Online resources - "Soft Skills" for Scientists

We'd like to think that our science sells itself. In reality, it's often your "soft skills" that make or break your job candidacy. What kind of "soft skills" are we talking about? Read on...

What are soft skills? Thanks, Wikipedia, for this overview.

Career Success Factors, Part 1 - Believability by Dave Jensen for ScienceCareers.org
Time for an Attitude Adjustment? by Dave Jensen for ScienceCareers.org
Project Management for Scientists, Part 1: An Overview by Meenakshi Kashyap for ScienceCareers.org
Mutation or Extinction by Dave Jensen for ScienceCareers.org (advice for transitioning to industry from academia)
Critical Non-Technical Skills: What Are They and How Do You Get Them? from the American Chemical Society
Strategies for the Shy by Vivian Siegel for ASCB

 

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