Job Openings Week Ending February 21, 2025

Job Openings Week Ending February 21, 2025

Deborah D. Stine Deborah D. Stine

Deborah D. Stine

Providing In-depth Science and Technology Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Career and Leadership Coaching, and Workshops

发布日期: 2025年2月21日
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Thanks to everyone for the many job opportunities that people are posting.? You’ll see over 150 again in this week’s letter.? I realize there are now 1,000s of you who were laid off, not to mention those entering the job market from academic programs.?

As a science and technology community, we should have a goal of getting everyone who was laid off by the Trump Administration a high-quality, well-paid, family-friendly job where they can still reach their career goal of benefiting society. . . just from a different window of opportunity.

Per a reader request, we are trying an experiment this week, which is to provide a link to a PDF of this newsletter to make it easier to read. Please let us know if this works for you.

Here’s this week’s Dear Debbie question.

Question of the Week

Dear Debbie,

I’m one of the many people laid off by the Trump Administration.? What actions should I take to improve my LinkedIn presence?

Waiting in the Wings

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Dear Waiting,

This is a great question.? For those in the public policy world, LinkedIn is the first place people typically look to get a better understanding of who you are and consider you for a position.? Here are my top three tips based on what I see.

  1. ?Review all your settings. ?I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen this week who were laid off, but limit who can comment on their posts to “connections only.”? For those whom I’ve told about this, none realized that they had this setting on.? Obviously, you want people trying to help you find a job to easily reach you.? There are many other settings out there that are equally important, so spend some time going over them.? You can go here for the how-to.

  1. Review Your Tagline and About sections. So many of you wrote very passionate post about what you were doing in the federal government.? They are wonderful, but posts are short-term.? You need to take that passion and bring it into your About section. For your tagline, focus on what you want to do, not who you were.? I like the practical advice offered by this former recruiter regarding your Tagline and About section.

  1. Gather recommendations now from supervisors and colleagues. ?Offer to reciprocate—it's a win-win for networking and building stronger professional relationships.? People are busy, time goes by quickly, and you need to capture their attention while you have it.? Here’s the how-to and guidance on how to write a good LinkedIn recommendation that you can share with your potential references and use yourself.

Hope this helps, Waiting in the Wings.? We’re all out there supporting you!

Debbie

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Here’s this week’s S&T policy job openings. This week we’re posting about 150 openings.??

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Jeff Logan

Clean Energy and Climate Policy Analyst

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congrats on taking positive action to help people, Debbie!

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Alison Mize

Director of Public Affairs at Ecological Society of America

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Thanks Deborah. Very practical tips for scientists who need encouragement right now. I’ll share the post with the ESA community on our ecolog-l listserve where many look for job openings.

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Deborah D. Stine

Providing In-depth Science and Technology Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Career and Leadership Coaching, and Workshops

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Link to PDF of S&T Policy Jobs Newsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u5xTWGeEOS8wYaXSCSe2OKrDn507LLGO/view?usp=sharing

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