Training
Behavior-based interviews have been common for more than a decade. However, if you aren't prepared for them, they can be largely a waste of time for both the manager and the job hunter. The people on both sides of the manager's desk have to prepare f
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olicymakers, universities, and employers should work together to speed the development of professionally oriented master's degree programs in the natural sciences. Graduates of these programs -- which build both scientific knowledge and practical wor
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Applications-focused seminars to explore innovative calorimetry, sonocrystallization and flow chemistry solutions.
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Dr. Gregory Shipley, talks about how he goes about evaluating and investing in new technologies and reagents for carrying out real-time quantitative polymerase chain reactions (qPCR) for the various assays being conducted in his core facility.
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Brookfield Engineering will be offering a course, featuring its CT3 Texture Analyzer, that helps manufacturers deliver consistent products.
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Multitasking has become part of the productive professional's persona. Walking through business corridors, through airports and while driving, the professional is constantly communicating with the mindset of communicating or learning critical informa
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Lab Manager Magazine's Academy: Communication from Lab Manager on Vimeo. If communication can be defined as the transition of information, thought or feeling so that it is satisfactorily understood, then dealing with difficult people is essen
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Do you have employees that are hungry to expand their knowledge and skill-set, but find your budget for training to be tight? If your employees are as eager as they claim, you could consider installing a Learn at Lunch program.
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In last week's blog, I discussed five ways to increase their report writing speed. There is also a sixth approach lab managers can use to get reports written and issued quickly: hire a technical writer to write the report. However, this approach has
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Writing reports can be a pain. Writing takes lab managers away from other work and isolates them behind a desk. Yet timely reports can be necessary, even essential in running a laboratory. So it is essential that laboratory managers write productivel
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Dr. Hakim Djaballah shares his experiences on setting up a screening lab in an academic environment. He will walk participants through the process on how he and his team designed and set up the HTS lab for MSKCC.
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Have you ever posted a job opening online and received a huge number of resumes in response? On the one hand, the more resumes you receive, the more likely you're going to find a talented employee who will strengthen your team. But narrowing a pile of applications also takes a lot of time and energy. Here are some tips on how best to do that.
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