Postdoc

Dealing with Disappointment: What to Do If You Haven’t Received a Tenure-Track Offer 

The academic job market is famously protracted. Job postings started appearing last summer for positions beginning this fall; we’re in March now, and new postings are still popping up. But we’ve reached a point in the semester when many PhDs and postdocs are facing down a difficult truth: “I may not receive a faculty job offer this year.” 

By Alison Howard
Alison Howard Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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CS Radio – Episode 249: Defining Career Services

Natty and Michael discuss why the Career Services offices has its name, when many other schools use different language. They also dive into the difference between being a career advisor versus and career coach, in a wide ranging conversation about …

By Michael DeAngelis
Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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CS Radio – Episode 248: Career Movies

Natty and Michael are joined by guest Dustin Miller as they inventory some of the great career related movies in cinematic history and the lessons you can learn (or ignore) from them!

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By Michael DeAngelis
Michael DeAngelis Senior Associate Director, Communications & Technology
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A Summer on the Farm

Marisy Nieto, Masters in Environmental Biology, 2026, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

At PennVet’s New Bolton Center campus, the Agricultural Systems and Microbial Genomics (ASMG) Laboratory is brewing up bacterial blends that could be used to help reduce methane emissions and improve …

By Career Services
Career Services
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Why Reading for Fun Might Be Your Secret Job Search Advantage

March (and spring weather!) are just around the corner, and March is National Reading Month!  Last year, I joined the board of my local public library, and that has served to reignite my lifelong interest in reading for fun.  In …

By Dianne Hull
Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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