There are many opportunities open to someone with a training in science. But to get that vital interview or become successful at one's chosen career, prospective employees must ensure they acquire the skills that employers seek.
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Helen Gavaghan — the researcher and writer of this Nature supplement — is a journalist and editor specializing in science, technology and medicine. She has a BSc in biophysics from the University of Leeds and started in journalism on 'trade and tech' titles. She joined New Scientist as the technology news editor, then became a free-roving reporter and Washington correspondent. She moved to Washington DC in 1991 as a freelance journalist, and wrote a book about the pioneering days of satellites. Now back in the Britain, she has contributed to the satellite section of a children's encyclopaedia on astronomy and space, has been editor of a business-to-business medical publication and currently contributes to US, British and French science magazines.
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Gavaghan, H. Career choices for scientists: an introduction. Nature 402 (Suppl 6758), 3 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/47094
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