Professional Development Resources

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The Office of Postdoctoral Services provides individual career counseling (including resume, CV, cover letter, research, teaching and diversity statement critiques, and mock interviews) for Postdoctoral Associates and Postdoctoral Scholars - email Molly Starback, Director, for an appointment.

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Skills Identification and Self-Assessment

• myIDP, an interactive web-based tool that helps postdocs and graduate students in the sciences examine their skills, interests, and values
• ImaginePhD, an interactive web-based career exploration and planning tool for postdocs and graduate students in all fields
• Know Yourself: Self-Inquiry and Self Assessment Exercises from Duke University Career Center
• Career Planning and Self-Assessment Resources from the National Postdoctoral Association. Duke Postdoctoral Services is an institutional member of the National Postdoctoral Association,established to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting research training and professional growth. Benefits include a career center, international postdocs' guide, and more. Register for your free Duke affiliate membership using your Duke email address.
• Postdoctoral Core Competencies from the National Postdoctoral Association. Duke Postdoctoral Services is an institutional member of the National Postdoctoral Association, established to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting research training and professional growth. Benefits include a career center, international postdocs' guide, and more. Register for your free Duke affiliate membership using your Duke email address.

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Career Exploration and Job Searching for Academic and Non-Academic Jobs

• Academic and Non-Academic Job Search Videos from the Duke Postdoc Services YouTube Channel
• The Academic Job Search Series and Careers Beyond Academia Series, including links to online resources and videos of prior workshops
• InterSECT Job Simulations: online platform that allows PhD-level scientists and humanists, regardless of professional stage, to explore future career options.
• Career Exploration, Job Search and "Careers In..." Videos from the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education
• myIDP, an interactive web-based tool that lists 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones may best fit a postdoc's skills and interests
• ImaginePhD, an interactive web-based career exploration and planning tool that explores common job families for PhDs in the humanities and social sciences
• Public Health and Social Sciences – Individual Development Plan (PHaSS-IDP) is designed to help scholars reflect and plan their academic and career paths in public health and social sciences.
• Duke is an Institutional Member of Beyond the Professoriate, featuring information and strategies you need to confidently apply for faculty/academic jobs, or to build a nonacademic career. This research-driven platform is informed by nearly a decade of experience supporting PhDs to launch new careers. No matter what academic discipline you’re coming from – Humanities, Education, Social Sciences, STEM, or Biological Life Sciences - you’ll find information to help you prepare for your job search. Log in here to set up your Duke account.
• Career Options for PhDs from the National Postdoctoral Association. Duke Postdoctoral Services is an institutional member of the National Postdoctoral Association, established to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting research training and professional growth. Benefits include a career center, international postdocs' guide, and more. Register for your free Duke affiliate membership using your Duke email address.
• Are you deciding on the next step after your postdoc? Need help looking for jobs that excite you and then figuring out how to apply? The National Postdoctoral Association is partnering with SciPhD to provide a free, permanent license for all NPA members to their online web application tool – Flamingo. Flamingo is SciPhD’s web application that guides you in finding jobs, analyzing job descriptions to identify the critical technical, business, and social skills, relating those skills to your own experiences and accomplishments, and generating a targeted resume for that job. In addition, Flamingo has an extensive resources section with crash courses in project management, leadership, communications, interviewing skills, negotiations, and much more. Duke Postdoctoral Services is an Institutional Member of the National Postdoctoral Association. In addition to  Flamingo, benefits include a career center, international postdocs' guide, Individual Development Plan guide, and more. Register for your free Duke affiliate membership using your Duke email address.
• The comprehensive MIT Career Resource Library includes Getting started & exploring careers, Gaining experience & the job search, Resumes & career writing, Interviewing, Job offers & negotiation, Academic and industry career paths, and more.
• The Academic Job Search: Before You Apply from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s How to Get an Academic Job series
• The Academic Job Search: How to Find Jobs and Decide Where to Apply from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s How to Get an Academic Job series
• Free Resources to Help Postdocs and Grad Students Navigate Their Careers from Inside Higher Ed
• Careers for Scientists Away from the Bench from NatureJobs
• Career Basics Booklet from Science Careers
• Career Trends: The Informed Job Search from Science Careers
• Moving On: Managing Career Transitions Career Development Guide from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Life Sciences Research and Teaching: Strategies for the Successful Job Hunt from the American Society for Cell Biology
• Career Advice for Life Scientists, Volumes I and II from the American Society for Cell Biology
• Job Searching for Scientists: Tools, Tips and Essentials (webinar) from AAAS Science Careers
• Biotech Career Guide from the North Carolina Biotech Center
• Conducting an Authentic Job Search from AAAS Science Careers
• You Don't Have to Love Your Job (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• How to Take Charge of Your Job Search Based on Your Values (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Should You Use AI to Apply for Jobs? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

