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NOBCChE
The 2018 National Conference will be held Sept. 17-20 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, 9939 Universal Blvd., Orlando, Florida.
CONFERENCE AGENDA (click links below for specific programming)
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & ROOM REGISTRATION (click links below)
NOBCChE
Register TODAY for the ACS Career Pathways Workshops
at the NOBCChE National Conference on Sept. 20.
AAAS
Welcome to the student travel award application process for the 2019 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM. The ERN Conference is cosponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human Resources Programs (EHR) and the NSF Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. on February 21-23, 2019.
A limited number of travel awards are available for students who are selected for poster or oral presentations at the ERN Conference.
The 2019 ERN Travel Award covers the conference registration fee, housing, airfare, and ground transportation. The conference will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, and will end at midnight on Saturday, Feb. 23.
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NPR
Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was poor, living "paycheck to paycheck."
After a meningitis outbreak in her Las Cruces neighborhood nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different neighborhood. At her new school, young Acevedo knew no one. Until a classmate convinced her to become a Brownie Girl Scout.
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The New York Times
Bonnie Ross, head of Microsoft’s Halo game studio, says, “You have the power to bring new worlds to life.” Maya Gupta, a Google research scientist, advises, “Don’t just solve the problem, write the code.” And Lisa Seacat DeLuca, a distinguished engineer at IBM, suggests, “If you can imagine it, it’s possible.”
They are among the women featured in a public service campaign, debuting Monday, that encourages girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math.
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CNBC
While hiring managers hate all resume lies, a recent survey finds some lies are worse than others.
In a recent survey jobsite TopResume asked 629 professionals to rank the most serious of 14 categories of resume lies. Nearly all respondents, 97 percent, said they'd reconsider candidates with any type of lie. Nearly half those surveyed were HR professionals, recruiters or hiring managers.
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Forbes
You probably know that STEM majors tend to be the most lucrative. But did you know what major tops the heap? It’s actuarial science, according to a new Bankrate report.
Actuarial science majors bring home an average annual salary of $108,658. And although that’s not the highest average pay out there, the job outlook is a good one, with an unemployment rate of only 2.3 percent.
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Science
Choosing where to do your Ph.D. or postdoc can be a career-defining decision. There are probably myriad places where you could have a truly rewarding experience, but getting it wrong can have dire consequences. Finding a good spot is a personal thing — a great fit for someone else may not suit you at all — so it is essential that you go into your search with a good idea of what you want.
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Business Insider
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for connecting with recruiters or those in your network who could help you to the next stage of your career.
Unless, of course, you're scaring them off before they can even connect with you.
Career coaches Marc Dickstein and Evangelia Leclaire shared with Business Insider a few of the most common mistakes that people make on LinkedIn.
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Bustle
It's no secret that women in STEM still face a difficult struggle to reach gender parity. Many women working in science, technology, engineering and math report everything from "boy's club" hiring practices to toxic working environments. STEM fields, like many other industries have a long way to go before they're properly gender-equal. And a new study published in Nature by female geoscientists and engineers diagnoses the problem more thoroughly — and offers some pretty brilliant solutions.
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