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Networking

 

While “networking” has been a buzzword for many years now, it still remains a very important and career-enhancing activity.

Networking can find you future collaborators, jobs, graduate students, postdocs, friends, mentors, symposium and meeting opportunities, and much more.

You should begin developing your network as a graduate student with your fellow students, postdocs in the department, and your teachers. As you begin attending meetings, you will meet other students and researchers in your field. Keep in touch with them through email and at other meetings, as appropriate.

Here are a couple sites with information that you may find useful:*

Career Networking Do's and Don'ts
Katharine Hansen, Quintessential Careers

Networking Your Way to a New Job
Randall S. Hansen, Quintessential Careers

Be Politically Astute, But Don't Play Politics
David G. Jensen, ScienceCareers.org
December 2006

More Than Just a Job-Seeking Tool
David G. Jensen, ScienceCareers.org
February 2005

Network Your Way Into Work
Dick van Vlooten, ScienceCareers.org
March 2004

Explore the World at Your Bench
James Loss, The Scientist
Nov. 2003 (subscription required)

Networking: As Easy As Making Friends
Karen Young Kreeger,  The Scientist
April 2003 (subscription required)

How to Develop Opportunities Through Networking
Job Trak

Networking: A Career Necessity
Sam Jaffe, The Scientist (subscription required)
March 2002

Networking: Developing Mutually Beneficial Relationships
David Helfand, FindLaw Career Center 

Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students
Phil Agre, Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA 

*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites