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Propelling CareersEpisode 58: Being ready and present - how do you put your “game face” on - Propelling Careers PodcastIn many of our episodes, we talk about how to be competitive for the job market and how to navigate the current job market. This episode will provide advice for how to “get your game face on” to help you as you engage with others, whether this is during the job search process, such as in interviews, or when networking, or in other settings. Our physical posture and body language can influence our thoughts and feelings (known as embodied cognition) and there is a reciprocal relationship between body language and mental state. We cover topics such as these below. We hop...2025-05-0933 minPropelling CareersEp 57: The tough job market and navigating your job search in difficult times - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren give some context into why the job market is tough right now and advice for how to navigate a job search in these difficult times. We hope you enjoy listening. The current uncertainty in many things (tariffs, funding, etc) makes it hard for organizations to plan and therefore hire. This is impacting all sectors - industry, academia, non-profits, and government It is hard for companies to raise money right now and this is one reason why there are so many layoffs and reorganizations happening. Due to fun...2025-05-0234 minPropelling CareersEp 56: more Questions from Lauren’s talk “The Talent Code: Understanding How Companies Assess Potential” at HMS - Propelling Careers PodcastThis podcast is a continuation from our last episode, 55, to answer questions that were asked during my recent talk to postdocs at Harvard Medical School on “The Talent Code: Understanding How Companies Assess Potential. Links in comments below. In this episode, we cover resumes and cover letters and a few other points including these below. We hope you enjoy listening. Do you think resumes should have a short summary statement at the start? What is a normal page length for a resume? Advice for how...2025-04-2643 minPropelling CareersEp 55: Questions from Lauren’s talk “The Talent Code: Understanding How Companies Assess Potential” at Harvard Medical SchoolLauren recently gave a talk to postdocs at Harvard Medical School on “The Talent Code: Understanding How Companies Assess Potential”. About 150 postdocs registered to attend. The talk Lauren gave covered insight into what organizations look for in candidates as they review resumes, search LinkedIn to identify people who may be a fit for a role, and interview candidates. Lauren leveraged her >15 years of recruiting experience to help the audience have a better idea for how to stand out. In the presentation, Lauren discussed the importance of showing hard as well as soft skills in the resume, cover letter and durin...2025-04-1834 minPropelling CareersEp 54 Bolstering credentials and experience through (volunteer) engagement - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren discuss ways to build experiences outside of traditional paid work opportunities. This topic comes up a lot since not all graduate students and postdocs can do paid work while they are in the US studying. In addition, many people want to develop skills and gain experiences outside of their paid roles. Many opportunities exist such as these below to gain experiences. We hope you enjoy listening. Reflect on why you are looking to get involved. Are you looking to connect with people, build certain specific skills, gain exposure to new are...2025-04-1136 minPropelling CareersEp 53: Advice for International Scientists to navigate their careers - Propelling Careers PodcastAfter having so many conversations with people at the recent national postdoctoral association conference in Boston, Jim and Lauren thought it would be helpful to put together a tailored podcast episode to highlight important information for international scientists specifically to help them navigate their careers. International scientists are a critical part of the US research environment. In the US, more than 50% of graduate students are international and >60% of postdoctoral fellows are international. We have covered many of these details in previous episodes including resume episodes (episodes 9, 12, 13, 14), networking episodes (episodes 33 and 34), informational interviewing episodes (episodes 16, 17) how to...2025-04-0336 minPropelling CareersEp 52: Developing and showing confidence in your speaking - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren follow up from the last podcast, episode 51, which focused on developing and delivering an effective job talk and in this episode, will give few tips, such as these below, to develop and show confidence as you are giving your talk. These tips could also apply to other situations also. We hope you find this information helpful and we hope you enjoy listening. We talk briefly about the recent National Postdoctoral Association meeting in Boston and insights on some of the presentations we heard We shared thoug...2025-03-2838 minPropelling CareersEp 51: Developing and delivering an effective job talk - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on how to develop and deliver an effective job talk. We will provide advice for academic as well as industry job talks. How you communicate in your job talk, is such an important part of the interview process. We cover points including these below. We hope you find this information helpful and we hope you enjoy listening. Why organizations ask for a job talk When in the interview process is a job talk Understanding your audience Types o...2025-03-1934 minPropelling CareersEp 50: Communicating your value on LinkedIn and application materials - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren build upon our previous episode, episode 49, to talk more about why it’s important to communicate your value. In this episode, we cover advice related to communicating your value on LinkedIn and your application materials including these below. We hope you enjoy listening. Why clearly communicating your value on your LinkedIn and application materials is important This is useful even if you are not actively looking for a new role How communication of your value may be different on LinkedIn and Resumes...2025-03-1435 minPropelling CareersEp 49: Communicating your value - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on why it’s important to communicate your value along with a few ways to do this. Right now, It is especially important for scientists to communicate effectively so that others know the value and impact of the work that you do. This episode will focus more generally on why this topic focusing on these points below. A few future episodes will dive deeper into different scenarios such as networking, your resume, LinkedIn, and Interviewing. We hope you enjoy listening. Why effective communication of your value is important ...2025-03-0637 minPropelling CareersEp 48: More career truths to help you shape and navigate your career journey - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren continue from our last episode, episode 47 to cover a few more career truths to help our listeners plan for and navigate their careers including these below. We saw a number of LinkedIn posts about these topics that we will talk about so we are hoping you find this compilation of information helpful. We hope you enjoy listening. Burnout is real and is not healthy - it is not a Badge of Honor You cannot fire on all cylinders all the time – it’s not sustainable ...2025-02-2833 minPropelling CareersEp 47: Career truths to help you shape and navigate your career journey - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren discuss a few career truths that we thought would be helpful to hear as our listeners plan for and navigate their careers including these below. We saw a number of LinkedIn posts about these so we have assembled some key ones that we think are important. We hope you enjoy listening. It’s not enough to just work hard and be good at what you do, you need to advocate for yourself, increase your visibility and build your community (at work and beyond) Don’t focus just...2025-02-2032 minPropelling CareersEp 46: More advice on giving feedback and also advice for navigating difficult conversations - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano follow up to the last episode, episode 45 and share a few more pieces of advice for giving and receiving feedback. We will then provide a few tips for giving and receiving feedback. We cover points including these below. We hope you enjoy listening. When giving and receiving feedback, it is important to be aware of the difference between venting, complaining andgiving or requesting feedback When you give feedback, it is helpful to frame it in a way that is not confrontational; frame this in a...2025-02-1330 minPropelling CareersEp 45: Giving and receiving feedback - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on giving and receiving feedback. Many people could probably improve/enhance their processes around this, so we thought this could be helpful. We cover points including these below. We hope you enjoy listening. There are multiple types of feedback including positive feedback and constructive feedback. Also this could be given in individual or and group settings. Feedback varies from feedback that Jim and Lauren often give, such as feedback on resumes, job search, etc and also feedback that a manager may give to their direct...2025-02-0535 minPropelling CareersEp 44: Boosting good LinkedIn Advice for your career search / journey - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice related to helping people navigate their career journey / search (orprepare for it). We often debunk bad advice (since one reason we started this podcast was to be a source of truth regarding career focused insights) but in this episode, we thought we would boost good advice, such as these points below. We hope you enjoy listening. To advance in your career, you need to work on yourself first Consider how you are interacting with your colleagues / team / group – are you positively contr...2025-01-3137 minPropelling CareersEp 43 - Finding the silver lining in change - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren share perspective about how to find silver linings in change. We both know change can be hard. but sometimes change opens up opportunities that you were not aware of. Many people I know have been able to find a better culture, a better work life balance, more fulfillment in their career, and other things after the initial change of role. We hope you enjoy listening. - How to find lessons learned in these challenges and changes we face - How to maintain positivity during challenges and changes we fac...2025-01-2437 minPropelling CareersEp 42. Job Search Advice - dealing with time pressure to find a new role - Propelling Careers PodcastIn our last episode, 41, we rung in the New Year by talking about the "New Year, New Job’". To provide more advice to help with this topic, in this episode Jim and Lauren cover something we often hear from job searchers, that is dealing with the pressure of finding a job under time constraints, especially without seeming too desperate. We cover these