A postdoc asks—I was looking at jobs on LinkedIn and I was really excited to apply for a synthetic biology role that seemed like a pretty perfect fit, but I saw that the posting is already 3 days old (and over 600 people have already applied). Is there any point in still sending in an application?
A graduate student asks—Should we have a separate skills section in the resume to tick off the key terms from the job posting or should we try to include all of that in the research experience?
A postdoc asks—I have a question. I need to stay in San Francisco because of my partner’s job, and because of a bunch of financial and family obligations. Because of this, I’m pretty interested in a consulting role that would really help pay the bills, and I generally like to travel, so that’s a…
A fifth-year graduate student asks—I’ve been applying for months and trying to follow the advice to tailor all of my application documents. I’ve gotten pretty good at quickly fixing up the terminology in my resumes, but tailoring my cover letters is taking way too much time. I spent a lot of effort…
A postdoc asks—Do I really have to write a cover letter? Most of the applications I’m looking at make it optional. What’s the point in just writing out my resume in paragraphs?
