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Exploring Career Opportunities

Private Sector Career Preparation

Articles drawn from the literature to provide information on career options.

Career Development Web Sites

The internet sites listed below provide a starting point for resources that can be of help in preparing for the next stage of your career development.

  • VCU Career Center The Career Center website includes information and features including interview stream (which allows you to practice interviewing on screen) and additional resources available on line. A link to a list of web resources provided by the Career Center appears below.
  • Career Center Science Web Site Resources This site has a variety of links to resources in a number of categories: Career Exploration, Reource Identification Websites, Job Search Sites, Local Employers, National Employers, Organizations and Associations and Additional Resources
  • American Society for Cell Biology
    This is the Career Development site for the American Society for Cell Biology. Several informative publications are available including a two volume “Career Advice for Life Scientists” and “Life Sciences Research and Teaching: Strategies for a Successful Job Hunt.”
  • Science Careers
    This is the Next Wave site produced by the AAAS and devoted to Career Development information for scientists. Complete access to all site features is available to all VCU students.
  • AAAS Careers BookletsAAAS Careers Booklets
  • Naturejobs
    This is the site run by the publishers of Nature which includes information on placements as well as information on issues related to placements, postdoctorals, etc.
  • Tomorrow’s Professor
    This is a site called the Tomorrow’s Professor Listserv which includes a source of information and articles related to various aspects of career preparation.
  • FASEB
    This is the FASEB site which includes a Career Resources section as well as links to the professional societies which constitute FASEB, each of which include career-oriented information.
  • Group on Graduate Research, Education, and Training (GREAT)
    This is the site for the Group on Graduate Research, Education and Training (GREAT) of the AAMC. The site has links to professional societies, information on postdoctoral organizations and issues related to career development.
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education-Chronicle Careers
    This is the archive of articles in the Chronicle Careers series, a continuing collection of short articles on issues related to the grad student, postdoctoral and early faculty years. These appear in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Information on “alternative” career options and a wide range of issues is presented.
  • NIH Career Workshop

    This site provides slide presentations and videos of workshops conducted at the National Institutes of Health to prepare their trainees (at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels) for a variety of career options.

 

Basic Science Career Information