points below. We hope you enjoy listening! Limited timeframes for your job search can arise for various reasons. Normalize the pressure, recognize it and develop a plan Spread the responsibility (engage your network) so that...2025-01-1736 minPropelling CareersEp 41: New Year New Job - Propelling Careers PodcastIn episode 41, our first episode of 2025, we focus on the topic of New Year, New Job. The new year often brings with it a fresh start and this can invigorate people especially as they think about their career. In this episode, we will provide advice and insights to help as you navigate career exploration and or a search including these below. We hope you enjoy listening! - The important role that self reflection plays in your exploration and search - The importance of having “anchors” i.e. preferences for what you wan...2025-01-1026 minPropelling CareersEp 40: 2024 Wrapup and Podcast Highlights - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode (our last episode of 2024) Jim and Lauren talk about highlights for this year. We are amazed that we have released 40 episodes this year… As we wrap up 2024, we thought it would be valuable to reflect on our podcast over the last year covering points such as these below. We hope you enjoy listening! - We didn’t wait for this to be perfect, we tried and improved over time- Podcast listener demographics - Top episodes based upon plays - Our favorite episodes - Our mos...2024-12-2741 minPropelling CareersEp 39: Cultivating, Picking and using References - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on references. References are an important part of the interview process for both academic and non-academic career areas and sometimes there is confusion about how to approach this. We cover points in this episode such as these below. We hope you enjoy listening! - What are references- Why have references- Who do you pick as references- Importance of tailoring references for the role you are interviewing for - You should give references a heads up that they may...2024-12-1937 minPropelling CareersEp 38: Giving Gratitude - Propelling Careers PodcastAs 2024 starts to come to close, Jim and Lauren focus this episode on giving gratitude and a few ways to express this including these points below. We hope you enjoy listening! Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.- Why is it important to give thanks- Way to give thanks- Wa...2024-12-1230 minPropelling CareersEp 37: Our Skill Building and busting a few myths - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about skill building. We touch on where we are at with our own skill building and advice for people who want to expand their skillset. We would also like to bust a few myths since one of the reasons we started this podcast was to myth bust! We would like to incorporate more of these in 2025. Hope you enjoy listening! Focus areas: - Why is skill building important? - How do we approach building skills - Get outside of your comfort zone every...2024-12-0436 minPropelling CareersEp 36: Life Sciences job opportunities and challenges and ABRCMS conference - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 36. This week (Nov 13-16 2024), Lauren is at the ABRCMS conference in Pittsburgh PA. She gave a talk on Nov 15th on The state of the industry job market: opportunities, challenges, and strategies for success. We thought it could be worthwhile to talk about this topic in our podcast today. ABRCMS stands for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists. ABRCMS has been the go-to conference for underrepresented community college, undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As ABRCMS has continued to grow and evolve, it has also become a spac...2024-11-2131 minPropelling CareersEp 35: Deciphering job descriptions - how to understand what the org is looking for - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 35. In this episode, Jim and Lauren provide insight on how to decipher job descriptions. We know this is challenging and we know it is often confusing to know what an organization is actually looking for in a candidate. We cover topics like these below. We hope you enjoy listening! - Most job desc’s cover at least four big picture things – company desc, technical skills, soft (transferrable) skills, and description of role. Some also include preferred skills/experiences - A candidate should do additional research outside of j...2024-11-1533 minPropelling CareersEp 34: Following up from Networking interactions - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and I provide advice, including these topics below, to follow up from your networking interactions. We hope you enjoy listening! Advice to keep notes of what you talked about during interactions Have a professional permanent email Tailor follow up When to follow up after networking interactions Be specific in your subject lines / body of emails How do you keep on a person’s radar after the initial follow up We share a few reasons to follow up The importance of being organized to help with your follow up Leverage LinkedIn post feature and oth...2024-11-0736 minPropelling CareersEp 33: Deescalating networking to make meaningful connections - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren cover tips to help you network more effectively by deescalating the networking process. In a professional setting, networking happens all the time. Every time you interact with people, you are networking. We hope that our tips can help lessen the stress and anxiety of networking. We hope you enjoylistening! Networking does not have to be a do or die situation - It’s just a conversation Networking does not always have immediate results, but networking on a routine bases will have fruits that develop overtime. You are planting seeds each time you...2024-10-3032 min
