Nature Careers Podcast

Having too rigid a plan could result in exciting opportunities passing you by, warns Ottoline Leyser.

Funding crises, bereavement and a supervisor’s relocation can derail your career path, but you can overcome them.

Julie Gould learns of a career-planning framework that can help pinpoint what you love about your current role, and how that can influence future job moves.

Julie Gould asks two mid-career researchers to reflect on how closely their professional paths have followed their original goals and ambitions.

Should you book a session with a careers advisor or go solo with an individual development plan? Here are the pros and cons of each approach.

Julie Gould explores some of the theories and frameworks to help identify future work goals and achieve them.

Biochemist Babita Paudel urges her female colleagues to dream big, work hard, take risks and embrace challenges.

JoAnn Trejo has turned mentoring into an evidence-based science, driven by her own exposure to inspiring mentors.

Joslynn Lee describes why she seeks to bridge the Native American worldview with Western science.

Arezoo Khodayari and a colleague at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory provide paid internships aimed at under-represented groups in science.

Computer scientist Vukosi Marivate works to ensure Africa is not left behind in the drive to deliver artificial intelligence’s societal benefits.

Journals and conference organizers could do more to help researchers overcome language barriers, but artificial intelligence might widen inequalities, warns Tatsuya Amano.

Rana Dajani's research includes identifying risk factors for type 2 diabetes, and genetic links to trauma.

The Indigenous beliefs underpinning soil chemist Amanda Black's approach could deliver a more inclusive research culture, she says.

Eight scientists who appeared in Nature's Changemaker series are to feature in a forthcoming podcast series. Kendall Powell and Deborah Daley introduce them.

Are hiring managers asking too much of job-seeking researchers? A comparison between two job ads, posted 30 years apart, offers some clues.

Your cover letter, CV and resume need to stand out from the crowd, but using artificial intelligence to help comes with a warning.

Seasoned negotiators share tips on how to handle conversations around pay, bonuses, benefits and contract length.

Two lab leaders discuss what they look for in candidates, and how their own values and cultural backgrounds influence their approach.

Why is recruitment often speedier in industry? Julie Gould investigates what the two sectors can learn from each other in the race to source top talent.