JANE CHIN, PH.D. ∞

Do you fear networking because you don’t know what should come out of your mouth when you first meet someone? It’s one thing to network with other scientists and go right into scientific discourse. It’s another when you’re aiming for a career transition and suddenly find yourself in a non-scientific crowd. We become nervous when [...]

Many science professionals become disillusioned a few years into their careers even when they had their careers planned out. They could not point the scraggly-all-powerful finger the way Emperor Palpatine® could and croak “things are going as I had foreseen.” This is because careers often do not unfold as we plan, especially when most of [...]

Here are three ways to botch your networking efforts: 1. Passing out your business card to every single person you meet at an event. You want to feel like you’ve “networked” and accomplished something, even when you may suspect that your cards will end up in the trash or Rolodex oblivion. 2. Telling everyone at [...]