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Ready, set, hire

For junior science-faculty members and staff, hiring researchers is an important way to boost career success. But without management training, it's a shot in the dark. Genevive Bjorn reports.

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Bjorn, G. Ready, set, hire. Nature 451, 740–741 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7179-740a

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