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Accessing Mental Health Support at Work
Tips for evaluating the mental health sevices provided by potential employers as well as identifying and using available services at your current employer.
Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D.
4 Tips for Identifying an Employers Work Life Balance
In any career transition, it’s important to keep in mind the work-life balance that you will (or won’t) have with your potential employer. In addition to your home life, work-life balance is associated with stress levels and the quality of the relationship that you have with your boss. While some work-life factors are self-determined and can be changed during the quest for it, many are directly influenced by workplace culture and policies.
Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D.
4 Tips for Identifying an Employers Work Life Balance
In any career transition, it’s important to keep in mind the work-life balance that you will (or won’t) have with your potential employer. In addition to your home life, work-life balance is associated with stress levels and the quality of the relationship that you have with your boss. While some work-life factors are self-determined and can be changed during the quest for it, many are directly influenced by workplace culture and policies.
Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D.
Defining and Finding Your Mentor(s)
Mentoring relationships are particularly important for job transitions. While it’s true that advisors may also provide some of these functions, according to Dr. Beronda Montgomery, the key difference between an advisor and a mentor is the specificity of the advice for you.
Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D.
Write Your Diversity Statement in Four Steps
Below are four steps that you can use to craft a diversity statement. The first three steps will guide the incorporation of three key components to a compelling statement: your background, what drives your commitment to diversity, and how you demonstrate that commitment. The final step provides resources and suggestions to refine your statement for inclusion in your job packet.
Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D.
Grow Your Career Where You Are
A lack of internal advancement for nontenure-track faculty often means that advancing in an institutional role (and boosting your salary) requires getting a job at a different institution or leaving academia. There are several reasons, however, that you might not be interested in leaving your current institution, and that doesn’t mean your career has to stagnate.
Ada K. Hagan, Ph.D.
7 Tips for Improving Pay Equity
Here are seven tips to help you decide your worth on the job market and have a better chance at closing the wage gap.
A Letter to Research Mentors: How to Support Your Trainee’s Non-academic Career Development
Dear Research Mentor, I’m writing to you on behalf of your trainees (postdocs and graduate students) who aren’t interested in a “traditional” academic career; whether they know it yet or not.
Altering the Academic Ecosystem: Graduate Education Reports Propose Critical Reforms
To better understand the consensus of graduate education reforms and move forward in redefining the academic ecosystem, this blog will summarize findings of the two reports, note their strengths, and identify next steps to adapt the future of graduate education in microbiology.
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