Career Feature, Career Column, Career News and Career Brief in 2021

Although burning bridges can be tempting, a better approach is to leave goodwill and cheer in your wake.

The impact on careers of a lingering pandemic and industrial unrest were among the challenges faced by working scientists in the past 12 months

Experience in grant-writing, data analysis and presentation will serve you well, say Samantha Baggott and Jonathan McGuire.

A new survey underscores mental-health risks for doctoral researchers.

For two decades, mycologist Matt Kasson’s hyperactivity and anxiety felt like a superpower. Then COVID struck.

Your supervisor has a vested interest in your success. Set the right tone and communication style when you meet with them.

Start early, use mentors, map your networks. Experts share their career development tips.

Employers need to do more to improve workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, a Nature survey finds.

Jen Lewendon’s move from the United Kingdom for a postdoc restricted her travel and led to extended stints in quarantine. Here’s what the experience taught her.

A scheme for undergraduates to mentor secondary-school students who are interested in science has allowed both sides to develop new skills, despite COVID-19 restrictions.

We taught a course that created a dialogue between academia and social movements.

Most scientists love what they do, but job satisfaction levels hit a new low, Nature’s survey finds.

Our quest to bring a child into our family led us to confront academic working practices, say Tony Ly and Nathan W. Bailey.

Fewer than half of respondents to Nature’s 2021 salary and satisfaction survey feel positive about their prospects.

Researchers and intellectual-property specialists offer their tips for deciding which discoveries are worth patenting, and how to do the homework needed for success.

When Hurricane Elsa hit her home nation, Sheri McDowell turned to her newly formed support committee.

As the pandemic continues, researchers are coming to terms with what they’ve learnt and lost so far, finds Nature’s global survey.

Struggling with your principal investigator’s bias towards academia? Here are some workarounds.

Sponsoring someone is not a one-off act. Their success is your success, so support them throughout the process.

The software tool enables webinar organizers to plan events, issue reminders and archive the results, says its co-founder.