Propelling Careers

This 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...

Welcome 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...

In 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...

In 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,...

In 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!

In 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!

In 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 en...

In 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 transferr...

In 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 list...

In 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!

In 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, Sc...

Jim 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 careers