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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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EurekAlert!
Many women in doctoral degree programs in fields like engineering and physics are in a class of their own - and that's not a good thing.
A new study found that the fewer females who enter a doctoral program at the same time, the less likely any one of them will graduate within six years.
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By Hank Boyer
 An informal survey of HR professionals, hiring managers and recruiters identified eight attributes they most wished their candidates would prove in an interview. Truth be told, most employers hope that the first two or three candidates they see will all be A-players, eminently qualified, and hungry for the job. That way they can fill the opening with an A-player and move ahead with the next opening. With this in mind, here are the characteristics employers wish their candidates possessed or demonstrated during the interview.
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Science
As the new academic year begins, you might be sorting through reading lists for your classes. Here, Science Careers offers our version of the back-to-school reading list: recommendations for nine books that have helped researchers navigate their work and careers. Happy reading!
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The New York Times
Facebook has been criticized in recent years over revelations that its technology allowed landlords to discriminate on the basis of race, and employers to discriminate on the basis of age. Now a group of job seekers is accusing Facebook of helping employers to exclude female candidates from recruiting campaigns.
The job seekers, in collaboration with the Communications Workers of America and the American Civil Liberties Union, filed charges with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday against Facebook and nine employers.
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The Seattle Times
An increase in the number of college students choosing computer, math or statistics majors may help the U.S. labor market amid a shortage of science, technology, engineering and math talent.
The share of bachelor’s degree holders in the U.S. age 25 and over who majored in computers, math or statistics rose to 4.7 percent last year from 4.2 percent in 2009 — an increase of nearly 1 million students over the period, and 224,000 alone in 2017, according to Census Bureau data released recently.
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Inside Higher Ed
Academics who have recently been on the job market know that “job season” can actually extend over several seasons. Job ads often begin appearing in the fall, but first- and second-round interviews may not take place until the winter or even the following spring, and new positions may also become available during those months. This ongoing job season requires a lot of preparation, as well as the use of skills that can be practiced and honed as you apply for jobs.
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