The Studio at Kendall SquareA father and patient advocate discuss Canavan disease and a daughter's experience on a gene therapy clinical trialLauren Celano, a board member of the National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, interviews Lee Greenwood about his family's experience with Canavan disease and how patient organizations and innovative research have impacted their journey from the beginning.2024-10-2339 minPropelling CareersEp 32: Job application advice and insights into how organizations review applications - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren thought we would address a few questions that have come up often in the last few weeks from people reaching out to us. These questions have been focused mostly on applying to roles and process for organizations reviewing resumes. Points we cover include these below. Perhaps some of you listening also have wondered about these questions too. We hope you enjoy listening! Can I apply to a job if so many people have already applied on LinkedIn Should I apply to a job on LinkedIn or on the company website Timefra...2024-10-1834 minPropelling CareersEp 31: To do a postdoc or not to do a postdoc…. - Propelling Careers PodcastIn the last few weeks, Jim and I have received a number of questions from graduate students about whether or not to do a postdoc, so we thought we would devote an episode to this important topic. It’s not a simple yes/no answer - there is a lot to consider including these points below, when you are making this choice. We hope you enjoylistening! Why would someone do a postdoc? What skills you are looking/need to build (hard and soft skills) What type of institution Choice of Mentor Type of postdoc, Academic research, academic administrative, Teaching...2024-10-0936 minPropelling CareersEp 30: A few more career concerns/questions we are hearing from talent as well as how to maintain motivation during your search - Propelling Careers PodcastIn our last episode, episode 29, we talked a bit about considerations people have as they evaluate career options. In this episode, we continue on this topic and talk about a few others including these below. We also cover a few points on how to stay motivated in your search knowing all the decision points/considerations involvedin career choices. There can be roadblocks and barriers as you explore options and as you evaluate decisions and sometimes this leads people to have a fear of missing out which could paralyze their decision making. Job searching can be mentally challenging - it is h...2024-09-2633 minPropelling CareersEp 29 - What are we hearing from people about their career questions / concerns and how to assess opportunities - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 29. In our last episode, we talked a bit about trends we are paying attention to in our sectors and in this episode we thought we would follow up to talk about what we are hearing from talent who are exploring career options and trying to navigate this environment. Jim is hearing a lot from people about questions regarding the academic search - how to be prepared, identify opportunities, identify application materials, funding, how to be successful once you are a PI, etc. Lauren is hearing a lot from people who have been recently la...2024-09-1836 minPropelling CareersEp 28 – Check in Episode – what is upcoming for Jim and Lauren and some trends/data we are paying attention to - Propelling Careers PodcastSince Labor Day just happened, Jim and Lauren thought we would do a check in episode as we get ready for the remainder of the year to check in on this year and what’s in store for the next few months for both of us. We also cover a few trends/data we are paying attention to relevant to our work such as the Inflation reduction act’s (IRA’s) impact on life sciences, Immigration, and the NIH’ work on revisioning the postdoc. Labor day seems to be the official end of summer, so now things kick into high gear a...2024-09-1132 minPropelling CareersEp 27 - Cover Letter Advice - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren discuss cover letters, since so many people have questions on these. Are they useful, does anyone read them, how do I tailor them, what if there is no space to include them, then how do I include it in the application, and so on and so on. A few people have reached out to us with questions about this topic recently, including these below, so we decided to record a podcast to cover our thoughts. We hope you enjoy listening! Why have a cover letter - what is the purpose? Do peop...2024-09-0442 minPropelling CareersEp 26 – a myth busting episode on bad career advice and why regarding your job title, information in resumes and networking - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and I bust a few myths that we have seen online, or that people have mentioned to us directly regarding career advice. One of the reasons why we started this podcast is to have a reliable and good source of truth regarding career advice. There is so much advice out there that is not good…. that people seem to follow. Through this podcast we want to be a trusted resource for people to access. We know we may have our own biases when it comes to advice, but we are using our collective almost 30 years of ex...2024-08-2932 minPropelling CareersEp 25 - Effectively engaging with people like Jim and offices focused on career and professional development - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about how to engage with people