I am going to describe what is likely to be happening to your resume once you submitted your job application. I have been on both sides of the process. I submitted dozens of applications of my own, and I reviewed hundreds of them as a hiring manager. Applications move through the system in just a […]
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LinkedIn is by far your best resource for a job search. At least now. It gives you professional contacts, attracts recruiters, has job postings, and even helps you create your resume. You don’t even have to do all that much. Create a profile there right now: linkedin.com. I discovered LinkedIn after a lecture at Fermilab […]
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This tip is one of the most efficient out there. I will tell you in a bit how it directly helped me to land my current job. While I strive to make all advice here at Science Jobs HQ amazingly practical and generally awesome, I’ve discovered that a few things worked for me especially well, […]
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“Why do you want to join our Company?” and “Why do you want to leave academia?” are the two questions that you will be asked in every job interview. These questions often take people aback. You may think, “What is this about and why they ask? This is not about my skills, why do they […]
A few days ago, I have written about 20 things I wish I had known when I started my job search. I listed all those things almost verbatim, as I said them during the career panel at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. I had to be concise: there were nine panelists, and we were given five minutes […]
Yesterday I got back home from a one-day trip to Batavia, Illinois. I had been invited by the CMS Collaboration Board Career Committee to participate in a panel discussion on careers in industry for scientists, at Fermilab. The organizers asked the panelists to answer, in five minutes each, the following question: “What do you wish you […]
Hi! If you don’t know me, my name is Gena Kukartsev. I am a particle physicist who recently made a transition to industry. I did this without any special treatment, or contacts in higher places, and without any crisis, extraordinary effort or sleepless nights. All-in-all, looking for and eventually finding the job was a fulfilling […]
Hi and welcome to Science Jobs Headquarters! Why Science Jobs Headquarters? Science Jobs HQ strives to be your one-stop resource for finding a science job in industry. You get the most practical advice and the most comprehensive set of tools to advance your career as a scientist. The information comes directly from the researchers who […]
If we haven’t met, my name is Gena Kukartsev. I am a physicist turned data scientist. I am 36, and I currently live near Denver, Colorado, with my beautiful wife and our two awesome kids. I graduated from Novosibirsk State University with a masters degree in physics in 2000, and entered the graduate program at […]