{"id":126,"date":"2018-07-30T16:27:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/search-strategies\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:56:41","slug":"search-strategies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/path-to-career\/search-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Career guides<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Educational%20Materials\/Lab%20Management\/Making%20the%20Right%20Moves\/moves2.pdf\"><strong>Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty<\/strong><\/a>: This book is a collection of practical advice and experiences from seasoned biomedical investigators<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/resource\/career-basics-booklet\"><b>Career Basics: Advice and Resources for Scientists<\/b><\/a>: Seven chapters of career advice from sciencecareers.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WICB_Pub_Vol_I_II.pdf\"><strong>Career Advice for Life Scientists<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Career guides from American Society for Cell Biology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bscp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ASCB-Strategies-for-a-Successful-Job-Hunt-1.pdf\"><strong>Life Sciences Research and Teaching: Strategies for the Successful Job Hunt<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/careers\/career-services.html\"><strong>Career guides from the American Chemical Society<\/strong><\/a> <em>(these guides have some chemistry-specific information, but most offer solid advice for all scientific disciplines. All are available at the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/careers.html\"><em>ACS Career Center online<\/em><\/a><em>):\u00a0<\/em>Employment Guide for Foreign-Born Chemical Professionals,\u00a0And Gladly Teach: A Resource for Chemists Considering Academic Careers, Job Search Strategies for Chemical Professionals,\u00a0Interviewing Skills for Chemical Professionals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Search Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/it-pays-plan-why-you-need-career-map\"><strong>It Pays To Plan: Why You Need a Career Map<\/strong><\/a> by Carol Milano for ScienceCareers.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Your-Official-Job-Application\/135182\/\"><strong>Your Official Job-Application Checklist<\/strong><\/a> by David D. Perlmutter for The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/resource\/career-trends-building-relationships\"><strong>Career Trends: Building Relationships-Mentoring, Collaborating, and Networking<\/strong><\/a> by ScienceCareers.org and AAAS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Conducting-the-International\/127553\/?sid=at&amp;utm_source=at&amp;utm_medium=en\"><strong>Conducting the International Job Search<\/strong><\/a> by Katrina Gulliver for The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/career.gatech.edu\/informational-interviews\">Essential Steps to Conducting an Informational Interview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from Georgia Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/careers\/2015\/06\/choosing-your-postdoc-position\">Choosing your postdoc position<\/a> <\/strong>by\u00a0Elisabeth Pain for Sciencemag.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2014\/06\/30\/use-spreadsheets-to-keep-your-job-search-organized\/\"><strong>Use Spreadsheets to Keep Your Job Search Organized<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2014\/09\/17\/phd-jobs-how-to-transition-from-academia-into-business\/\">PhD Jobs: How to Transition from Academia Into Business<\/a> <\/strong>from Cheeky Scientist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Learning about Companies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu\/az.php?a=v&amp;p=1\"><strong>Vault<\/strong><\/a> has individual company listings include corporate histories, major products, lists of company executives, and fact sheets with sales and employment figures as well as general guides on job searching topics\u00a0<em>(Note: Vanderbilt\u2019s subscription to Vault is provided by the Vanderbilt Career Center. You will need to log in with your VUNet ID and password, then create an individual Vault account to access the content).<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/index.htm\"><strong>Glassdoor<\/strong><\/a> is a resource that provides salaries of people employed at the companies you are targeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Making Yourself Unique<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/how-to-create-digital-letterhead-for-your-departmentjob-search\/27493\"><strong>How to Create Digital Letterhead for Your Department and Job <\/strong><strong>Search<\/strong><\/a> by Brian Croxall for The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/06\/19\/get-job-using-social-media\/\"><strong>5 Clever Ways to Get a Job Using Social Media<\/strong><\/a> by Dan Schawbel for Mashable<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/blogs\/outside-voices-careers\/2012\/04\/25\/5-painless-steps-to-controlling-your-online-rep\"><strong>5 