like Jim who run postdoc office and the officein general. We have received a number of questions about this topic, so we decided to record a podcast to help others make the most of their interactions at their respective institutions. Jim has a lot of experience, more than 13 years in his role, so he has a lot of insights to share! We talk about a few items such as these below. We hope you enjoy listening! Types of services that offices like Jim’s offers...2024-08-2234 minPropelling CareersEp 24 - Effectively engaging with recruiters - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about how to engage with recruiters. We have received a number of questions about this topic, so we decided to record a podcast to help others make the most of their interactions with recruiters. Lauren leverages her recruiting experience (about 15 years) to demystify the world of recruiting. We talk about a few items such as these below. We hopeyou enjoy listening! What types of recruiters exist What are the differences between internalrecruiters who work for an organization and external recruiters who work for a recruiting firm that works with organiza...2024-08-1435 minPropelling CareersEp 23 - Resumes, Job Searching, Interviewing, Networking – Red, Yellow, Green and Beige flags - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 23. In this episode, Jim and Lauren continue the theme of flags similar to episodes 19, 20, 21, and 22. Will talk about a few more scenarios relating to networking, resumes, job searching, and interviewing. We have been enjoying putting these together, so we thought we would have one last one to wrap up the flags theme for right now. For context, in case you have not listened to episodes 19, 20, 21, or 22 a Red Flag could refer to something that means stop, leave immediately - really not a good thing. A Yellow Flag could mean warning, slow dow...2024-08-0838 minPropelling CareersEp 22 - Networking – Red, Yellow, Green and Beige flags - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this podcast episode Jim and Lauren talk about flags in the context of networking. We talk about a few scenarios, including these listed below, in order to provide context to help all of you navigate networking situations. By networking, we are referring to situations such as networking events, informational interviewing, and also email networking. For context, in case you did not listen to episodes 19, 20, or 21 a Red Flag could refer to something that means stop, leave immediately - reallynot a good thing. A Yellow Flag could mean warning, slow down, you may want to investigate further; a Green Fl...2024-07-3138 minPropelling CareersEp 21 - Interviewing – Candidate Red, Yellow, Green and Beige flags - Propelling Careers PodcastThis episode will continue from episode 20 since we have so many scenarios to discuss in terms of flags in candidate behavior during interviews. For context, in case you did not listen to episodes 19 or 20, a Red Flag could refer to something that means stop, leave immediately - really this is not a good thing. A Yellow Flag could mean warning, slow down, you may want to investigate further; a Green Flag means proceed and a Beige flag refers to a strange or odd behavior or item that catches someone off guard but typically don't hurt anything. A beige flag is...2024-07-2437 minPropelling CareersEp 20 - Interviewing – Candidate Red, Yellow, Green and Beige Flags - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 20. In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on interviewing insights in the context of the candidate and how they may be indicating red, green, yellow or beige flags by their behaviors and responses. We will share actual examples from candidate interviews in this episode and we will discuss these in the context of the flags. For context, a Red Flag could refer to something that means stop, leave immediately; a Yellow Flag could mean warning, slow down, you may want to investigate further; a Green Flag means proceed and a Beige flag could refe...2024-07-1835 min
Amy Adler's "How I Hire"Lauren Celano: Biotech and Life Sciences Recruiter | Amy Adler's "How I Hire"Let's welcome Lauren Celano, biosciences and life sciences recruiter with Propel Careers. Lauren and I talk extensively about her leadership and mentorship as a recruiter and career coach for scientists, especially those considering moving from academia to industry leadership. She also explores the ways she collaborates with organizations seeking to hire and helping to match them with extraordinary talent.2024-07-1553 minPropelling CareersEp 19 - Interviewing Insights - Red, Yellow, Green and Beige flags - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 19. In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on interviewing insights in the context of what to look out for if you are a candidate interviewing at organizations. These things can indicate if the organization is organized or chaotic, if the culture is positive, if the team members seem to have good working relationships and respect for each other, if your manager will be a good manager and support their team, and others. We will share actual examples from candidate interviews in this episode and we will discuss these in the context of Red, Ye...2024-07-1038 minPropelling CareersEp 18 - Is engagement in your community outside of your research worthwhile? - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 18. In thisepisode, Jim and Lauren would like to focus on the importance of being involved in your community outside of your research activities. This involvement can increase connections and enable you to develop soft and sometimes