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Informational Interviewing and Networking

• When, How and Why to Conduct Informational Interviews (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• How to Do an Informational Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Informational Interview Guidelines from UC Berkeley
• Informational Interviewing: Getting Information You Can Use (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• The Informational Interview (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• How Not to Be a Networking Leech: Tips for Seeking Professional Advice from the New York Times. Postdocs, faculty, and students have free access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic via Duke University Libraries
• Expanding Career Networks (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• How Do I Create a Professional Network? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

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Job Listings

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CVs and Resumes

• CV and Resume Guide from the University of Pennsylvania
• PhD Career Resources from the UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development
• CV and Resume Samples from the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
• MIT PhD Career Document Library for the academic and non-academic job search
• Writing the CV from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• CV and Resume Guides from Duke University Career Center
• CV Writing Guide from Colorado State University
• Resume and CV Basics from Columbia University
• Resume and CV Guide from Virginia Tech
• The Academic CV from the University of Washington Career Center
• The Academic Career Readiness Assessment (ACRA) The ACRA tool can be used to develop and tailor materials to different types of institutions. For samples of faculty application materials corresponding to the ACRA framework, visit the corresponding resources page.
• Writing the Academic CV from Pepperdine University
• Beyond Academia: Resumes from the University of Washington Career Center
• The Academic Job Search: CVs, Cover Letters, and Other Application Documents from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s How to Get an Academic Job series
• Should You Use AI to Apply for Jobs? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• How to Craft a Winning Resume (articles) from Science Careers
• Creating and Maintaining Your CV (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The CV Doctor (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Unrecommendation (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Targeting Your CV/Resume for Faculty and Non-Faculty Positions (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• The Academic Job Search: Presenting Yourself On Paper (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• Resumes from Ask a Manager

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Cover Letters

• Cover Letter Resources from the University of Pennsylvania
• PhD Career Resources from the UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development
• Cover Letter Samples from the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
• Job Search Letters from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• The Cover Letter from the University of Washington Career Center
• How To Write Appealing Cover Letters (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Four Tips for Writing the Perfect ‘Cold E-mail’ in Job Applications from Nature
• What You Don't Know About Cover Letters (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Should You Use AI to Apply for Jobs? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Writing a Good Cover Letter for the Academic Job Market (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Cover Letters for Administrative Jobs (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Writing a Winning Cover Letter (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• That Crucial First Impression (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Targeting Your Cover Letter for Faculty and Non-Faculty Positions (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• Cover Letters from Ask a Manager
• Your CV Should Inform. Your Cover Letter Should Persuade. (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

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Research Statements

• Developing Your Research Statement by Britt Argow, Wellesley College, and Rachel Beane, Bowdoin College
• The Academic Research Statement from the University of Washington Career Center
• Research Statements from the University of Pennsylvania
• Writing a Research Plan (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Rules of the Research Statement from The Professor Is In
• What Is a Research Statement? from the Cornell Graduate School

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Teaching Statements, Philosophies, Portfolios, and Demonstrations

• Teaching Statement Guidebook from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Teaching Statements from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
• Teaching Philosophy/Teaching Statement Resources from the University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
• Writing a Teaching Statement and a Teaching Philosophy Statement from the Cornell Graduate School
• Teaching Resources from the Indiana University at Bloomington Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
• The Teaching Portfolio from the Ohio State University Center for the Advancement of Teaching
• The Academic Teaching Statement from the University of Washington Career Center
• The Teaching Philosophy Statement from the University of Washington Center for Instructional Development and Research
• Developing a Teaching Statement and Portfolio  from the Ohio State Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning
• 4 Steps to a Memorable Teaching Philosophy (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Writing Samples and Teaching Statements (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Writing the Teaching Statement (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• The Teaching Statement from the Cornell Office of Postdoctoral Studies
• How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What's Your Philosophy on Teaching, and Does It Matter? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Advice on Teaching Statements from The Professor Is In
• Giving a Teaching Demo (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• The Teaching Demonstration (article) from CBE Life Sciences Education

