Hana Al-Bannay Start looking early. Seek assistance from Career Counselling for your resume. Pick your referees carefully and make sure that they will provide you with all the support you need in your applications. Read More Georgina Martin I suggest that students monitor and research the labour market early to develop their interests and possible entry points to enter or return to the labour market. Participating in conferences and publishing is great, but I feel that adding extra efforts to join or rejoin... Read More Suzanne Scott Learn everything you can, volunteer, be a team player and when the opportunity comes MAKE THE LEAP! Read More Jordan Guenette Have clearly defined goals and a plan to achieve those goals. The sooner you know what you want to do with your degree the more likely you are to succeed. Read More Lianping Ti Something I prioritized throughout my studies and continue to do in my career is to have a balanced lifestyle. It's so easy to devote all of your time to your career, and while it is not necessarily a bad thing to focus on your work for a period of time, it is important to... Read More Sandra Lauck My first advice is to step up. Nurses have immense potential to increase their visibility and contributions as clinician scientists. The road is not well mapped yet, but there are encouraging signals that the need is increasingly recognized. As doors start to open, doctoral... Read More Hannes Dempewolf Keep on the lookout for opportunities to familiarize yourself with different career paths. There are a lot of jobs out there that are very enjoyable but don't necessarily follow the classical progression up the academic ladder. Often these kinds of jobs can be quite... Read More Lauren Irving The Nurse Practitioner community is still quite small – remember this and never miss an opportunity to make connections. Take every opportunity you can to work with others. Be outgoing, and jump at chances to spend your clinical hours in different practicum sites. If the... Read More Elitza Tocheva Get to know yourself, and find a place that fits you. There isn't one answer for everybody, and we can all contribute to different aspects of science. Read More Sam Bradd Be useful, do good work, and stay true to your values – this will help you find career happiness. Read More Xin Huang All the work you have done will be recognized and will help build your future. Read More Catherine Sabiston Be creative; embrace autonomy; accept any opportunities that are presented to get involved in research of all methodologies, theories, and practices; expand skills for teaching and research; work with your fellow graduate students to develop new ideas and collaborative... Read More Lauryn Oates Be curious about everything, but find a niche where there is a gap in knowledge and develop very focused expertise in that gap. Know a little about everything but a lot about one thing. Read More Marshall Chasin Talk to someone who has been doing your proposed future career and ask them if they still enjoy going to work every day. Read More Patrick Edwards My advice would be to develop your resilience. This can be done a number of ways. Broadening your horizons through travel is probably the most enjoyable. Failure is the least. But those who do well in the end have often failed along the way, learned from their mistakes, and... Read More Ella Furness For me the best advice that I had is "If you don't apply you can't win." My supervisor Harry really encouraged me to try to be confident and apply for grants, submit articles to journals, and reach out to people working in the same area. I had no idea that people would... Read More Swamy Yeleswaram Have patience and perseverance when things do not go according to plan (and that always happens!); it is these challenges that build character. Have an open mind with regard to careers, as it is difficult to know all the possibilities sitting in graduate school (even in... Read More Jill Zwicker Choose your research topic and supervisor wisely. You will be dedicating several years to your graduate studies, so you want to enjoy it! Study something about which you are truly passionate. Read More Glen Foster Work hard and play hard. To be successful in the academic setting you need to be driven and ambitious. Never turn down an opportunity. Read More Andrew Ibey Check in with yourself with everything you do. What do you like, what would you want to change? Keep moving your career towards your interests. Getting to where you want to be takes persistence. Be patient with yourself as you move through your journey. Read More Erin Tranfield Oh this is not an easy question – I suppose I will be brutally honest and say that biological science is broken at the moment. There are too many post-docs, not enough positions for PIs, funding is scare, and all you are evaluated on is the number of papers you have. It is... Read More Juliana Negreiros I would suggest that current graduate students dedicate their coursework, research, practicum, and internship experiences to topics, populations, and types of interventions that they are most passionate about. Having such academic and applied background in a specific area... Read More Gary Lopaschuk Work hard and be up to date on the scientific literature in your field. Read More Michael More Get involved as much as you can during your graduate program, especially with activities spearheaded by other graduate students: informal research talks, Three Minute Thesis, student-led conferences, social events, the works. These are your future colleagues or mentors (or... Read More Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next › last »
