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Career Information


Become an email mentor or find one using MentorNet - an Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science.

Look for jobs and post your resume in the online ASPB Job Bank.


How to Approach Phone Interviews from ASPB News, May/June 2008

Annual Meeting Career Workshops
The Women in Plant Biology Committee presented two career workshops for the ASPB annual meeting, Plant Biology 2006. A podcast is available of both workshops separated by speaker. The podcast was sponsored by ASPB's Membership Committee.

2005 Career Workshop 1 - Where are the other jobs? (facilitator - Judy Brusslan) Speaker Bios
Science administration/government/not-for-profit - Rita Teutonico
Industry - Bala Karunanandaa
Government labs - Pat Okubara
Publishing/writing - Crispin Taylor
Patent law/tech transfer - Beth Hood
International organizations/NGOs - Joe Tohme

2005 Career Workshop 1 -Getting and Keeping a Job workshop (facilitator - Pat Bedinger) Speaker Bios
Networking/Seeking Opportunities/Finding Vacancies - Carl Bernacchi
Application Letters/Resumes/CVs - Nick Ewing
Seminar presentation skills - Marianne Laporte
How to interview - Dan Bush
Negotiations - Laura Olsen
Politics/Mentoring - Mary Lou Guerinot

Notes from 2002 Career Workshop I - Where are the Jobs?
A Day in the Life of Steven R. Thomas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A Year in the Life of Susan Koehler a APHIS Biotechnologist
A Day in the Life of Kay Walker Simmons National Program Leader, Grain Crops, USDA, Agriculture Research Service
Kan Wang's CV Associate Professor, Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy
A Week in the Life of Mary Tierney, University of Vermont Faculty Member

Notes from 2002 Career Workshop ll - How to Get the Jobs
John Howard - Resume Writing
Ken Feldmann - The Risks and Benefits of Industry and Academia from the Perspective of the Bench Scientist
Becky Boston - Letters of Recommendation, Some things to think about
Judy Brusslan - Presentation Skills: How to Sell Yourself
Ken Keegstra - Interviewing and Negotiations


CAREER LINKS

ASPB Job Bank

Why We Do What We Do: Plant Biologists Discuss Their Career Choices - A Collection of Editorials Published in Plant Physiology July 2001 May 2002

Science Career RSS Feeds

Fruitful Pursuits: Research Careers in Plant Science

Funding information
The NSF ADVANCE Funding Program is geared towards increasing the participation of women in science and engineering.


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