What is next after starting a career?

Now that you found a job, you can tackle other aspects of your career, like work/life balance, mentoring, networking, and more. Here is a list of links that can help you advance. 

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Mentoring Resources from Nature

  • mentoring

Be the Closer: How to Start & End Conversations at Networking Events

  • Networking

How to turn small talk into smart conversation

  • Networking

8 Ways To Achieve Better Work-Life Balance

  • work-life balance

Learning to balance my strengths and vulnerabilities as a leader

  • Leadership

The Graduate School Professional Development Webpage

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

Bored reading science? Let’s change how scientists write

  • Science Writing

David Byrne: Inspiration for Good Science Writing

  • Science Writing

Eloquent Science (book and blog)

  • Science Writing

Communicating through social media (AGU video, start ~9 minutes in)

  • Science Writing

The head and the heart: Why science and art should work together

  • Science Writing

On the Problem and Promise of Metaphor Use in Science and Science Communication

  • Science Writing

AGU Grammar and Style Guide

  • Science Writing

American Meteorological Society Journal Style Guide

  • Science Writing

NSF 101: Five tips for your Broader Impacts statement

  • Proposal

CIRES Education & Outreach: Broader Impacts Support

  • General Resource
  • Proposal

The Importance of Training for Inclusive Leadership

  • Leadership



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