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Diversity Statements

• Duke Postdoctoral Services List of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources and Training: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resources and training are available for all members of the Duke community, including postdocs, faculty, staff, and students. Postdocs can learn from the reading lists, and take action by attending trainings, and/or arranging departmental or group trainings in their home department or research group.
• Developing and Writing a Diversity Statement from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
• Rubric for Assessing Candidate Contributions to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging from the UC Berkeley Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare
• Writing a DEI Statement from the University of Notre Dame
• Diversity Statements from the Indiana Center for Teaching and Learning
• Six Examples of Diversity Statements from UCSD Physical Sciences
• Contributions to Diversity Statements from UC San Diego
• The Promise of Diversity Statements: Insights and an Initial Framework Developed from a Faculty Search Process from Currents: the National Center for Institutional Diversity
• Writing the Application Statements from the University of Michigan
• The Academic Job Search: CVs, Statements, and Other Application Documents from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s How to Get an Academic Job series
• Why I'm a Convert to Diversity Statements (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Getting Up to Speed On Diversity (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Demystifying the Diversity Statement (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Breaking Down Diversity Statements (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• The Effective Diversity Statement (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• 5 Don'ts in Writing Your DEI Statement (article) from Chronicle of Higher Education
• Decoding Diversity Statements for International PhDs (article) from Inside Higher Ed

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Interviewing

General Advice on Interviewing

• Interviewing Skills from the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
• Interviewing Advice from the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education Careers Blog
• Beyond Academia: Interviews from the University of Washington Career Center
• How to Prepare for Job Interviews Outside Academe (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• A Scientific Approach to Interviewing (article) from Nature Immunology
• Interviewing Skills for Scientists Entering Industry Science (article) from Science Magazine
• How to Prepare for an Interview (articles) from AAAS Science Careers

The Academic Interview

• Academic Interviews for Science & Engineering PhDs (videos) from Duke Postdoctoral Services
• Interviewing for Academic Positions from the University of Washington Career Center
• The Academic Job Search Handbook 5th edition available online from Duke Libraries
• Academic Job Talks from the University of Washington Career Center
• The Academic Job Search: The Interview Stage from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s How to Get an Academic Job series
• Academic Job Interviews from On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
• You've Worked Hard to Get This Far (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Interview Skills for the Job Hungry (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• What to Expect in a First-Round Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What to Expect in a Second-Round Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What to Ask - And Not To Ask - In Your Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Preparing Your Academic Chalk Talk (article) from ASCB
• Asking the Right Questions (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• 12 Bloopers to Avoid in Job Interviews (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The 'Be Yourself' Myth (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• The Academic Job Search: Presenting Yourself in Person (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• The Campus Visit: Interviewing for Faculty Positions (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• What Search Committees Wish You Knew (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

Phone/Virtual Interviews

• The Dreaded Phone Interview (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Rocking the Phone/Skype Interview (article) from the Professor Is In
• Smile, You're On Camera (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Making the Most of One-Way Video Interviews (article) from Inside Higher Ed

Behavioral Interviewing

• The STAR Method: Behavioral Interviews from the MIT Career Development Center
• First Encounters with Behavioral Interviewing from AAAS Science Careers

Academic Job Interviews in the Humanities

• Academic Job Search for Humanities & Social Science PhDs (videos) from Duke Postdoctoral Services
• The Academic Job Search Handbook 5th edition available online from Duke Libraries
• Academic Job Interviews in the Humanities from the University of Pennsylvania Department of English
• Minding Your Manners for the Conference Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Giving an Academic Job Talk (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Questions They Might Ask You (article) from Inside Higher Ed

Community College Interviews

• Preparing for your Community College Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Community College Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Community College Interview: What Not to Do (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What to Ask - and Not to Ask - In Your Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What to Expect at a Community College Interview (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• How to Land a Community College Job (article) from Inside Higher Ed

