Resources and advice for students and postdocs

Unfortunately, postgraduate training in such topics as how to write a successful grant proposal, give a good talk or publish a scientific paper is often given little time in our graduate schools, thus many students do not fully appreciate how important these skills are to their career. I have a long-standing interest in helping students develop the skills they need to be successful in science and so I have constructed this web site as a first source of information on the development of these important life skills. I hope it helps a little bit. If it does, let me know. If you have any suggestions for improvement let me know that too. Scott.Keogh@anu.edu.au

There are other similar web sites to this one (some are listed at the bottom). My strategy was to go for quality links over quantity so I have only linked to the material in each category that I thought was the most useful.  

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General good advice

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How to write your thesis and papers

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How to give a good talk

How to write a grant or postdoc proposal

Some grants available to postgrad students (there are lots of others, look around)

Some postdocs available in Australia and overseas (there are lots of others, look around)

Advice on getting an academic job

Academic job ads

Science job hunting in government and industry (Australia)

There are also lots of other types of job web sites that have lots of things.  For these it is important to use the right sort of keywords for searching. Use things like “ecology”, “conservation”, “zoology”, “biology”, “natural resource management”, “environment”, "wildlife”, etc. For many of these sites you can set up automatic email alerts based on your key words so that you always hear about new jobs - but using the right key words is very important! 

Preparing a CV and preparing for job applications and interviews for jobs in government and industry (mostly Australian focused)

I’ve sat on may selection panels and I’ve read many hundreds of CVs and job applications. I can say with authority that many of them are not well put together and good people miss out on getting an interview because of it. Below are just a few links but there are literally thousands of good web sites about how to apply and interview, including many that are specific to particular fields.  Again, think hard about your search terms and you’ll find very useful information.

Other Graduate Student Advice Pages

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