hard skills outside of your research. These activities could also increase diversity and inclusion depending upon which organizations you are involved with. We thought this would be timely given the focus ondiversity in June and also the importance of contributing positively to your respective community. We will share a few of our involvements as well as highlight a few...2024-07-0336 minPropelling CareersEp 17 - Informational Interviews - what to ask - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 17. In this episode, Jim and Lauren build upon information shared about informational interviews in Episode 16 which focused on why to do informational interviews and how to identify people. This episode focuses on what to ask during an informational interview covering advice including these details below. We hope you enjoy listening! It is important to reflect on what informationyou would like to learn from informational interviews and develop tailored questions based upon these. There is no standard checklist of questions to ask during informational interviews. These tailored questions empower the perso...2024-06-2533 minPropelling CareersEp 16 - Informational Interviewing overview and who to connect with - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode and also episode 17, Jim and Lauren focus on informational interviewing. In Episode 15, we talked about how the summer slowdown can be a great opportunity to reflect on your career and informational interviewing is a wonderful opportunity to put this reflection into action. Informational interviewing is so important for career insights. Many people who you would like to reachout to may have more time during the summer so this creates a unique opportunity for you. This episode will cover these points below and episode 17 will focus on what questions to ask. We hope you enjoylistening! Wha...2024-06-1931 minPropelling CareersEp 15 - leveraging the ”summer slowdown” for your career journey - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren share a few thoughts on how to leverage the ”summer slowdown” for your career Journey. For many people, the summer months are a little slower than fall and spring, which allows mental capacity to even think about your future. We cover a few points such as these below. We hope you enjoy listening! Memorial day can be a nice point in time to checkin on your goals for the year. Jim and Lauren both talk about where we are with some of our goals for the year Continuous learning is import...2024-06-1033 minPropelling CareersEp 14 - resumes (3rd episode in a series of 3 about resumes) - Propelling Careers PodcastIn Propelling Careers Podcast Episode 14, Jim and Lauren continue with resume advice (following on from Episodes 12 and 13) and at the end, Jim and Lauren provide some critique to their CV and resume. This episode covers topics such as: Why it’s important to update your document on aregular basis (hint… it’s not just for job searching) Is there a preferred order for how to listinformation in a CV or resume? Jim’sbook, making the most of the Postdoc, https://www.amazon.com/Making-Most-Postdoc-James-Gould/dp/1032246782highlights a few points for this also. What order are recruiters reading the experience...2024-06-0241 minPropelling CareersEp 13 - resumes (2nd episode in a series of 3 about resumes) - Propelling Careers PodcastThis episode is the second in a three part series focused on resume advice. Episodes 12, 13 and 14 are in this series. In this episode Jim and Lauren provide advice about topics including: How to list details that are not just peer reviewed publications and conference presentations, such as media coverage, blogs, podcasts, books, etc What level of detail should be used to describe experiences To bold or not bold specific words in a resume Preferred fonts and sizes and other formatting advice - visual appeal matters! Are Summary of qualifications valuable? Should publications be listed? And more! We...2024-05-2442 minPropelling CareersEp 12 - resumes (1st episode in a series of 3 about resumes) - Propelling Careers PodcastThis episode is the first of a few episodes where Jim and Lauren deep dive into resume advice. Lauren recently gave a resume talk to postdocs and grad students at Harvard Medical School and one of the postdocs was kind enough to transcribe many questions that came up during the presentation. Since this topic is so important, Lauren and Jim decided to dedicate this episode and a few follow on ones to provide insight into this important and complicated topic. We hope you enjoy listening! Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral...2024-05-1733 minPropelling CareersEp 11 - following up, effective communication and ATS advice - Propelling Careers PodcastWelcome to Propelling Careers podcast episode 11. In this episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano cover a few topics that we think are important - we may dive deeper into each of these topics in future episodes. The topics are: how to follow up after various scenarios how to effectively communicate information a few points about applicant tracking systems (ATS). Jim and I are asked often about these topics so we thought having a mini-topic episode would be helpful for our listeners. Lauren uses ATS systems daily in her recruiting work, so she provided a few thoughts on t...2024-04-3036 minPropelling CareersEp 10 - superpowers that graduate students and postdocs (and others) have - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano discuss many superpowers that graduate students and postdocs (and others) have. Both Jim and Lauren feel really strongly that graduate students and postdocs