Hana Al-Bannay Start looking early. Seek assistance from Career Counselling for your resume. Pick your referees carefully and make sure that they will provide you with all the support you need in your applications. Read More
Georgina Martin I suggest that students monitor and research the labour market early to develop their interests and possible entry points to enter or return to the labour market. Participating in conferences and publishing is great, but I feel that adding extra efforts to join or rejoin... Read More
Suzanne Scott Learn everything you can, volunteer, be a team player and when the opportunity comes MAKE THE LEAP! Read More
Jordan Guenette Have clearly defined goals and a plan to achieve those goals. The sooner you know what you want to do with your degree the more likely you are to succeed. Read More
Lianping Ti Something I prioritized throughout my studies and continue to do in my career is to have a balanced lifestyle. It's so easy to devote all of your time to your career, and while it is not necessarily a bad thing to focus on your work for a period of time, it is important to... Read More
Sandra Lauck My first advice is to step up. Nurses have immense potential to increase their visibility and contributions as clinician scientists. The road is not well mapped yet, but there are encouraging signals that the need is increasingly recognized. As doors start to open, doctoral... Read More
Hannes Dempewolf Keep on the lookout for opportunities to familiarize yourself with different career paths. There are a lot of jobs out there that are very enjoyable but don't necessarily follow the classical progression up the academic ladder. Often these kinds of jobs can be quite... Read More
Lauren Irving The Nurse Practitioner community is still quite small – remember this and never miss an opportunity to make connections. Take every opportunity you can to work with others. Be outgoing, and jump at chances to spend your clinical hours in different practicum sites. If the... Read More
Elitza Tocheva Get to know yourself, and find a place that fits you. There isn't one answer for everybody, and we can all contribute to different aspects of science. Read More
Sam Bradd Be useful, do good work, and stay true to your values – this will help you find career happiness. Read More
Catherine Sabiston Be creative; embrace autonomy; accept any opportunities that are presented to get involved in research of all methodologies, theories, and practices; expand skills for teaching and research; work with your fellow graduate students to develop new ideas and collaborative... Read More
Lauryn Oates Be curious about everything, but find a niche where there is a gap in knowledge and develop very focused expertise in that gap. Know a little about everything but a lot about one thing. Read More
Marshall Chasin Talk to someone who has been doing your proposed future career and ask them if they still enjoy going to work every day. Read More
Patrick Edwards My advice would be to develop your resilience. This can be done a number of ways. Broadening your horizons through travel is probably the most enjoyable. Failure is the least. But those who do well in the end have often failed along the way, learned from their mistakes, and... Read More
Ella Furness For me the best advice that I had is "If you don't apply you can't win." My supervisor Harry really encouraged me to try to be confident and apply for grants, submit articles to journals, and reach out to people working in the same area. I had no idea that people would... Read More
Swamy Yeleswaram Have patience and perseverance when things do not go according to plan (and that always happens!); it is these challenges that build character. Have an open mind with regard to careers, as it is difficult to know all the possibilities sitting in graduate school (even in... Read More
Jill Zwicker Choose your research topic and supervisor wisely. You will be dedicating several years to your graduate studies, so you want to enjoy it! Study something about which you are truly passionate. Read More
Glen Foster Work hard and play hard. To be successful in the academic setting you need to be driven and ambitious. Never turn down an opportunity. Read More
Andrew Ibey Check in with yourself with everything you do. What do you like, what would you want to change? Keep moving your career towards your interests. Getting to where you want to be takes persistence. Be patient with yourself as you move through your journey. Read More
Erin Tranfield Oh this is not an easy question – I suppose I will be brutally honest and say that biological science is broken at the moment. There are too many post-docs, not enough positions for PIs, funding is scare, and all you are evaluated on is the number of papers you have. It is... Read More
Juliana Negreiros I would suggest that current graduate students dedicate their coursework, research, practicum, and internship experiences to topics, populations, and types of interventions that they are most passionate about. Having such academic and applied background in a specific area... Read More
Michael More Get involved as much as you can during your graduate program, especially with activities spearheaded by other graduate students: informal research talks, Three Minute Thesis, student-led conferences, social events, the works. These are your future colleagues or mentors (or... Read More
