This handbook explains to all levels of scientists how to evaluate job offers and understand employment contracts, how to predict the positive and negative effects that institutional characteristics can have on upon a career, and how to avoid and deal with problems that interfere with careers.
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The relief and excitement afforded by a firm employment offer after at least 15 years of preparation accounts for the reluctance of many young scholars and scientists to examine the details critically. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The relief and excitement afforded by a firm employment offer after at least 15 years of preparation accounts for the reluctance of many young scholars and scientists to examine the details critically. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Academic Environment: A Handbook For Evaluating Employment Opportunities In Science by Karl W. Lanks on page 1, and Back Matter
- In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Collins Business Essentials) by Thomas J. Peters in Back Matter
- District of Columbia (The Starting and Operating a Business Series) by Michael D. Jenkins in Back Matter
- Thomas Jefferson (Profiles in American History) by Russell Roberts in Back Matter
- American Universities and Colleges (14th ed) in Back Matter
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- Academic Scientists at Work by Jeremy Boss in Back Matter
- Academic Scientists at Work: Navigating the Biomedical Research Career by Jeremy M. Boss in Back Matter
- The Ph.D. Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences by Dale F. Bloom in Back Matter
- Guide to Non-Traditional Careers in Science: A Resource Guide for Pursuing a Non-Traditional Path by Karen Y. Kreeger in Back Matter
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