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Forbes
The U.S.' development as a global leader is largely due to the creativity and dedicated work of the country’s scientists, engineers and innovators. In an increasingly complicated world, success is achieved not just by the things we know, but by what we can do with what we know.
This is a fundamental reason why today’s youth must be sent out into the working world with the knowledge and skills to tackle tough problems, the ability to collect and analyze evidence and understand data.
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Science
Gisèle Muller-Parker writes:
The phone rang in my university office. “I’m pleased to tell you that we’re funding your grant,” the program officer at the U.S. National Science Foundation told me. I was elated. I’d spent years trying to win support for my project on sea anemones — and now I could actually do the work. But hours later, I received another call — also from NSF, responding to an application I had filed four months earlier.
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Fast Company
When it comes to first-round job interviews, you’ll probably answer some version of the question, “So, tell me about yourself.” Experienced hiring managers love asking this question. After all, it allows them to assess your communication skills, hear your narrative about the highlights of your career, and lay the foundation for follow-up questions. Your answers will ultimately shape their judgment on whether or not they will hire you.
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ScienceDaily
Although women have made important contributions to science throughout history, they have consistently been underrepresented at all levels. Now, data from a four-year study of institutional "report cards" undertaken as part of the New York Stem Cell Foundation's Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering suggest that although a growing number of women are training in the sciences, efforts to promote and maintain women in more senior scientific roles are still largely inadequate.
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By Hank Boyer
 In America, just under 15% of the population relocates each year. Some relocation is local and regional, although a good portion (at least 20%) is relocation outside the region. Unless you are relocating outside the area as part of a job transfer or retirement, chances are high that you’ll need to find employment in your new city. So, how do you go about conducting a remote job search? Here are five things a relocating job seeker could do, most of which require just a bit of planning to do them effectively.
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Phys.org
The First-year Research Immersion program at Binghamton University, State University of New York has proven that young college students are capable of leading real research. And according to a new study, students in FRI do better when the instructors who oversee their projects are provided extra training.
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Fast Company
Alexandra Levit writes:
Fifteen years ago, I was a twenty-something living in New York, who had narrowly survived my first two jobs in the professional world. I’d been a high-achieving college student who was almost fired twice before a manager took pity on me and sent me to leadership training. Inspired to teach other clueless entry-level workers what I had to learn the hard way, I wrote a book called They Don’t Teach Corporate in College.
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