The Industry Job Talk

• Giving Job Talks in Industry from UCSF
• How to Give a Job Talk and Why It's Not the Same as a Research Talk from Duke Postdoctoral Services
• Effective Interviewing for Industry from USCF
• Preparing Your Industry Job Talk from Science Careers
• How to Prepare for an Industry Interview from Addgene
• Industry Interviews from NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education
• Leave a Lasting Impression By Preparing An Industry-Style Interview Presentation from Optica

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Negotiating

General Advice on Job Offer Negotiation

• Job Offers and Negotiation from the MIT Career Resource Library
• Dos and Don'ts of Negotiating for Industry and Academic Jobs from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Making the Transition to Industry video (with excellent negotiation advice for all jobs!) from from the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education
• AAUW – Work Smart and Start Smart: Salary Negotiation Learn how to research your target salary, highlight your accomplishments and find the right words — and the confidence — to negotiate for better benefits and pay. You can sign up for a free in-person workshop or  online course, which takes less than two hours to complete and can be done at your own pace.
• Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide from Linda Babcock and Sarah Laschever (available from Duke Libraries)
• Let's Make a Deal from The Scientist
• Negotiating an Offer from the Medical College of Wisconsin Career Center
• The Job Offer Checklist (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Salary Negotiation, Part 1 (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Salary Negotiation, Part 2 (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• The Salary Discussion: Walk Away a Winner With the Right Preparation (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Negotiation Basics (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• 52 Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Science Job (article) from NatureJobs
• How to Successfully Negotiate Your Salary (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Salary from Ask a Manager

Academic Job Offer Negotiation

• Negotiating the Academic Job Offer for Science and Engineering PhDs (videos) from Duke Postdoctoral Services
• The Academic Job Search Handbook 5th edition available online from Duke Libraries
• Academic Job Offer Negotiation from the University of Washington Career Center
• Academic Job Offers and Negotiation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Negotiating an Academic Job Offer from Carleton College
• Negotiating an Academic Job Offer from the University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
• Making the Right Moves Chapter 1: Obtaining and Negotiating a Faculty Position from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Evaluating Academic Job Offers and Negotiating Positions (video) from the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
• After the Offer, Before the Deal: Negotiating a First Academic Job from Academe
• Handbook for New Faculty Negotiating Starting Salaries from The Canadian Association of University Teachers
• The Academic Job Search: Negotiating an Offer and Starting Work from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s How to Get an Academic Job series
• Negotiating an Academic Job Offer and Negotiating for What You Need to Be Successful from On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
• Negotiating Offers (articles) from The Professor Is In
• Negotiating in Academia (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• Negotiation Tactics and Strategies (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Be Honorable and Strategic (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Business Sense: Starting an Academic Lab (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• A Dean's Take on Salary Negotiation (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Negotiating a Better Deal (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Salary Realities (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• The Etiquette of Accepting a Job Offer (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Negotiated Out of a Job (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• The Rescinded Offer: Who Is In the Wrong? (article) from The Professor Is In
• Can I Negotiate? (article) from The Professor Is In
• The Ethics of Backing Out (article) from The Professor Is In
• Should I Turn Down a Tenure-Track Position? (article) from The Professor Is In
• The Professor Is In: How to Negotiate in a Pandemic (article) from The Professor Is In

Salary Databases and Surveys

• Salary.com
• Academic Salary Data from Higher Ed Jobs
• Faculty and Academic Administrator Salary Surveys from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• North Carolina University Employee Salary Database from the News & Observer

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Academic Jobs

• Academic Job Search Series (videos) from Duke Postdoctoral Services
• The Academic Job Search Handbook 5th edition available online from Duke Libraries
• The Academic Job Search from the University of Washington Career Center
• Comprehensive Faculty Job Application, Interviewing, and Negotiating Advice from Teresa Lee, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at UMass Lowell
• How to Get an Academic Job Series from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Workshop for Postdocs Transitioning to Independent Positions (video) from NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• Out on the Job Search: A Webinar for LGBTQ+ Higher Ed Job Seekers (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortia (HERC)
• The Academic Scientist's Toolkit (articles) from AAAS Science Careers
• The Job Search: You're the One (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• On the Market in a Recession (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Déjà Vu of Today’s Application Files (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• 5 Big-Picture Mistakes New PhDs Make on the Job Market (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

