Monday, March 3, 2014

Interesting Features at PWN for 3.3.14


News from the PWN Pipeline: 

"Clarity, communication and common ground."

Kim Keating, founder and managing director of human resources consulting firm Keating Advisors, shares her advice on navigating salary inequity in the workplace. As more awareness is raised about the gender-pay gap, it is increasing crucial to maintain a forward-thinking approach and set of strategies to apply towards negotiating your salary and other benefits.

"Will the next Zuckerberg be female?"

Women are very underrepresented in engineering and technology industries, and while they may exhibit aptitudes for coding and design early in their schooling, there often is not enough support for them when moving into higher levels of education or in industry. This BBC News article explores the approch of actively encouraging young women to apply their creativity to coding and app/web development, which will slowly begin improving the landscape of women working in tech.


Advancement Opportunities

Neuroscientist position to develop novel therapeutics at Genentech Research

Scientists with strong backgrounds in systems biology and/or disease research are encouraged to apply for this opening in the Department of Neuroscience that will focus on investigating neural circuit function in disease and applying findings to drug discovery and developing therapeutic approaches.
Details and Genentech application portal in the link.

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