Painless Steps to Controlling Your Online Rep<\/strong><\/a> by Miriam Salpeter for Money<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospace.com\/article\/releases\/career-checklist-for-your-linkedin-profile-\/\"><strong>Career Checklist for Your LinkedIn Profile<\/strong><\/a> by Sandy Jones-Kaminski for BioSpace<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oitecareersblog.od.nih.gov\/2013\/12\/16\/13-best-career-websites-of-2013\/\">Best Career Websites of 2013<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by OITE Careers Blog<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/gradhacker\/first-impression\">Tips on How to Improve E-mail Communication<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0The\u00a0GradHacker blog<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2013\/09\/16\/to-connect-or-not-to-connect\/\">To Connect or Not to Connect<\/a><\/strong> by Kim Petrie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospace.com\/article\/releases\/6-mistakes-to-avoid-making-with-your-linkedin-profile-\/\"><b>6 Mistakes You Don\u2019t Want to\u00a0Make with\u00a0Your LinkedIn\u00a0Profile<\/b><\/a> by Bob McIntosh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>References<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencecareers.sciencemag.org\/career_magazine\/previous_issues\/articles\/2011_01_21\/caredit.a1100005\">The Why\u2019s and What For\u2019s of Employment References<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by David Jensen for ScienceCareers.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Getting-Great-Letters-of\/45570\/\"><strong>Getting Great Letters of Recommendation<\/strong><\/a> by Richard M. Reis for The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/scarlet-letter-tips-obtaining-best-and-avoiding-worst-your-letters-reference\"><strong>The Scarlet Letter: Tips for Obtaining the Best, and Avoiding the Worst, in Your Letters of Reference<\/strong><\/a> by Peter Fiske for ScienceCareers.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfolio.com\/services\/dossier\/\"><strong>Interfolio<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a dossier and portfolio service recommended by fellow trainees in the job search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Once You\u2019re Hired<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/career-advice.monster.com\/in-the-office\/starting-a-new-job\/seven-deadly-sins-for-new-hires-hot-jobs\/article.aspx?WT.mc_n=CRMUS000096\"><strong>Seven Deadly Sins for New Hires<\/strong><\/a> by Larry Buhl for Monster.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Managing the Job Search with Spouse\/Partner<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/The-A-to-Z-of-Dual-Career\/128096\/?sid=oh&amp;utm_source=oh&amp;utm_medium=en\"><strong>The A to Z of Dual-Career Couples by Female Science Professor<\/strong><\/a> for The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/the-awesomest-7-year-postdoc-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-tenure-track-faculty-life\/\"><strong>The Awesomest 7-Year Postdoc or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tenure-Track Faculty Life <\/strong><\/a>by\u00a0Radhika Nagpa<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/07\/12\/156664337\/stereotype-threat-why-women-quit-science-jobs?sc=emaf&amp;goback=%2Egde_2224089_member_134322270\"><strong>How Stereotypes Can Drive Women to Quit Science<\/strong><\/a> by Shankar Vedantam<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/njms.rutgers.edu\/research\/post_docs\/docs\/Postdoctoral_Maternity_Guide.pdf\"><strong>A Postdoc&#8217;s Guide to Pregnancy and Maternity Leave<\/strong><\/a> from\u00a0The National Postdoc Association<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oitecareersblog.od.nih.gov\/2015\/01\/15\/job-searching-while-pregnant\/\">Job Searching While Pregnant<\/a><\/strong> by the OITE Blog (Office of Intramural Training &amp; Education, NIH)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Career Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-academia\/\">Academia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Alternative-Academic-alt-ac\/\">Alternative Academic<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Business-Development\/\"><strong>Business Development<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Clinical-Research\/\">Clinical Research<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Consulting\/\">Consulting<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Data-Science\/\">Data Science<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Defense-and-Intelligence\/\">Defense and Intelligence<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Drug-Development\/\">Drug Development<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-Entrepreneurship\/\">Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/tag\/Career-options-global-health\/\">Global Health<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a 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