A growing compilation of articles related to boosting your career
- Mentoring & Networking
- Learning & Development
- Interviews with Chemists about their Careers
- Entrepreneurship
- Conferences & Events
- Awards
Mentoring & Networking
Making and maintaining connections can be very helpful for your career
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Your Mentors and Role Models Will Shape Your Career, Tips on how to choose role models and mentors who best fit our values and inspire us to grow both personally and professionally |
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Commentary: Online Networking – How Networking Works During Corona, The best tips from different scientists and their experiences with online meetings |
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Interview: Benefits of a Mentee and a Mentor, Julia Tyrach and Markus Haider share their experiences with CheMento |
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German Chemical Society’s Mentee Program, Within the framework of the first GDCh mentoring program, participants experienced intensive joint ventures |
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How to Network, Good networking skills have become more important than ever a good start is to ask yourself who you are |
Learning & Development
Sharpening your professional and soft skills is important for a successful career
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Spotlight: Scientists Need More Advanced Skills, Courses from scientists for scientists on communication and presentation skills, project and time management |
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Tips for Writing Better Science Papers, Explaining scientific principles in simple and understandable language is a valuable skill: Insider tips on taking care of what you write |
Interviews with Chemists about their Careers
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Chemists Talk About Their Jobs In this interview series we ask scientists about their job, aiming to give readers better ideas of which career paths are open to them, what kind of requirements they would need to get a certain position, and to give them an idea of the broad range of jobs available for chemists |
Entrepreneurship
Setting up your own business as a career path
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Interview: Can I Become an Entrepreneur and If So, How?, An interview with president of IUPAC, professor, entrepreneur, and author Javier García-Martínez |
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More Courage for Entrepreneurship, The skills and knowledge acquired during chemistry studies are an excellent basis, yet the potential is far from being fully exploited |
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Interview: Chemistry Drives Innovation, Entrepreneurship in chemical training and importance of start-ups for innovation |
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Spotlight: We Need an Entrepreneurial Culture in Chemistry, Situation for chemists in Germany for founding a company and benefits for the German industry |
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How to Become an Academic Entrepreneur, 9 tips to successfully turn discoveries into an everyday reality |
Conferences & Events
Conferences are a great opportunity to keep up to date with developments in your field, make connections with other researchers or industry chemists, and present your research to a targeted audience
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Listing of chemistry and chemistry-related conferences, exhibitions, seminars, and workshops/training courses, including the option to submit your own event to the list |
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Tips for Your Poster and Your Presentation, Tips on how to plan and design an outstanding poster |
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7 Tips to Become a Master Presenter, David Zielinski watched people with top-notch presentation skills to find out what it needs to become a master presenter |
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Events aimed at presenting your results to a broad audience in an enjoyable and comprehensible way |
Awards
Recognition by awards and prizes can be a career boost
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Find links to awards accepting nominations and apply or nominate a peer |
