Get a Job! · Preparing for the Job Interview 1. Know the background on your prospective employer /...
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Get a Job!Oren Cohen, MD, FIDSA
Global Head, Early Clinical DevelopmentConsulting Professor of Medicine, Duke U.
8 June 2013
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Strategies• Try to understand your strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes (and realize
this may change). > Setting – lab, clinical, epi, administration, teaching, industry> Personality – how many hats? Manage people? Write grants? Protected time?
Teaching responsibilities?> Geography> Financial
• The perfect job will never present itself to you on a silver platter! Take an opportunity and make it into your perfect job (see TED talk by Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce; there is no perfect job, there are only perfect jobs).
• NETWORK!• Goldilocks confidence – not too much, not too little, just right• Be open to possibilities• Be patient (and remain calm!)• Communicate effectively• Be your own advocate• Take a “due diligence” approach
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Where Do I Look?
• Journal ads• Websites – IDSA, NIH, Gates Foundation, Universities,
Industry• Search engines• NETWORK
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IDSA Website
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Academic Faculty
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Epidemiology
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Search Engines (1)
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Search Engines (2)
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Search Engines (3)63,701 ID Jobs – Really?
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Dark Matter > Ordinary Matter
• The “best” jobs may not be “posted”
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Preparing for the Job Interview
1. Know the background on your prospectiveemployer / those who will interview you.
2. Minimize and then be aware of the “red flags”in your CV.
3. Google yourself (it is likely your prospectiveemployer has done this).
4. Consider a “murder board” with your trustedpeers / mentors / colleagues.
5. Be ready with a few “stories” about yourself and your accomplishments.
6. Clarity of expression, economy of words.