should recognize and lean into their superpowers since these make them really valuable and unique. In additional to having superpowers from diversity of technical training, other superpowers include: Comfort with ambiguity Curiosity Expedited Learning curve/information processing Open-minded skepticism Ability to test hypothesis to get to go/no go decisions Resourceful / Entrepreneurial Str...2024-04-0935 minPropelling CareersEp 9 - how to highlight involvement in professional associations - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano build upon episode 8 which focused on the importance of involvement in professional associations to talk about how to highlight these types of activities and other leadership and soft skills in your resume. These tips also apply generally to highlight aspects of your background as you engage with others. We both feel strongly that it is very important, especially for scientists, to highlight technical skills as well as various soft skills to show well rounded scientific citizenship. 2024-04-0334 minPropelling CareersEp 8 - engaging with professional networks and professional associations - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about the importance of engaging with professional networks and professional associations. Jim and I both attended the Annual National Postdoctoral Association Conference in Seattle Washington on March 15th and 16th 2024 and wanted to highlight why it's important to engage with organizations such as this one. We hope you enjoy listening! 2024-03-2832 minPropelling CareersEp 7 - excelling in an interview - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano continue with the March Madness theme, building upon what we talked about in Episode 6 (how to prepare for the big game) and focus on how to excel when you are in the big game, i.e. the interview. We hope you find this information useful as you navigate interviews! We hope you enjoy this episode! 2024-03-1834 minPropelling CareersEp 6 - getting ready for the big game (i.e. interview) - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this Episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano provide advice to get ready for the big game (i.e. the interview). Since it's March, we thought we could create this episode and the 7th one, with a March Madness basketball theme... Both Jim and Lauren are competitive by nature, and enjoy basketball, so we had fun with this episode. We each share three tips to get ready for the big game. We hope you enjoy the episode! 2024-03-1233 minPropelling CareersEp 5 - Insights from Jim's presentation on heroes journey in Louisville and Lauren's resume presentations - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim Gould talks about his recent trip to University of Louisville where he presented to postdocs and graduate students on the heroes journey to help navigate conflict and Lauren Celano talks about a few recent presentations to graduate students, postdocs and industry professionals on how to develop and tailor resumes and CV's and also how to evaluate, build and highlight transferrable skills. These skills are so important to focus on and there are so many opportunities in academia to build these. We provide advice on these topics throughout the podcast and also finish the podcast talking...2024-03-0437 minPropelling CareersEp 4 - myth busting covering job qualifications, application materials, job postings and more - Propelling Careers PodcastIn our 4th episode, Jim Gould and Lauren Celano busted a few myths including: do you have to be 100% qualified to apply for a role? Do you have to have an official certificate, degree, or publication for you to claim to have a certain experience or skill? Can you apply to multiple jobs in the same company? Are there actually ghost postings where a job is advertised but not real? Thank you for listening! 2024-02-2632 minPropelling CareersEp 3 - job search advice - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Lauren and Jim talk about Lauren's recent talk at Gladstone Institutes on "Developing an Effective Job Search for Industry and Other Non-Academic Careers" along with other job search advice from Lauren and Jim. Enjoy listening! 2024-02-1927 minPropelling CareersEp 2 - Jim's presents on his book Making the most of the postdoc, advice for building your network (especially for introverts) and overcoming obstacles in your research - Propelling Careers PodcastIn this episode, Jim and Lauren talk about Jim's recent trip to San Diego to talk about his recently published book " Making the Most of the Postdoc - Strategically Advancing Your Early Career" and career transitions. The talks were organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium - their members include Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Scripps Research and University of California San Diego. We also talked about advice for building your network (especially for introverts) and overcoming obstacles in your research. We mentioned a few myths we will bust in future episodes! 2024-02-1226 minPropelling CareersEp 1 - Intro to Jim and Lauren and the podcast! - Propelling Careers PodcastJim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School and Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers are thrilled to launch this podcast to be able to share their insights, advice and perspectives to help others plan for and navigate their careers2024-02-0222 min
Green Collar Careers PodcastFinding Your Green Passion with Lauren Celano, Founder and CEO of Propel CareersIn this fifth episode of the Green Collar Careers Podcast, I interviewed Lauren Celano, the Founder and CEO of Propel Careers.
