Information for Postdocs

Postdoc Career Resources

http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=2414

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2520/the_cdc_toolkit/

http://www.med.upenn.edu/postdoc/UPENNSOMBiomedicalPostdoctoralProgramsCareerManagement.shtml

http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/

Postdocs are welcome at the Career Center (hours and location). Our Career Library has several resources that may be of interest to you. Here is just a sample:

Chronicle of Higher Education
The primary source for postdocs in academia. It also has tips for successful job searches. Available in hard copy or online: http://www.chronicle.com/jobs

What Color is Your Parachute?
Richard Nelson Bolles
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002
This book is billed as the best selling job-hunting book in the world. Although not directed specifically toward scientists, it provides practical advice on analyzing your own strengths, interests, and goals. The author coined the phrase “informational interviewing” to describe a process for gathering information on career opportunities. Tips on interviewing should prove useful, as well.

Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower
Cynthia Robbins-Roth
San Diego: Academic Press 1993
This is a multi-authored text, providing a perspective on 22 nonacademic career tracks. Although the term alternative careers is a misnomer, the descriptions of these career possibilities along with the attendant qualifications and expectations is very useful.

The Research Center Directories
Published yearly – 2003 edition available
Guide covering all research centers in the US and Canada. Contact information, including emails and websites, area listed together with a brief description of research.