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General Resources

• Biomedical & Life Sciences Career Fair
• Business Etiquette for Ph.D.'s
• Expanded Career Opportunities Narrated Presentation - get ideas on how you can go about seeking out alternative career paths
• Guidelines for Using Recruiters and Search Firm
• On-Campus Recruiting: Guidelines
• Online Assessment Resources
• Science Careers - This AAAS site includes articles on a range of career issues for scientists, including grant-writing, academic career advice, career transitions, diversity and work life issues.  It also includes position announcements and a site where job applicants can store and post application materials.
• MyIDP - A feature of the Science Careers AAAS website, myIDP
  • Exercises to help you examine your skills, interests, and values
  • A list of 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones best fit your skills and interests
  • A tool for setting strategic goals for the coming year, with optional reminders to keep you on track
  • Articles and resources to guide you through the process
• The Versatile PhD is a web-based community dedicated to helping PhDs, ABDs and MAs apply their skills and interests in a wide variety of fields. Career Services is a founding subscriber and pays for student access to The Versatile PhD's premium content (Career Autobiographies, Hiring Success Stories and Archived Career Panels).
• Articles from The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Education
  • From CV to Resume
  • The CV Doctor and The CV Doctor Returns - sample CVs and resumes
  • The One Year Plan  
  • Opting out of Academic Science
  • Preparing for the Non-Academic Interview
  • Switching Sides
  • Following the Non-Academic Career Track

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Careers in Industry

• Postdocs in Industry
• How Large Pharmaceuticals Hire Scientists
• New York Academy of Science - Science Alliance
• Preparing for a Career in Industrial Research
• Pharmaceutical Business Development: A Scientist's View
• Large Companies with Defined Postdoc Programs
  • Pfizer Neuroscience
  • Genentech Research Organization
  • Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Roche
    
• Industry Research Guides from Lippincott Library
  • Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
  • Energy Industry
  • Technology/Communications Industry

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Additional Careers for Scientists & Engineers

• Alternative Careers within the Ivory Tower
• Alternative Science Careers website - a one-stop shop for opportunities and options for science PhDs and Postdocs
• Careers in International Organizations
• Employer Presentations from the 2010 Biomedical and Life Sciences Career Fair
• Get insight about alternative careers in The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Beyond the Ivory Tower" advice column
• Harvard Career Services - many links to useful resources on alternative careers for science and engineering PhDs and Postdocs
• PhDs.org: Nonacademic Careers
• ScienceCareers.org: Nontraditional careers webinar

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Field-Specific Information

Business & Consulting

• Consulting
• Business
• Careers in Biotechnology Startup (PowerPoint presentation by Career Services)

Environmental Policy

• Environmental Policy webpage from Career Services

Finance

• Careers in Finance for non-MBA Graduate Students
• Society of Quantitative Analysts
• "They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street" - NY Times article on Quantitative Finance

Government & Public Policy

• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
• Making the Move into Science Policy
• National Institutes of Health - Office of Intramural Training and Education
• Presidential Management Fellowship
• Science Policy - Establishing Guidelines, Setting Priorities

Other Fields

• Patent Law and Tech Transfer
• Science Teaching as a Profession
• Careers in Scientific, Technical, or Medical Writing and Editing
• Other Careers in Writing
• Medical Science Liaison

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Resources for:

• Physicists
• Mathematicians (AMS website - advice and resources on academic and nonacademic careers)
• Chemists (note this ACS portal for career counselors has a helpful overview of biotech/pharma and green careers)

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