Propel Careers is a life science search and career development firm focused on connecting talented individuals with startup and entrepreneurial life sciences companies. Lauren has recruited for dozens of the nation's most innovative life sciences organizations to help them hire talent. As part of her work, she has also coached thousands of students, postdocs, medical residents and professionals to advance their careers.
During this interview, Lauren and I discuss her educational and professional background, how the life sciences...2023-07-1742 min
MGH Faculty Development PodcastOverview of Career Opportunities in the Life Science Sector This seminar focused on career opportunities available to individuals with advanced degrees and provided an overview of the skills needed to excel in each type of role. At this seminar participants learned about: Research and non-research career paths such as consulting, product development, etc. Numerous opportunities in non-profit and for-profit organizations Professional associations and groups that are active in the Boston area life sciences ecosystem Transferable skills, their importance and how to highlight them for specific roles Facilitator: Lauren Celano, MBA, Founder and CEO, Propel Careers 2020-12-1152 min
MGH Faculty Development PodcastLooking Your Best on Paper: How to Write a High Impact CV or ResumeIn this seminar, Lauren Celano, Founder and CEO of Propel Careers, helps viewers prepare the CV/Resume for academia, industry or for a more general career exploration. Topics covered include how to: - Tailor your CV/resume to your goals - Highlight and build transferable skills and experience - Focus the content and structure - Apply value added tips and tricks If you are an Mass General Brigham employee, you may click here to access the webinar and handouts.2020-11-0654 min
The Virtual Campfire's PodcastFinding Fulfillment in Your Occupation with Lauren Celano Lauren Celano is the Founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a firm that offers recruitment services in the life sciences sector. They help life sciences companies hire for their research, commercial, and clinical teams. More than a recruiting company, Lauren and her team also offer coaching services to help aspiring talents with their career search. Before she founded Propel Careers, Lauren had an extensive career in developing businesses in the novel therapeutics industry. Lauren joins me today to discuss how a career in the...2020-10-1433 min
Dr. GPCR PodcastEpisode #9 Exploring your career optionsIn this special Dr. GPCR podcast episode, we sat down to chat with Lauren Celano to talk about career options for Ph.D.’s. Working in a lab allows scientists to gain amazing hard and soft skills, which opens the doors to a number of great careers, that many have not even considered, yet. Lauren has a science background and is passionate about helping talented scientists find their dream position. She is also a speaker, connector, recruiter, and coach.2020-09-0335 min
The Right DoseThe Right Dose Episode 3: Talking with Your Kids About Racism & InequalityDr. Standing discusses ways to open up the conversation about racism with your children & ways to better yourself as a parent.
Resources discussed during the podcast:
For children
1) ‘The Color of Us’ by Karen Katz
2) ‘Lets Talk about Race’ by Julius Lester
3) ‘The Skin I’m In: A First Look at Racism’ by Pat Thomas
4) Sesame Street’s ‘We’re Different, We’re the Same’ by Bobbi Jane Kates
5) CNN show with Ernie and Big Bird about race
6) Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice’ by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard
7) ‘Happy in Our Skin’ by Fran Manushkin an...2020-06-1916 min
Humans Optimized: People + TechnologyCareer Transitions During COVID-19: Personal Clarity, Transferable Skills, and the Value of NetworkingWith the ripple effects of COVID-19 bringing unemployment numbers to more than 22 million, it would be easy to feel discouraged or concerned about our future careers. In this episode, Lauren Celano, co-founder and CEO of Propel Careers, (and fellow Gettysburg College alum!) shares her view of the trends and opportunities within the Life Sciences industry as well as practical advice for anyone to use this time to prepare for potential career shifts. Learn more about Lauren and her organization at https://www.propelcareers.com/#/
2020-04-2125 min