Los Angeles). http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/network.html • Job Interviewing Strategy (Network of Emerging Scientists) Checklist of things to do for a successful job interview. http://psyche.uthct.edu/nes/intervu.html |
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