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Subject(s)

• Science—Vocational guidance—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Robbins-Roth, Cynthia [Browse]

Summary note

• In Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower you will meet scientists who evolved into Wall Street analysts, science policy gurus, patent agents, journalists, consultants, bio-pharmaceutical company executives, entrepreneurs, executive search specialists, public relations experts, and top-flight sales reps.
• Each chapter covers a different career track and includes: basic job description, qualifications, responsibilities, and expectations; typical day scenario; why a graduate degree in science gives you an edge; outlines skills important to career track - creative, critical, computer, interpersonal; training phases and requirements; existing steps in the promotion ladder and salary ranges; and career opportunities stemming from each position.

Notes

• "Scientific survival skills"--Cover.
• Includes index.

Contents

• 1. A Scientist Gone Bad: Or How I Went from the Bench to the Board Room / Cynthia Robbins-Roth
• 2. Technical Writing: Making-Sense out of Manuals / Clayton R. Randall
• 3. Science Writing: Communicating with the Masses / Sue Goetinck
• 4. Snakes and Ladders: The Game of Publishing / Anita Crafts-Lighty
• 5. Broadcast Science Journalism: Working in Television, Cable, Radio, or Electronic Media / Eliene Augenbraun and Karin Vergoth
• 6. Pituitaries to Pinstripes: A Path to Venture Capital / Andrea Weisman Tobias
• 7. How I Became an Analyst: Science-Based Investment Advisor / Mary Ann Gray
• 8. Investment Banking: Dreams and Reality / Peter Drake
• 9. Business Development: Making Deals with Science / Ron Pepin
• 10. Entrepreneur and Company Founder: Starting Your Own Company and Surviving / Ron Cohen
• 11. Consultant to the Stars: Advising CEOs for Fun and Profit / Carol Hall
• 12. Regulatory Affairs: Keeping Product Development on Track / Elizabeth Moyer --
• 13. Patent Agent: Protecting the Intellectual Property of Science / Pamela Sherwood
• 14. From the Lab Bench to the Clinic: A Career in Clinical Research / Katie M. Smith
• 15. Technology Transfer: Enabling the Commercialization of Science / Susan Stoddard
• 16. Corporate Communications: Helping Companies Sell Their Story / Tony Russo
• 17. Sales and Marketing: So You Want to Sell? / Erin Hall Meade
• 18. Executive Search: Looking for Talent in All the Right Places / Bente Hansen
• 19. The Growth of a Manager: From Pure Research to Policy Administration / P. W. "Bo" Hammer
• 20. Science and Public Policy: Translating Between Two Worlds / David Applegate
• 21. Research Funding Administration: Matching Money with Research / M. J. Finley Austin
• 22. Government Agencies: Directing Science in the Military / Genevieve Haddad
• 23. Business Information Services: Providing the Data for Industry / Mark D. Dibner.

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Other title(s)

Leaving the ivory tower

ISBN

0125893752

LCCN

97080573

OCLC

38859203

RCP

C - S

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