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?
A fifth-year PhD student asks—
I did an informational interview and part-way through the person asked me what I’m interested in doing. I used to be really interested in infectious disease research, but after a rough time finishing my PhD, I don’t think I want to do that anymore. I froze and didn’t…
