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Career Tr@k
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Postdocs Share Experiences at NISS Graduate Student Networking Event
The panel of current and former postdoctoral fellows shared their reasons for considering a postdoctoral position after graduation and discussed the pros and cons of the fellowships.
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Statistical Consulting Clients: How to Get and Keep Them
If you’re a statistical consultant, or you want to be a statistical consultant, how will you build and maintain a client base? Melissa Kovacs offers six pieces of advice.
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Certification: One Way to Transition to a Data Science Career
Roger Peng, a professor in the department of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, answers questions about earning a certification in data science as a way to pivot into the field.
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Committee on Career Development Announces Initiative Lineup
The ASA Committee on Career Development (ASA CCD) provides support for and information about careers in statistics. ASA CCD hosts events at the Joint Statistical Meetings and offers webinars and office hours. Additionally, the committee’s website includes resources for professional development and mentoring.
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Next Steps, Promotions Focus of Second Webinar in Career Series
As part of its 2021 webinar series, “Along Your Career Path in Data Science,” the ASA’s Committee on Career Development (CCD) will present “Career Next Steps and Promotions” June 11 at 1 p.m. EDT.
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Podcast Series Brings Answers to Data Science Career Questions
The ASA is sponsoring a podcast series about careers in data science with Q&As for students and early-career professionals.
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ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Applications Open
Fellows will spend 10 weeks next summer working with journalists at a TV, radio, magazine, or newspaper outlet putting their statistics skills to use.
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ASA Members Create Career Planning, Leadership Webcasts
Various ASA members have created webcasts in “soft skills” such as leadership development and career planning that add valuable insight into how to improve, change, or advance careers in the statistics profession.
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Statistics and Data Science Education Section Invites Mentoring Program Applicants
The ASA Section on Statistics and Data Science Education is inviting both mentors and mentees to participate in its mentoring program.
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ASA Launches Free Virtual Undergraduate Career Fair
The ASA Virtual Career Fair will help undergraduates prepare to transition from college graduate to early-career professional.