Liberal Arts/Community College Academic Job Search

• How to Get a Teaching Job at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution from the American Society for Cell Biology
• How to Get a Teaching Job at a Liberal-Arts College (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Applying for Jobs at Two-Year Colleges (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Do You Belong at a Community College? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Two-Year Colleges Not For You? Think Again (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What Graduate Students Want to Know About Community Colleges, Part 1 (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What Graduate Students Want to Know About Community Colleges, Part 2 (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• It's a Viable Career Path (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Hiring Process at Teaching Colleges (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

International Academic Job Search

• Looking for an International Research Job? (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Conducting the International Job Search (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Internationalizing the Academic Career (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• What You Need to Know Before You Work Abroad (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Online Resources for Finding Work Abroad (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

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Non-Academic Jobs

• Careers Away from the Bench: Advice and Options for Scientists from AAAS Science Careers
• Non-Academic Careers Series from Duke Postdoctoral Services
• InterSECT Job Simulations: online platform that allows PhD-level scientists and humanists, regardless of professional stage, to explore future career options.
• Industry Job Search and Career Exploration videos from the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
• Biotech Career Guide from the North Carolina Biotech Center
• Following the Nonacademic Track (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Urban Legends of the Job Search (article) from AAAS Science Careers
• Four Tips for a Non-Teaching Academic Job Search (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Should You Use AI to Apply for Jobs? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

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Mentoring

• Duke Postdoctoral Services Mentoring and Communication Series
• Virtual/Remote Mentoring Guide from Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
• Getting the Most Out of Your Mentoring Relationships: A Handbook for Women in STEM from the Association for Women in Science
• The AAMC Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors
• Free membership to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity: Duke University is proud to be an Institutional Member of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). The NCFDD provides an external mentoring community designed to help graduate students, post-docs and faculty members increase research and writing productivity and improve work-life balance. NCFDD offers professional development training, intense and reliable support from highly trained and successful mentors, and a confidential “safe space” for problem solving. To activate your free Duke membership, visit https://www.ncfdd.org/institutions/duke .

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Lab, Grant, and People Management

• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund/Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Laboratory Management from Science Magazine
• Lab Management from Science Magazine
• At the Helm: Avoiding Management Mistakes from Science Magazine
• Project Management for Scientists, Part 1 and Part 2 from Science Magazine
• Preparing and Managing Your First Lab Budget: Finance 101 for New Investigators from Science Magazine
• At the Helm: A Laboratory Manager (Book) available from Duke Libraries
• Staffing the Lab: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Bench from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Career Advice for Life Scientists, Volumes I and II from the American Society for Cell Biology
• Leadership on the Mountain: Lessons for the Lab from AAAS Science Careers
• Academic Finance Demystified (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• 2023 NIH Grants Conference on Funding, Policies, and Processes

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Work/Life Balance and Dual-Career Couples

• Career Advice for Life Scientists, Volumes I and II from the American Society for Cell Biology
• Life & Career from AAAS Science Careers
• The Two-Body Problem from the AAS Committee on the Status of Women
• Academic Work and Family Responsibility: A Balancing Act from Science Magazine
• Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work (articles) from AAUP Academe Online
• Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession (article) from AAUP Academe Online  
• Resources for Dual Career Couples from On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
• Tips for Job-Hunting in Dual-Career Relationships (article) from Nature Jobs
• Resources for Dual Career Couples from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
• Navigating a Dual Career Search: The Administrator's Perspective (webinar) from the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
• Which Top Research Universities Are Most Receptive to Partner Hires? (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The A to Z of Dual-Career Couples (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Logistics of a Dual-Career Search (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Dual-Career Academics: The Right Start (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• Dual Career Challenges Faced by Women in Science (article) from Inside Higher Ed

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Dealing With Rejection

• Me and My Shadow CV (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Dealing with Rejection from the University of Washington Career Center
• Unkind Cuts: Rethinking the Rhetoric of Academic Job Rejection Letters from College English
• Some Reflection on Rejection (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• After the Failed Interview (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• When Dreams Collide with Reality (article) from Inside Higher Ed
• The Rejection Letter I Wish I Could Send (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Making Sense of Rejection (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• Why You Didn't Get the Job (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Art of Rejection (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education
• On Leaving: Exiting on Good Terms (article) from the Chronicle of Higher Education

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Office of Postdoctoral Services - Resources